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Bahá’u’lláh's room in His house in Takur, Mázindarán, kept in its original condition.

"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.
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Bahá’u’lláh's room in His house in Takur, Mázindarán, kept in its original condition.
Bahá’u’lláh's room in His house in Takur, Mázindarán, kept in its original condition. (Effie Baker, c. 1930)