| The House of the Báb in Shíráz designated by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a centre for pilgrimage. It was in this House that the Báb declared His mission to MuIlá Ḥusayn on the eve of 23 May 1844. Mullá Ḥusayn recounts that it was ‘of modest appearance'. |
| The House was restored by order of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and became increasingly a focus of Bahá'i life and activity for those who were deprived by circumstances of visiting either the Most Great House in Bag̲h̲dád or the Most Holy Tomb in ‘Akká.30 In 1942—3 it was damaged by fire in an attack by enemies of the Faith, and in 1955 was destroyed by persecutors, but later restored. |
| In 1979 the focal point of the persecution mounted against the Bahá'ís by the Iranian revolutionaries was the attack and desecration of the House of the Báb. The demolition of the House took place between 8 and 10 September 1979 and in 1981 the site was made into a road and public square. |
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| The room in the House of the Báb where He declared His Mission in Shiraz, Iran, before its destruction in 1979 |
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Location of the House of the Báb, Shiraz, Iran as it appeared in 2008.
The electricity pole indicates the site of the Declaration of the Báb |
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