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For two years He remained in that charming and lovely spot. Then it was decided to remove to another place, at Bahji. It so happened than an epidemic disease had broken out at Bahji, and the proprietor of the house fled away in distress, with all his family, ready to offer the house free of charge to any applicant. We took the house at a very low rent, and there the doors of majesty and true sovereignty were flung wide open. Baha'u'llah was nominally a prisoner (for the drastic firmans of Sultan 'Abdu'l-'Aziz were never repealed), yet in reality He showed forth such nobility and dignity in His life and bearing that He was reverenced by all, and the Rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and Mutasarrifs, generals and local officials, would humbly request the honor of attaining His presence - a request to which He seldom acceded.
(28:2)
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