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The drastic farman of Sultan Abdu'l- 'Aziz, though officially unrepealed, had by now become a dead letter. Though "Baha'u'llah was still nominally a prisoner, "the doors of majesty and true sovereignty were," in the words of Abdu'l- Baha, "flung wide open." "The rulers of Palestine," He moreover has written, "envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs, generals and local officials, would humbly request the honor of attaining His presence-- a request to which He seldom acceded."
(193:2)
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