[414] "Facts for Behaists," p. 55. Afterwards Badi Ullah, who had accused the party of Abbas of making additions to the writings, with a purpose changed sides in the quarrel and accused Mohammed Ali of the same things--"interpolating," "erasing," "transposing," "replacing," "clipping and joining fragments," of the Tablets of Baha Ullah, besides issuing "a false writing in his name." Mohammed Ali is also accused of "carrying away by way of the window" two trunks full of the "blessed writings." See "Epistle to the Bahai World," by Mirza Badi Ullah, pp. 3, 5, 12-17. [415] "Hidden Words," numbers 20, 37, 48. [416] "Trav.'s Narr.," p. 123. [417] "New Hist.," p. vii. [418] _Ibid._, p. 353. [419] "Trav.'s Narr.," p. 20. [420] "New Hist.," p. 292. [421] "Trav.'s Narr.," pp. 40, 41. Abul Fazl also is apologetic for the Shah, and says ("Bahai Proofs," p. 38), "Without seeking permission from the Shah, the Minister issued the order for his death." [422] "Trav.'s Narr.," p. 259. [423] In "New Hist.," p. xvii., Professor Browne says, "The Babis made no profession of loyalty, nor did they attempt to exonerate the Shah from the responsibility of the persecutions. To the Shahs, such terms as tyrant, scoundrel, unrightful king, are freely applied. The battle cry, 'Ya Nasr-ud-Din Shah,' is described as 'a foul watchword.'" [424] "Trav.'s Narr.," p. 52. [425] _Ibid._, pp. 104-106. [426] _Ibid._, pp. 49, 50. [427] Phelps, p. 13. [428] "Beha Ullah," p. 411. [429] "Trav.'s Narr.," p. 53. [430] _Ibid._, p. 323. [431] _S. W._, Oct. 16, 1913, p. 210. [432] _Ibid._, July 13, 1913, p. 118. [433] _Ibid._, Sept. 18, 1912. [434] "Some Answered Questions," p. 37. [435] Pages 77, 78. [436] Page 63. [437] "Tablets of Abdul Baha," Vol. I, p. 46. [438] _S. W._, May 17, 1911, p. 6. [439] Mrs. Templeton (previously Mrs. Laurence Oliphant), in "Facts for Behaists," tells of the unrighteousness of Abbas Effendi (Abdul Baha) in keeping from his brothers and stepmothers the pension money of the Turkish Government and the revenue of Baha's villages, and of his ostentatious charity in giving away part of these funds by distributing coins to a mixed crowd of beggars every Friday. [440] _S. W._, May 17, 1913, p. 74. [441] "Tablets of Abdul Baha," Vol. I, p. 44. [442] _S. W._, _Ibid._, p. 67. [443] _Ibid._, Sept. 8, 1912, p. 5. [444] Phelps, p. 66. [445] _Ibid._, p. 70. [446] This house was purchased by an American Bahai lady, that it might remain in Bahai hands. [447] "Bahai Proofs," by Abul Fazl, p. 66. Remey, p. 23. [448] Mrs. Grundy, p. 73 ff., "Ten Days," etc., speaks of the Palace of Joy as a very large white mansion. Professor Browne was received here (1890). He was conducted through a spacious hall, paved with a mosaic of marble, into a great antechamber, and entered through a lifted curtain into a large Audience Room.