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Sir `Abdu'l-Bahá Abbás, K.B.E.
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Pages 63-64
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Sir `Abdu'l-Bahá Abbás, K.B.E.
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Great was the rejoicing in Haifa when, on the 23rd day of
September, 1918, at 3 P.M., after some twenty-four hours'
fighting, the city was taken by British and Indian cavalry, and
the horrors of war conditions under the Turkish rule came to
an end.
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From the beginning of the British occupation, large numbers
of soldiers and Government officials of all ranks, even the highest,
sought interviews with `Abdu'l-Bahá, delighting in His
illuminating talks, His breadth of view and depth of insight,
His dignified courtesy and genial hospitality. So profoundly
impressed were the Government representatives by His noble
character and His great work in the interests of peace conciliation,
and the true prosperity of the people, that a knighthood
of the British Empire was conferred on `Abdu'l-Bahá, the ceremony
taking place in the garden of the Military Governor of
Haifa on the 27th day of April, 1920.
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