Visiting Bahá’í Holy Places/Mansion of Mazra‘ih
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Mansion ofMczzm‘z'/7
“Bahá’u’lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: ‘I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.’ When I heard indirectly of this saying I realized that He was longing for the country, and I was sure that whatever I could do towards the carrying out of His wish would be successful. There was in ‘Akká at that time a man called Muhammad Péflzi Safwat, who was very much opposed to us. He had a palace called Mazra‘ih, about four miles north of the city, a lovely place, surrounded by gardens and with a stream of running water. . . . I got the house at a Very low rent, about five pounds per annum, paid him for five years and made a contract. I sent labourers to repair the place and put the garden in order and had a bath built. I also had a carriage prepared for the use of the Blessed Beauty. . . .” 3° (‘Abdu'l-Bahzi)
“ANNOUNCE FRIENDS DELIVERY AFTER MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS KEYS QASR MAZRA‘IH BY ISRAEL AUTHORITIES. HISTORIC DWELLING—PLACE Bahá’u’lláh AFTER LEAVING PRISON CITY ‘AKKA NOW BEING FURNISHED ANTICIPATION OPENING DOOR PILGRIMAGE.”3‘ (Shoghi Effendi)
In March 1973 the Universal House of Justice cabled further good news: ‘OCCASION NAW—RUZ 130 JOYOUSLY ANNOUNCE BAHA’I WORLD ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE MANSION MAZRA‘IH.' 32 It was acquired from a descendant of ‘Abdu’lláh Pafia, thereby adding immeasurably to the Bahá’í’ endowments in the Holy Land. And in September 1980 land at the north—eastern corner of the Mansion was purchased to provide additional garden space, as recorded in another cablegram of the House of Justicez
“ALSO PURCHASED NEARLY 50,000 SQUARE METRES AGRICULTURAL LAND ADJACENT TO AND NORTH OF MAZRA‘IH PROPERTY AS PROTECTION TO MANSION IN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA.” 33