From: Baha'i Historical Facts
At the time of Shoghi Effendi's birth [ March 1, 1897]
'Abdu'l-Bahá and His family were still prisoners of the Sultan of Turkey,
Abdu'l Hamid; … In 1897 they were all living in a house known as that of
Abdullah Pasha … It was in this home that the first group of pilgrims from the
Western World visited the Master in the winter of 1898-9 …(Ruhiyyih Khanum, ‘The
Priceless Pearl’)
