1898 - 1914: Western Pilgrims & Baha'is in Bombay

The First Western Pilgrims -- Winter of 1898-99. Ibrahim Kheiralla is in the middle of the front row. Lua Getsinger is second from right

Western pilgrims in Akka in early 1901

Standing left to right: Charles Mason Remey, Sigurd Russell, Edward Getsinger and Laura Barney; Seated left to right: Ethel Rosenberg, Madam Jackson (in whose house in Paris Lua Getsinger often stayed), Shoghi Effendi, unknown (possibly Helen Ellis Cole, Lua Getsinger, unknown (possibly Emogene Hoagg)

Baha'is of Bombay, India, 1914

1940: Baha'i pilgrims and some residents of Haifa

Baha'i pilgrims and some residents of Haifa, 1940.

circa 1926 -- Some resident Baha'is in Haifa with pilgrims from East & West

Some Baha'is resident in Haifa with pilgrims from East & West, circa 1926. Ali and Jalal Nakhjavani are among the children.

1925: A group of pilgrims in Haifa

A group of pilgrims in Haifa, spring 1925. Martha Root is second from right in the front row. This was Martha Roots' first pilgrimage to the World Center of the Baha'i Faith.

A group of Western pilgrims in Haifa, November 1919

A group of Western pilgrims in Haifa eating fruit from 'Abdu'l-Baha's garden, November 1919. Left to right: George Latimer, Arthur Hathaway, Ruth Randall, Harry Randall, Dr. Esslemont, and Bahiyyih Randall

1909 Akka: Some Western pilgrims with resident Baha'is in the Garden of Ridvan

Some Western pilgrims with resident Baha'is in the Ridvan Garden, Akka, 1909. Louise Stapfer (Bosch) is seated on the left followed by May Maxwell.

1925 Haifa -- Martha Root and other pilgrims

Martha Root with other pilgrims, Haifa 1925

1919: Western pilgrims with Shoghi Effendi and some resident Baha'is in Haifa

Some American pilgrims with resident Baha'is in Haifa, November, 1919. Shoghi Effendi (second from right) had guided the group to Holy Places in Akka and Haifa. Immediately behind Shoghi Effendi is George Latimer. Harry Randall is fourth from right, behind Fujita., and Albert Vail is second from left. Others include Dr Lutfu'llah Hakim, later a member of the Universal House of Justice (third from right) and Saichiro Fujita (to his right).

The Greatest Holy Leaf, Munirih Khanum and her four daughters

The Middle row, those sitting on chairs, left to right: Munawar and Touba (daughters of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum), the Greatest Holy Leaf, Munirih Khanum (wife of ‘Abdu’l-Baha), Diya’iyyih (daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum, mother of Shoghi Effendi), and Ruha (daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum). The other ladies in the picture are pilgrims and believers from Haifa-Akka area.