![]() ![]() They were later called by the Ottoman state to Istanbul before going into another period of confinement in Edirne and finally the prison-city of ʻAkká (Acre). ![]() His father was exiled from their native Iran, and the family went to live in Baghdad, where they stayed for nine years. At the age of eight his father was imprisoned during a government crackdown on the Bábí Faith and the family's possessions were looted, leaving them in virtual poverty. ![]() He was born in Tehran to an aristocratic family. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later canonized as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼí sacred literature. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá ( / ə b ˈ d ʊ l b ə ˈ h ɑː/ Persian: عبد البهاء, – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás ( Persian: عباس), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh and served as head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ![]()
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