From: Baha'i Calendar -- this month in history
After Baha’u’llah left the barracks (4 November 1870), He
lived in a succession of houses in various parts of the city [of Akka] (the
houses of Malik, Khawwam and Rabi'a) before moving into a house belonging to ‘Udi
Khammir, a Christian merchant (also the owner of the mansion of Bahji) in
September 1871. It was here that ‘Abdu’l-Baha was married and the Kitab-i-Aqdas
revealed. The larger adjoining house of 'Abbudd was later rented and openings
made to join the two houses together, the whole complex becoming known as the
House of 'Abbud. 'Abdu'l-Baha and His family remained resident until about
October 1896. (Peter Smith, ‘A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha’i Faith’)
