The amazing stories of the Knights of Bah?'u'll?h, whose indomitable
spirit, courage and steadfastness brought the Bah?'? message to countries
where it was previously unknown.
Why would a legal counsel with the rank of brigadier general in the
Department of Defence go to a desolate island with just a few score
inhabitants? Where it was so hot that he cooked his eggs on rocks on the
beach and so isolated that the arrival of an eggplant on the tide was the
cause of celebration?
Why would a young doctor give up a potential job that included a nice
house, servants, car and driver and a good salary, for a job paying just
$25 a month in a place where the toilet was two boards placed over a stream
full of water snakes?
These and other stories of indomitable spirit, courage, steadfastness and
self-abnegation are the subject of this book on the Knights of Bah?'u'll?h,
those Bah?'?s who left their homes to bring the message of Bah?'u'll?h to
countries and territories where it was unknown, and whose names are
inscribed on Shoghi Effendi's Roll of Honor. They came from over two dozen countries scattered over
the earth representing every continent; 131 of them were men and 126 women.
The oldest left home at the age of 85, while the youngest was a youth no
older than 14. They endured loneliness and made sacrifices, and in so doing
experienced the greatest adventure of their lives.