"Father of the poor"

Instead of pursuing a life of power and leisure, Bahá’u’lláh chose to devote His energies to a range of philanthropies which had, by the early 1840s, earned Him renown as "father of the poor."

Photo 5 of 12: Bahá’u’lláh's room in His house in Takur, Mázindarán, kept in its original condition.