A parallel if less spectacular development could be observed in the Caucasus. After the establishment of the first center and the formation of an Assembly in Baku, a city which Baha'i pilgrims, traveling in increasing numbers from Persia to the Holy Land via Turkey, invariably visited, new groups began to be organized, and, evolving later into well- established communities, cooperated in increasing measure with their brethren both in Turkistan and Persia.
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