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Baha’u’llah and the New Era

CHAPTER 3: BAHA'U'LLAH: THE GLORY OF GOD
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O thou who art waiting, tarry no longer, for He is come.

Behold His Tabernacle and His Glory dwelling therein.

It is the Ancient Glory, with a new Manifestation .-- BAHA'U'LLAH.
Birth and Early Life Mirza Husayn 'Ali, Who afterwards assumed the title of Baha'u'llah (i.e.
Glory of God), was the eldest son of Mirza Abbas of Nur, a Vazir or Minister of State.

His family was wealthy and distinguished, many of its members having occupied important positions in the Government and in the Civil and Military Services of Persia.

He was born in Tihran (Teheran), the capital city of Persia, between dawn and sunrise on the 12th of November, 1817.( 11) He never attended school or college, and what little teaching He received was given at home.


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