In a memorable Tablet, designated as the Súriy-i-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings) in which
- the Sultán himself and
- his ministers, and the kings of Christendom, and
- the French and Persian Ambassadors accredited to the Sublime Porte, and
- the Muslim ecclesiastical leaders in Constantinople, and
- its wise men and its inhabitants, and
- the people of Persia, and
- the philosophers of the world
have been specifically addressed and admonished, He [Bahá’u’lláh] thus directs His words to the entire company of the monarchs of East and West: …
- Shoghi Effendi (‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
