the onslaught of
all the peoples and kindreds of the earth! Erelong shall the clamour of
the multitude throughout Africa, throughout America, the cry of the
European and of the Turk, the groaning of India and China be heard from
far and near. One and all they shall arise with all their power to resist
His Cause. Then shall the Knights of the Lord, assisted by grace from on
high, strengthened by faith, aided by the power of understanding and
reinforced by the legions of the Covenant, arise and make manifest the
truth of the verse: 'Behold the confusion that hath befallen the tribes of
the defeated!'"

Dearly beloved friends, upon us devolves the supreme obligation to stand
by His side, to fight His battles and to win His victory. May we prove
ourselves worthy of this trust.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 26 February 1927

26 February 1927

...quite in order to utilise the Baha'i Fund for the payment of at least
half of the travelling expenses of the Friends who come to London from a
distance, "one chief object of the Fund should be to help the Friends in
these difficulties".

(Quoted in National Spiritual Assembly Minutes)

Letter of 22 March 1927

22 March 1927

LOVING APPRECIATION AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE.

SHOGHI

Letter of 27 April 1927

27 April 1927(17)

Dearly-beloved friends:

With feelings of horror and indignation I communicate to you the tale of
yet another tragedy involving the shedding of the blood of a martyr of the
Faith on Persia's sacred soil. I have before me, as I pen these lines, the
report of the local Spiritual Assembly of Ardibil, a town on the
north-east confines of the province of A_dh_irbayjan, not far distant from
those hallowed spots where the Bab suffered His last confinement and
martyrdom. Addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Persia, this report recounts in simple but moving language the
circumstances that have led to the cowardly crime committed in the
darkness of the night at the instigation of the fanatical clergy--the
deadliest opponents of the Faith in that town.

Our martyred brother, Aminu'l-'Ulama by name had for some time past become
notorious in the eyes of the Muslim inhabitants of Ardibil for his
tenacity of faith by openly refusing at every instance to vilify and
renounce his most cherished convictions. In the latter part of Ramadan--the
month associated with prayer, pious deeds and fasting--his use o