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souls of men. As soon as someone leaveth the Great
City (Constantinople) to visit this land, they at
once telegraph and proclaim that he hath stolen
money and fled to Akká. A highly accomplished,
learned and distinguished man visited, in his declining
years, the Holy Land, seeking peace and retirement,
and about him they have written such things as have
caused them who are devoted to God and are nigh
unto Him to sigh.
His Excellency, the late Mírzá Husayn Khán,
Mushíru'd-Dawlih,--may God forgive him--hath
known this Wronged One, and he, no doubt, must
have given to the Authorities a circumstantial account
of the arrival of this Wronged One at the
Sublime Porte, and of the things which He said and
did. On the day of Our arrival the Government
Official, whose duty it was to receive and entertain
official visitors, met Us and escorted Us to the place
he had been bidden to take Us. In truth, the Government
showed these wronged ones the utmost
kindness and consideration. The following day Prince
Shuja'u'd-Dawlih, accompanied by Mírzá Safá, acting
as the representatives of the late Mushíru'd-Dawlih,
the Minister (accredited to the Imperial
Court) came to visit Us. Others, among whom were
several Ministers of the Imperial Government, and
including the late Kamál Páshá, likewise called on Us.
Wholly reliant on God, and without any reference
to any need He might have had, or to any other
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