From the year 69 until the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh in 1309
A.H., [1853-1892] Salmán would arrive once a year, bringing letters, leaving
with the Tablets, faithfully delivering each one to him for whom it was
intended. Every single year throughout that long period, he came on foot from
Persia to ‘Iráq, or to Adrianople, or to the Most Great Prison at Akká; came
with the greatest eagerness and love, and then went back again.
He had remarkable powers of endurance. He traveled on foot,
as a rule eating nothing but onions and bread; and in all that time, he moved
about in such a way that he was never once held up and never once lost a letter
or a Tablet. Every letter was safely delivered; every Tablet reached its
intended recipient….
After the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, Salmán remained faithful
to the Covenant, serving the Cause with all his powers. Then, as before, he
would come to the Most Great Prison every year, delivering mail from the
believers, and returning with the answers to Persia. At last, in Shíráz, he
winged his way to the Kingdom of glory.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Memorials of the Faithful’)
