Dawn Breakers

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      Mírzá Áqá, Núri’d-Dín (holding the Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh in which his family are nominated as custodians of the House of the Báb in Shíráz)

      Meetings with Bahá’u’lláh and Lawh-i-Dunyá

      It was after he had moved to Beirut, in January 1888, that Mírzá Áqá and his eldest son got permission to go on pilgrimage to meet Bahá’u’lláh. After that he was granted permission to return once annually, which he did. He came to visit Bahá’u’lláh in 1889, 1890 and finally in July 1891, less than a year before the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. On this last pilgrimage, Mírzá Áqá came with several members of his family including his wife (Mírzá Áqá had five sons and one daughter). Accounts of this visit have been left in the memoirs of the Mírzá Áqá’s son.  It was during this visit, that the Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World) was revealed in honour of Mírzá Áqá. 

      Passing

      In 1903, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá issued instructions for the restoration of the House of the Báb exactly as it was in the time of the Báb. Mírzá Áqá (who was the only living person

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