Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad. Both later became inaccessible, the Baghdad house seized by hostile parties in the 1920s and the Shiraz house destroyed in 1979, and Shoghi Effendi clarified that visiting the accessible shrines around Haifa and Acre now fulfills the same pilgrimage obligation, making this historic route the earlier, now largely unwalkable, predecessor to the pilgrimage practiced today.
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Acre, Cities This source names Acre directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
This source names Baghdad directly: "Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
This source names Baha'u'llah directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
Haifa, Cities This source names Haifa directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
Shiraz, Cities This source names Shiraz directly: "to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
This source names The Bab directly: "was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."
Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
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Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith
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1. A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i Faith
Peter Smith, Oneworld Publications, 2000s.v. pilgrimage, Shiraz, BaghdadView the Source An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith
Peter Smith, Cambridge University Press, 2008on the loss of the Shiraz and Baghdad houses and Shoghi Effendi's reorientation of pilgrimage practice
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