Sequential excerpts from the book ‘God Passes By’, written in 1944 by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith

4/4/26

Certain “distinguished Persians, who either lived in Baghdád and its environs” also became attracted to Bahá’u’lláh

Nor could those distinguished Persians, who either lived in Baghdád and its environs or visited as pilgrims the holy places, remain impervious to the spell of His charm.

- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’, chapter 8)