The news of His ascension was instantly communicated to Sulṭán
‘Abdu’l-Ḥamíd in a telegram which began with the words “the Sun of Bahá has
set” and in which the monarch was advised of the intention of interring the
sacred remains within the precincts of the Mansion, an arrangement to which he
readily assented. Bahá’u’lláh was accordingly laid to rest in the northernmost
room of the house which served as a dwelling-place for His son-in-law, the most
northerly of the three houses lying to the west of, and adjacent to, the
Mansion. His interment took place shortly after sunset, on the very day of His
ascension.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
