- As a youth the desire of Tarázu’lláh’s heart was to gain admittance to the presence of Bahá’u’lláh who was then an exile in the Turkish penal colony of Akká. The pilgrimage of his brother and cousin increased his ardour for meeting his Beloved. This bounty was conferred upon him in 1891 when he made the arduous journey of several weeks from Persia to the Holy Land, accompanied by his sister and his maternal aunt. At the age of seventeen he was in the entourage of Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká for six months and remained there for about four weeks after the passing of the Blessed Beauty in 1892.
- Bahá’u’lláh received him, three days after his arrival, in the House of ‘Abbúd, and on other occasions in Bahjí, the garden of Ridván and elsewhere.
- During his 1891 pilgrimage, he had the supreme honour on two occasions to be in the presence of Bahá’u’lláh at the time of revelation. Although he acknowledged that this experience was impossible to describe, he said the Words poured forth like a mighty torrent, while the greatest majesty was evident in His person. On other occasions, Bahá’u’lláh manifested His own title "Mazlúmíyyih" (the Wronged One).
- On the morning of Naw-Rúz, Bahá’u’lláh sent Tarázu’lláh a gift of clothes, a robe, a shirt, a cummerbund and socks. The same day He received the friends in a small garden. The famous poets, Nabil and ‘Andalíb, had composed poems for the occasion. The garden was adorned with citrus trees; rain was drizzling. On this day the friends gathered at the Feast had the supreme bounty of hearing Bahá’u’lláh revealing verses. A banquet was served and Tarázu’lláh and other friends accompanied the Blessed Beauty on His return to Bahji.
- Tarázu’lláh received permission from ‘Abdu’l-Baha to make another pilgrimage in 1898. With a group of friends from Persia he stayed in ‘Akká for four months and ten days, in the company of the Master, gaining in spirituality and knowledge.
- In 1908, Tarázu’lláh made a third pilgrimage for forty days, in a period when conditions in the Holy Land were very unsettled; 'Abdu’l-Bahá’s life was in danger and the enemies of the Faith were emboldened by events which seemed momentarily to assure their ascendancy.
- In 1910 he travelled to the Holy Land and spent two months in the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá…
- In the autumn of 1940 Tarázu’lláh and his wife were granted permission to make the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. During their stay for forty days Shoghi Effendi surrounded them with kindness and made use of Tarázu’lláh’s ability by giving him a number of original Tablets to identify.
(Adapted from a write-up by Mihdi Samandari, ‘The Baha’i World 1968-1973’)
