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1954 Nov |
A plot of land of slightly less than half an acre (1,300 metres) owned by Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum), a Covenant-breaker, was purchased (after expropriation by the Finance Minister of the state of Israel on the recommendation of the mayor of Haifa), overcoming the final obstacle to beginning the construction of the International Bahá’í Archives. This concluded a thirty-year struggle in the acquisition of land on the Arc for the Guardian. [LI210-211; DH169; MBW73–4; CBN No 60 January 1955 p1]
He said, in a letter dated the 27th of November 1955...
"The truculence, greed and obstinacy,
of this breaker of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh,
demonstrated by her persistent
refusal to sell and by the exorbitant
price subsequently demanded, raised,
during more than thirty years, an almost
insurmountable obstacle to the acquisition
of an area, which, however
circumscribed, occupies a central position
amidst the extensive Baha'i domains
in the heart of God's holy Mountain, is
situated in the vicinity of the Báb's
Sepulchre, overlooks the Tomb of the
Greatest Holy Leaf, and adjoins the
resting-places of the Brother and the
Mother of Abdu'l-Bahá, and which,
through deliberate neglect, has. been
allowed to become an eyesore to all
those who throng the embellished precincts
of a Mausoleum rightly regarded
as the second holiest Shrine in the Bahá'í world.
The ownership of this plot will now
enable us to locate the site, excavate the
foundations, and erect the structure, of
the International Bahá'í Archives, designed
by the Hand of the Cause, Mason
Remey, President of the International
Bahá'í Council, which will serve as the
permanent and befitting repository for
the priceless and numerous relics associated
with the Twin Founders of the
Faith, with the Perfect Exemplar of its
teachings and with its heroes, saints
and martyrs, and the building of which
constitutes one of the foremost objectives
of the Ten-Year Plan. [CBN No 60 January 1955 p1]
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Haifa |
Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum); Covenant-breakers; International Bahai Archives; Purchases and exchanges; Mount Carmel; - Bahai World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens |
Was she the Iranian-born wife of Sydney Sprague? See BFA2p155
Sister of Fareed? MBW73 |
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