Many were the incidents of that two years'' sojourn in the
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When in Bahá'í history
Sulaymáníyyih (today: Sulaymaniyah, Iraq)
Many were the incidents of that two years' sojourn in the wilderness, which were told to us; we were never tired of listening. The food was easy to describe - coarse bread, a little cheese was the usual diet; sometimes, but very rarely, a cup of milk; into this would be put some rice, and a tiny bit of sugar. When boiled together, these scanty rations provided the great treat of a sort of rice pudding.
Source: Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway
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