1. n.d.. Carmel - the Mountain of God. Zikrullah Khadem.
2. 2025-12-01. Templar House Ownership Transferred to Bahá'ís. Universal House of Justice. — The city of Haifa has agreed to transfer to the Baha’i World Centre the ownership of the Templar h...
3. 2025-02-14. Haifa, Israel. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.
4. 2025. List of Transcripts at bahai.works. Various. — Links to 121 transcripts offsite.
5. 2024-07-18. Mount Carmel. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.
6. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard...
7. 2023-08-31. 'This Place Has a Major Historical Value Since Prophet Elijah. How Can They Do This?'. Moshe Gilad. — An Israeli army base is set to be vacated in Haifa's Stella Maris area, which houses a Carmelite mon...
8. 2022. Der Herr Ist Nahe / The Lord Is Near: The Divine Mystery of the Transformation of Mt. Carmel. Harry Liedtke. — Brief history of the Templer Society and Georg David Hardegg, who landed in Haifa in 1868 and built ...
9. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
10. 2020. Storytelling and Once Upon a Time, The: Youtube Playlists. Fariborz Sahba. — Zoom videos of some historical events witnessed by the manager for the Arc Project during 10 years o...
11. 2019. Ascent of Mount Carmel, The: Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb. John S. Hatcher. — "From the Editor's Desk": Symbolism of the terraces on the shrine of the Bab; St. John's poem "Ascen...
12. 2018/2025. Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 52 newly translated prayers.
13. 2018-12-10. Pilgrimage or Tourism at the Baha'i Gardens?. Religion For Breakfast.
14. 2018-09-02. Armageddon and Megiddo / Mt. Carmel. Universal House of Justice. — One-paragraph note saying that no reference has been found in the Baha'i Writings tying "armageddon"...
15. 2017. Bahá'u'lláh et le Carmel. Chowghi Rouhani, Ulfet Bouchoucha Mustapha, trans. . — Baha’u’llah honore la terre sainte; la révélation de la Tablette du Carmel; la grande resurrec...
16. 2016 Spring. Encounter, The. Duane L. Herrmann. — A slightly fictionalized account of a visit to the Shrine of the Bab in the Holy Land.
17. 2014. Major Opus, The: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith. Fuad Izadinia. — The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Baha'is from Iran a...
18. 2014. Greatest Holy Leaf's Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place, The. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Biography of Abdu'l-Baha's sister, who acted as his "deputy, His representative and vicegerent, with...
19. 2013-07. Course on Bahá'í Symbolism. Ernesto Fernandez. — Symbolic forms in the Writings and Baha'i architectural systems, and their analogues in universal re...
20. 2013-06. El Monte Carmelo y el Nombre Oculto: Mount Carmel and the Hidden Name. Ernesto Fernandez. — Relationship between Mount Carmel and the Greatest Name and their symbolic meanings in the Baha'i Fa...
21. 2013. Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz, 1909. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Shaykh Dhakariyya's rebellion in Nayriz culminated in the martyrdom of nineteen Baha'is on Naw Ruz, ...
22. 2012. Concealment and Burial of the Báb. Peter Terry. — This chapter from A.-L.-M. Nicolas' seminal biography Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab (1905) tells th...
23. 2011. Haifa before and after 1948: Narratives of a Mixed City. Mahmoud Yazbak, Yfaat Weiss. — Mention of Baha'is establishing homes in Haifa following their expulsion from Iran, and description ...
24. 2009. Bahá'í World Centre. Moojan Momen. — On the spiritual center of the Baha’i Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the...
25. 2009. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat. Amin E. Egea. — A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
26. 2008. Prophets and Mountains. Moshe Sharon. — Metaphors of mountains and actual mountains in the history of religion; Mount Carmel.
27. 2005/2024. Martyrdom of the Báb. Jaine Toth. — Presentation prepared for the commemoration ceremony July 9, 2024, at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute.
28. 2003. Efforts to preserve the remains of the Bab: Four historical accounts. Ahang Rabbani. — Accounts by Mirza Hasan Adib Taliqani, Fadil Mazandarani, ‘Abdu’l-Husayn Avarih, and Aqa Husa...
29. 2002-04-21. Symbols of Transformation: The Gardens and Terraces on Mount Carmel. Elham Afnan. — Article, with photo gallery, about the development, design, and philosophy of the terraces surroundi...
30. 2000-09-18. Advertisement for Israeli Tourism in the New Yorker magazine. Author unknown. — Baha'i World Centre photograph in advertisement in prominent magazine, featuring the terraces.
31. 2000. Pilgrimage and Religious Identity in the Bahá'í Faith. Per-Olof Akerdahl. — Pilgrimage has been an important part in the creation of a religious identity. The meaning of pilgri...
32. 1999. Some Thoughts on Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians. Don Dainty. — The lamp and the light; east-west movement of the lamp; Carmel, the mountain of the Lord and the sea...
33. 1999. Tablet of [Mount] Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Peter Terry, Ted Brownstein, Stephen Lambden.
34. 1997. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation. Ross Woodman. — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
35. 1994-01-04. Arc Project: 1994 Open Letter. Universal House of Justice. — Status of the Arc Project (Baha'i World Center), 1994.
36. 1993. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul. Ross Woodman. — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
37. 1992-05. Highly Significant Celebrations at the World Center. Ted Cardell. — Report of activities at the World Centre in May 1992: commemoration of the ascension of Baha'u'llah,...
38. 1992. One Person's Search for a Better World. Ted Cardell.
39. 1992. Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures. Paula A. Drewek. — Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of m...
40. 1991-09-11. Arc Project: 1991 Open Letter. Universal House of Justice. — Status of the Arc Project (Baha'i World Center), 1991.
41. 1989. Bahá'í Shrines. John Walbridge.
42. 1989. Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God. Cal E. Rollins. — Stevens’s novel records impressions of the Baha'i community in ‘Akka and Haifa in 1911. The two ...
43. 1987-08-31. Arc Project: 1987 Open Letter. Universal House of Justice. — Status of the Arc Project (Baha'i World Center), 1987.
44. 1986. Convention for the Election of the UHJ, and Completion of the Seat of the UHJ (1983). Universal House of Justice. — Two documents from Baha'i World 18 part four section one, The World Order of Baha'u'llah: The Univer...
45. 1973. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections. Ugo Giachery. — Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences.
46. 1972-05. Pilgrimage to the Bahá'í World Centre. Catherine Andreasen, Elsie De Crow. — Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre in 1972.
47. 1969. Introducing Israel: Second Revised Edition. Joan Comay. — Chapters on Haifa, Mt. Carmel, and Akka, with passing mentions of the Faith. Also published under th...
48. 1969. Israel: An Uncommon Guide. Joan Comay. — Overviews of Haifa, Mount Carmel, and Akka, with brief mentions of Baha'i locations.
49. 1965-11-29. Pilgrim Notes. Alice Tyler. — Notes of a tour around the Holy Land, undated, but apparently in March 1965.
50. 1963. Introducing Israel. Joan Comay. — Chapters on Haifa, Mt. Carmel, and Akka, with passing mentions of the Faith. Also published under th...
51. 1963. Splendour of Israel, The. Robert Payne. — Description of Theodor Herzl's dream in 1902 of Haifa as a city towering up the length of Mount Carm...
52. 1954/2013-04-01. My First Pilgrimage to Haifa - 1954. Irene Bennett. — Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre and meeting the Guardian.
53. 1952-05. Pilgrim Notes. Ted Cardell. — Notes from a visit with the Guardian, likely written in 1990 from journal entries taken while on pil...
54. 1941/1997. Old New Land. Theodor Herzl, Lotta Levensohn, trans. . — A vision of future Haifa, written in 1902: "all the way from Akka to Mount Carmel stretched what see...
55. 1941/1995. Pilgrimage to Haifa, November 1919, A. Bahiyyih Randall Winckler. — Winckler's parents were Baha'is; she met 'Abdu'l-Baha during his visit to America when He visited he...
56. 1936. Road to Nazareth, The: Through Palestine Today. John Gibbons. — Two-page discussion of the Babis and Mount Carmel, from a travel diary.
57. 1921. Excellency of Mt. Carmel, The. George Napier Whittingham. — Chapter 10, "The Excellency of Mt. Carmel," describes the author's visit to Haifa and gives an overv...
58. 1915-07. Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God. Charles Mason Remey, George Orr Latimer. — Experiences of two American Baha'is in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha...
59. 1912/1918/2007. Views of Akka, Haifa, Mt. Carmel, and Other Places: Photographs of "The Dwelling Place of the Most High," Authorized by Abdu'l-Baha. — Pictures of Akka taken between 1903-1911, with historical annotations and bibliographical data. Scan...
60. 1911/1970. Mountain of God, The. E. S. Stevens. — Book excerpts, sympathetic portrayal by a non-Baha'i of Abdu'l-Baha and the small band of Baha’is ...
61. 1911. Brief Account of the Bahá'í Movement, A. Ethel J. Rosenberg. — An early overview of the Baha'i Faith and its teachings, with compilation of quotations, published a...
62. 1911. Palestine: Depicted and Described. G. E. Franklin. — Four pages of pictures of Haifa, Carmel, and the American College at Beirut (Shoghi Effendi's alma m...
63. 1910. Acca Notes. Howard C. Struven. — Notes of a visit to Haifa and Akka in 1910. Not proofread.
64. 1909. Letter to Mrs A.M. Bryant re interment of the remains of The Bab on Mt. Carmel. May Woodcock, A. M. Bryant. — Brief description of the interment of the remains of the Bab on Mt. Carmel on 21 March 1909.
65. 1876. Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Palestine and Syria . Thomas Cook (firm). — Many passing references to Haifa, Carmel, Akka, and the Holy Land; see e.g. pages 20-21, 30-31, 47-4...

1. 1836-00-00 — The Carmelite Monastery and church were constructed near the cave of Elijah. It was influential in ...
2. 1883-08-00 — Baha'u'llah travelled to Haifa on the second of four known visits (His first is His brief stop there...
3. 1891-06-27 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for the fourth time. [BKG374; DH109; GPB194; RB4:351] He stayed three m...
4. 1892-06-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha went to Haifa and Mount Carmel and isolated Himself in a small apartment in the stone b...
5. 1897-05-15 — Finding the situation in `Akka intolerable, `Abdu'l-Baha had moved to Haifa's Retreat of Elijah on M...
6. 1900-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha began to build the foundations of the Shrine of the Bab. [CB223] Note that the numbe...
7. 1901-00-00 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi sent from Rangoon a sample of the marble that the sarcophagus for the remains ...
8. 1909-03-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the sacred remains of the Bab in their final resting place at the Shrine in Haifa....
9. 1911-00-00 — The publication of The Mountain of God by E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens (later Mrs E M Drower, Lady ...
10. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr...
11. 1921-11-29 — The funeral of `Abdu'l-Baha. [BW15:115] For details of the funeral see AB464-74; BW1:23-6; BW15...
12. 1922-04-21 — The Shrines of Baha'u'llah and the Bab were electrically illuminated for the first time. [PP69] ...
13. 1925-10-00 — Faced with the possibility of Jewish developments on land near the Shrine of the Bab, Shoghi Effendi...
14. 1929-02-14 — Work began on the three additional chambers of the Shrine of the Bab after the rock had been excavat...
15. 1932-07-15 — The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum, 'outstanding heroine of the Baha'i Dispensation' passed awa...
16. 1934-05-10 — Baha'i properties on Mount Carmel were granted tax exemption. [GBF122; PP269, 285-286; BN No 84 June...
17. 1938-04-30 — Munirih Khanum, the Holy Mother, wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away. [BBD166; BW8:260; CB358; DH161] ...
18. 1939-00-02 — Shoghi Effendi ordered twin monuments from Italy similar in style to that of the Greatest Holy Leaf ...
19. 1939-12-03 — Shoghi Effendi obtained permission from the British authorities in Palestine to reinter the bodies o...
20. 1939-12-05 — Shoghi Effendi disintered the remains of Navvab and the Purest Branch. [DH162; PP260] He went to ...
21. 1939-12-24 — Shoghi Effendi reinterred the remains of Navvab and the Purest Branch. [DH162; GBF116; GPB347–8] ...
22. 1940-02-09 — The monuments of Navvab and the Purest Branch were dedicated at a ceremony in Haifa. [ZK293] For ...
23. 1942-12-31 — Shoghi Effendi asked Sutherland Maxwell to design the superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab. [BBD2...
24. 1944-05-23 — Shoghi Effendi unveiled the model of the Shrine of the Bab at the centenary celebration of the Decla...
25. 1946-04-11 — Shoghi Effendi instructed Sutherland Maxwell to set plans in motion for the first stages of the buil...
26. 1949-00-00 — Construction began on the superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab. [BBD210] The architect, Suther...
27. 1950-07-09 — The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Bab was commemorated. For Shoghi Effendi's message to the B...
28. 1951-04-02 — Shoghi Effendi announced the completion of two additional terraces, a scheme initiated a quarter of ...
29. 1952-03-01 — The Octagonal component of the Shrine of the Bab was completed. [The Baha'i Faith 1844-1952 Informat...
30. 1952-03-04 — Shoghi Effendi described plans for a marble colonnade to encircle the Shrine of the Bab as an interm...
31. 1953-04-29 — In a moving ceremony, Shoghi Effendi placed a silver box containing a fragment of plaster from the c...
32. 1953-10-00 — The superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab was completed. [BBD210; CB324–5; PP235; ZK85–6] M...
33. 1954-04-06 — Shoghi Effendi announced that plans for the International Baha'i Archives had been completed and tha...
34. 1954-04-06 — In his Ridvan Message Shoghi Efffendi announced that: The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of t...
35. 1954-04-26 — President of Israel Ben Zvi and his wife visit the Shrines on Mount Carmel, the first official visit...
36. 1954-10-01 — The title of the a parcel of land on Mount Carmel was transferred to the National Spiritual Assembly...
37. 1954-11-01 — A plot of land of slightly less than half an acre (1,300 metres) owned by Farah Sprague (Farahangiz ...
38. 1954-11-27 — Shoghi Effendi described the significance of the world administrative centre of the Faith and the 's...
39. 1957-04-21 — In his last Ridvan message Shoghi Effendi announced that the exterior of International Baha'i Archiv...
40. 1957-12-02 — The titles to the Shrine of the Bab, the Mansion of Bahji, and all other buildings and lands which t...
41. 1962-06-28 — President Tubman of Liberia visited the Shrine of the Bab. This is the second official visit of a...
42. 1971-08-00 — The Universal House of Justice erected an obelisk on the site of the future House of Worship of the ...
43. 1983-01-01 — The Seat of the Universal House of Justice was completed; the Universal House of Justice officially ...
44. 1987-04-30 — The Universal House of Justice indicated that the way was open to erect the remaining buildings on t...
45. 1987-08-31 — The Universal House of Justice called for the erection of the remaining three buildings along the Ar...
46. 1989-02-21 — The Office of the Project Manager for the Arc Project was established, and a technical staff was ass...
47. 1990-03-20 — The Baha'i World Centre received official approval from the District Town Planning Commission for th...
48. 1991-06-17 — The contracts were signed for the second phase of construction for the terraces to the Shrine of the...
49. 1993-12-24 — It was announced in a Haifa weekly that the Municipality of Haifa had decided to implement a project...
50. 2001-01-08 — The inauguration of the International Teaching Centre Building at the World Centre with the meeting ...
51. 2001-05-00 — The inauguration of the Centre for the Study of the Texts. The facility was completed and occupied ...
52. 2001-05-23 — At dusk on the evening of the 22nd of May, the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Bab, a $...
53. 2001-06-04 — The public opening of the terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel. [BWNS134, BWNS...
54. 2011-04-12 — After more than two years of extensive restoration work the Shrine of the Bab was complete. The proj...

1. 2001-05-23 — At dusk on the evening of the 22nd of May, the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Bab, a $...

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