| Ibrahim George Kheiralla - 1917 - 202 pages
...Indeed, what Jesus said was true, that the Father was greater than He. Professor Browne also said: "In the corner where the divan met the wall sat a wondrous and venerable figure. . . .The face of Him on whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing... | |
| 1926 - 186 pages
...that it produced a heroine like Kurratu'l 'Ayn. Introduction to "A Traveller's Narrative." P. IX, X. Though I dimly suspected whither I was going and whom...wondrous and venerable figure, crowned with a felt head-dre&s of the kind called taj by dervishes (but of unusual height and make) , round the base of... | |
| Thomas Tai-Seale - 1992 - 268 pages
...wrote of his meeting: Though I dimly suspected whither I was going and whom I was to behold (for no intimation had been given to me), a second or two...conscious that the room was not untenanted. In the "And out of his [the Promised One's] mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations,... | |
| Myron H. Phelps - 2001 - 218 pages
...myself in a large apartment, along the upper end of which ran a low divan, while on the side opposite the door were placed two or three chairs. Though I...figure, crowned with a felt headdress of the kind called tdj by dervishes (but of unusual height and make), round the base of which was wound a small white... | |
| William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin - 2002 - 282 pages
...Babf and Baha'f Faiths. He thus describes his meeting at Bahjf with the founder of the Baha'f Faith: I found myself in a large apartment, along the upper...crowned with a felt head-dress of the kind called tdj by dervishes (but of unusual height and make), round the base of which was wound a small white... | |
| Kenneth E. Bowers - 2004 - 320 pages
...the interview was to take place. Yet the account is impressive indeed. Here is his testimony: ". . . my conductor paused for a moment while I removed my...met the wall sat a wondrous and venerable figure. . . . The face of him on whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing... | |
| John S. Hatcher - 2007 - 354 pages
...distinct intimation had been given to me), a second or two elapsed ere, with a throb of * Acre, Israel. wonder and awe, I became definitely conscious that...crowned with a felt head-dress of the kind called tajby dervishes (but of unusual height and make), round the base of which was wound a small white turban.... | |
| Robert Atkinson - 2008 - 204 pages
...University of Cambridge scholar Edward G. Browne to record his impressions of his meeting with Baha'u'llah: "In the corner where the divan met the wall sat a wondrous and venerable figure. . . . The face of him on whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing... | |
| 512 pages
...to me to follow him. I did so, and was conducted through passages and rooms at which I scarcely had time to glance to a spacious hall, paved, so far as...crowned with a felt head-dress of the kind called tdj by dervishes (but of unusual height and make), round the base of which was wound a small white... | |
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