1894 (In the year) 189- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá sent Mírzá Abú'l-Fadl to Cairo. The Master
instructed the prominent Bahá'ís not to associate openly with him
so that he would not attract undue attention and notice. He moved to an apartment with two furnished rooms,
situated above the business of an Afnan in Saray-i-Jawahiri. He began
teaching philosophy and logic at Al-Azhar University and meeting
and associating with the learned and accomplished men of his time.
He organized and taught classes in various branches of knowledge
and philosophy. He was "outed" as a Bahá'í went he arose to defend the community in the aftermath of the assassination of the Shah in April of 1896. [Memories of the Báb,
Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá By
Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán
p58-59; 65]
He published the first series of Bahá'í books in Egypt, including the first
compilation of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets, which the Master entitled Makatib-i-`Abdu'l-
Bahá.
See as well'Abdu'l-Baha's First Thousand-Verse
Tablet: History and Provisional
Translation by Ahang Rabbani
Khazeh Fananapazir pg 107-108.
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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt |
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