A Gift for a Dismissed Governor
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When in Bahá'í history
'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
Another governor of ‘Akká was dismissed from his duties and sent to Beirut to a new post. He had been very unkind and had not permitted the Bahá’ís to visit their Master, but with characteristic big-heartedness, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, hearing of his dismissal from his post in Beirut, sent a messenger with His good wishes and a gift of a ‘very precious ring’. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, still a prisoner, offered to do what He could to be of assistance to him.
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 85 (“Present for dismissed governor”).
Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: enemies).
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