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Nor should mention be omitted of the varied and multiplying national assets which, ever since the inception of the Administrative Order of the Faith of Baha'u'llah, have been steadily acquired in other countries such as India, Burma, the British Isles, Germany, Iraq, Egypt, Australia, Transjordan and Syria. Among these may be specially mentioned the Haziratu'l- Quds of the Baha'is of Iraq, the Haziratu'l- Quds of the Baha'is of Egypt, the Haziratu'l- Quds of the Baha'is of India, the Haziratu'l- Quds of the Baha'is of Australia, the Baha'i Home in Esslingen, the Publishing Trust of the Baha'is of the British Isles, the Baha'i Pilgrim House in Baghdad, and the Baha'i Cemeteries established in the capitals of Persia, Egypt and Turkistan. Whether in the form of land, schools, administrative headquarters, secretariats, libraries, cemeteries, hostels or publishing companies, these widely scattered assets, partly registered in the name of incorporated National Assemblies, and partly held in trust by individual recognized believers, have contributed their share to the uninterrupted expansion of national Baha'i endowments in recent years as well as to the consolidation of their foundations. Of vital importance, though less notable in significance, have been, moreover, the local endowments which have supplemented the national assets of the Faith and which, in consequence of the incorporation of Baha'i local Assemblies, have been legally established and safeguarded in various countries in both the East and the West. Particularly in Persia these holdings, whether in the form of land, administrative buildings, schools or other institutions, have greatly enriched and widened the scope of the local endowments of the world- wide Baha'i community.
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