Baháʼí Faith in France
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The Baháʼí Faith in France started after French citizens observed and studied the religion in its native Persia in the mid-19th century. The first followers of the religion declared their belief short
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 1913.
Thomas Breakwell
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Thomas Breakwell was the first Englishman to enter the Baháʼí Faith and the first to make the pilgrimage to Acre, Israel. He was also the first western Baháʼí to give the Huqúqu'lláh "Right of God", a
Baháʼí Faith in France
…Gulpaygani's time there, more than thirty became Baháʼís. From Paris Gulpaygani went to America in the autumn of 1901. At almost the same time Englishman Thomas Breakwell was also taught the religion by Bolles in the summer of 1901 in Paris. At the request of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Breakwell also took up permanent residence in…
Denechaud Hotel circa 1900
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange building c. late 1890s
Bay of Akká
The SS City of Paris in the mid 1890s