Memories of Nine Years in ‘Akká

Memories of Nine Years in ‘Akká  (2003)  by Youness Afroukhteh, translated by Riaz Masrour

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Contents

A Note from the Translator
A Note from the Publisher
Preface to the First Edition, 1952
Foreword

Chapter 1

• Journey to Baghdad
• Through Russia to ‘Akká
• Arrival in Badkubih and leaving Russia
• The life of the pilgrims in ‘Akká
• Visiting the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh
• Feasts
• Morale of the believers in the days of hardship
• The schemes of the Covenant-breakers
• The dwarfish old man
• The Covenant-breakers’ means of livelihood
• Types of Covenant-breakers
• My duties on this pilgrimage
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s words
• The suckling babe
• The rebellion of Mírzá Áqá Ján
• The Covenant-breakers’ planned rebellion through Mírzá Áqá Ján and Tábúr Áqásí
• Events after Mírzá Áqá Ján’s rebellion
• A story
• The nature of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s cares in those few days
• The story of Áqá Mírzá Hasan
• Dismissal
• The story of the package and my mission
• Tehran
• The story continued
• Alláh’u’Abhá / Alláh’u’A‘zam
• The effect of the story of Áqá Mírzá Hasan

Chapter 2

• Departure from Tehran
• Pilgrimage at ‘Akká with an American, Mr. Hoar
• My feelings during the first days in the Holy Land
• Description of my duties in those days
• Haifa in AD 1900
• The morale of the believers of Haifa and ‘Akká in those days
• Six months in Haifa
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visits from ‘Akká to Haifa
• Construction of the Shrine of the Báb
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s words in those days in Haifa
• Three pistol shots at ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
• The renewal of confinement

Chapter 3

• Circumstances surrounding the renewal of confinement
• Details of the renewal of confinement
• Release of the Covenant-breakers from prison due to the
• Master’s intercession
• My return to ‘Akká
• “O Breakwell, O my dear one!”
• The pilgrimage of Mr. Dodge’s sons
• Madame de Canavarro and Mr. Phelps
• Mr. Dreyfus and Miss Sanderson
• The late Dr. Arastú Khán
• Mrs. Lua Getsinger
• Arrival of a Covenant-breaker from Bombay, Husayn-‘Alí Jahrumí, surnamed Fitrat
• Establishment of an English class
• News of the upheavals of Yazd and Isfahan
• The realization of one of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s predictions: Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh story concluded
• The return of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh to the fold
• Conduct, manners and attitude of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh
• Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh breaks his vows of repentance
• Rapid progress of the Faith in East and West and the sending of the Arch-breaker of the Covenant’s
• agent to America
• Burdens, sorrows and labours of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
• The effect of difficulties and sorrows on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
• A story
• One task does not distract Him from another
• Kashkúl or pumpkin bowl?
• The effect on the pilgrims of meeting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
• The manner of revealing verses
• Fridays

Chapter 4

• The Prison City again one year later
• The arrival of certain Western believers wearing the fez, in the Ottoman style
• Mr. and Mrs. Winterburn
• Mr. Frank Frank
• Further progress of the Faith in the East; Construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Ishqábád
• Rapid progress of the Cause of God in the West
• The condition of the Covenant-breakers
• Visits by non-Bahá’í Westerners
• Account of the conversion of an American lady in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s presence
• Servitude
• A bitter-sweet story
• Medicine
• Trusting the road to the highwayman

Chapter 5: Various miscellaneous events

• “The triumph of the Cause of God is in his hands”
• The definitive date for the end of the Covenant-breaking period
• Collapse of the domes
• “Once I was embarrassed”
• The sweet fragrance of some of the letters
• You conquered my heart before I ever existed
• The name of the first Japanese Bahá’í was Yamamoto
• His gait and bearing defy words
• A story to illustrate a point
• The Master on health
• Another illustrative story: “Six years of hard work did no go to waste!”
• Charity devoid of hypocrisy
• Infiltrating the Faith of God
• The meaning of generosity
• “Eat the bread, but don’t drink the wine”
• What sort of place was ‘Akká?
• One “effulgence” of the Prison, the thirty–day fast
• “My wellbeing and its opposite are in the hands of the friends”
• A grand feast
• Love

Chapter 6

• Again, never-ending tasks and severe hardships
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s utterances in these days
• My own circumstances at this time
• The Persian Consulate building
• Miss Barney and Some Answered Questions
• A change in conditions: The arrival of biased officials
• My journey to Europe
• Arrival at Marseilles
• Arrival in Paris
• Return to ‘Akká
• A brief visit to Beirut
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s teachings on how to attract divine confirmations
• Moving to Beirut

Chapter 7

• Multiple investigators, both secret and open
• Interpretation of Mírzá Núru’d-Dín’s dream
• Intrigues of the Covenant-breakers
• The situation in ‘Akká as the Covenant-breakers awaited the impending chaos
• The arrival of Sultan Abdu’l-Hamid’s officials, and their departure due to the cannon blast of divine confirmation
• This is the letter from Núru’d-Dín-i-Zayn
• The fulfilment of the prophecies of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, now and in the future

Chapter 8

• Arrival at Beirut
• What sort of place was Beirut?
• The conditions of this servant in Beirut
• That grenade that missed the breast of Sultan ‘Abdu’l-Hamid struck the liver of the Covenant-breakers
• Another look at Beirut
• The everlasting disgrace of the Covenant-breakers was simultaneous with the removal of Sultán ‘Abdu’l-Hamid
• When did Satan ever give me a chance?
• Manufacturing a dream with the intention of slandering the Faith of God
• I consider such words to be meaningless
• Conclusion of Chapter 8

Chapter 9

• We believers were not without our faults
• What is a homeland and who is a patriot?
• What was happening on the moon?
• By God, you’re right!
• What is fortune?
• Return to Beirut
• Three medical cases
• News from Iran and the Ottoman States
• The end of the Most Great Prison of ‘Akká
• Describing the indescribable
• Return to Iran

Apology
Selected biographical notes
Bibliography
Votes and references
Index