“The daily obligatory prayers are three in number.... The believer is entirely free to chose any one of these three prayers, but is under the obligation of reciting one of them, and in accordance with any specific directions with which it may be accompanyied.” (
from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi)
“one-eyed man”
Ocean of Light
Order of Bahá’u’lláh
Oriental Pilgrim House
Ottoman Sultanate and Empire
ad 1299–1918
Dynastic regime, founded by Othman, which conquered the Byzantine Empire and ruled the Middle East from its
Constantinople/Istanbul capital.