Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh

The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh (Ārāmgāh-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Baháʼu'lláh, also known among Baháʼís as, Rawḍa-yi-Mubáraka, "the Blessed Shrine", Maqám Ḥaḍrat Baháʼu'lláh) is the burial place of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. It is located at Bahjí, just north of Acre in northern Israel. Baháʼu'lláh died at the Mansion of Bahjí before dawn on 29 May 1892; the Mansion and the Shrine are two physically separate buildings. He was interred shortly after sunset on the day of his death in the northernmost room of the house of his son-in-law — a member of the Afnán family — the most northerly of three houses lying to the west of, and adjacent to, the Mansion. The shrine is regarded by Baháʼís as the holiest site of their religion and as the Qiblih (point of adoration) toward which they face during obligatory prayer; the direction of prayer became fixed at the location of Baháʼu'lláh's remains upon his burial. The building has a central courtyard with a glass roof, surrounded by paths covered with Persian rugs; Baháʼu'lláh's remains lie in a small chamber at the northwest corner. The shrine stands within a formal walled garden known as the Haram-i-Aqdas ("Most Holy Precincts"), formally designated by Shoghi Effendi in February 1953. The site is administe

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