Many of his writings, prayers and letters are extant, and his discourses with the Western Bahá ' ís emphasize the growth of the faith by the late 1890s.

It was here that his position became more prominent amongst the Bahá ’ ís.

At this point ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was known by the Bahá ' ís as " the Master ", and by non-Bahá ' ís as ` Abbás Effendi (" Effendi " signifies " Sir ").

The title of " Mystery of God " symbolises, according to Bahá ' ís, that ` Abdu ' l-Bahá is not a manifestation of God but how a " person of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized ".

It was, according to Bahá ' ís, through his intercession that the idea was reverted and the family were allowed to be exiled together.

The Bahá ’ ís were imprisoned under horrendous conditions in a cluster of cells covered in excrement and dirt.

It was through his interaction with the people of Acre that, according to the Bahá ' ís, they recognized the innocence of the Bahá ' ís, and thus the conditions of imprisonment were eased.

The people of Acre started to respect the Bahá ' ís and in particular, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

As a young man speculation was rife amongst the Bahá ’ ís to whom ` Abdu ' l-Bahá would marry.

Bahá ' u ' lláh wished that the Bahá ' ís follow the example of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá and gradually move away from polygamy.

He began correspondence with Bahá ' ís in Iran, initially in secret, casting doubts in others ' minds about ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

While most Bahá ' ís followed ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, a handful followed Muhammad ` Alí including such leaders as Mirza Javad and Ibrahim Khayru ' llah, the famous Bahá ' í missionary to America.

By the end of 1898, Western pilgrims started coming to Akka on pilgrimage to visit ` Abdu ' l-Bahá ; this group of pilgrims, including Phoebe Hearst, was the first time that Bahá ' ís raised up in the West had met ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

The first group arrived in 1898 and throughout late 1898 to early 1899 Western Bahá ’ ís sporadically visited ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

During the next decade ` Abdu ' l-Bahá would be in constant communication with Bahá ' ís around the world, helping them to teach the religion ; the group included May Ellis Bolles in Paris, Englishman Thomas Breakwell, American Herbert Hopper, French Hippolyte Dreyfus, Susan Moody, Lua Getsinger, and American Laura Clifford Barney.

Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Bahá ' ís, in Haifa, Israel

There are an estimated five to six million Bahá ' ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories.

Bahá ' ís do not expect a new manifestation of God to appear within 1000 years of Bahá ' u ' lláh's revelation.

In regard to the Bahá ' í Faith, Queen Marie stated:

Bahá ' u ' lláh, founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, commended Queen Victoria for abolishing the slave trade in a letter written to her majesty between 1868-1872.

Of special importance was her efforts with Queen Marie of Romania, considered the first Monarch to accept Bahá ' u ' lláh.

There have been a large number of women heroines who are celebrated in the history of the Bahá ' í Faith including Táhirih, Navváb, Queen Marie, Bahíyyih Khánum, Martha Root, Lidia Zamenhof, and many others.

* Feast of Jamál (" Beauty "), the first day of the third month of the Bahá ' í calendar.

* 1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá ' í Faith is elected for the first time.

From 1902 to 1904, in addition to the building of the Shrine of the Báb that ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was directing, he started to put into execution two different projects ; the restoration of the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran and the construction of the first Bahá ' í House of Worship in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

The first identification cards were issued to two Bahá ' ís under the new decree on August 8, 2009.

* The first day of Ayyám-i-Há ( Bahá ' í Faith )

* Feast of Núr, the first day of the fifth month of the Bahá ' í calendar.

* Feast of Kalimát, first day of the seventh month of the Bahá ' í calendar.

* Feast of Sultán ( Sovereignty ), first day of the 17th month of the Bahá ' í calendar ( Bahá ' í Faith )

* Feast of ' Alá ( Loftiness ), First day of the 19th month of the Bahá ' í calendar ( Bahá ' í Faith ) and first day of the Baha ' i Nineteen Day Fast

This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá ' í calendar.

* The first day of Bahá, the first month in Bahá ' í calendar ( Bahá ' í Faith )

Remey trained as an architect at Cornell University ( 1893 – 1896 ), and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France ( 1896 – 1903 ) where he first learned of the Bahá ' í Faith.

Shoghi Effendi recorded that Remey and his Bahá ' í companion, Howard Struven, were the first Bahá ' ís to circle the globe teaching the religion.

In January 1951, Shoghi Effendi issued a proclamation announcing the formation of the International Bahá ' í Council ( IBC ), representing the first international Bahá ' í body.

During his youth he was " shaped " by his father and was regarded as an outstanding member of the Bahá ’ í exile community.

At the age of 24, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was clearly chief-steward to his father and an outstanding member of the Bahá ’ í community.

Bahá ' ís avoid association with them, even if the Covenant-breaker is a family member.

Through her friendship with Martha Root, Lidia accepted Bahá ’ u ’ lláh and became a member of the Bahá ’ í faith.

Each member of the various NSAs, who were themselves elected by the Bahá ' ís of their country, votes for nine adult male Bahá ' ís.

He became a member of the Bahá ' í Faith by 1912.

* Mohi Sobhani, an Iranian-American engineer and a member of the Bahá ' í Faith.

Chase later converted to the Bahá ' í Faith and was a leading member in the United States.

She is a member of the Bahá ' í Faith.

He was raised as a Baptist, and later became a member of the Bahá ' í Faith during the early 1940s after marrying a Bahá ' í, Erma Inez Morris.

Peseschkian was a member of the Bahá ' í Faith.

Fayard was a member of the Bahá ' í Faith since 1967.

Fayard Nicholas was a member of the Bahá ' í Faith.

* William Sears ( Bahá ' í ) ( 1911 – 1992 ), American author, sportscaster and prominent member of the Bahá ' í Faith

He is a founding member of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics, and joint editor of the multi-volume UNESCO Atlas Linguarum Europae, published in the University of Florence, and is a liaison with the National Spiritual Assembly of Ireland for the Association for the Baha ' i Studies for English Speaking Europe Watson has presented an Irish Gaelic translation of The Hidden Words by Bahá ' u ' lláh.

Mary " May " Maxwell ( née Bolles ) ( 14 January 1870, Englewood, New Jersey – 1 March 1940, Buenos Aires ), an early American member of the Bahá ' í Faith.

At the time of his death in 1957, he was the only remaining male member of the family of Bahá ' u ' lláh who had not been expelled.

* Glenford Eckleton Mitchell, Jamaican member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá ' í Faith