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From the upcoming book, 'Hosts of the Seen and the Unseen' by Shirin Sabri, and the story, 'Dry in the Sea'. The Governor of Tihran, favourite son of the Shah of Persia, in order to win the good pleasure of his father, had three of the best known Baha'i teachers in his region imprisoned. He listened to them, was amused by their explanations, and provoked them into defending their beliefs. When the Shah heard of this he wished to see one of the captives, and organized for this man, Haji Akhund, to be seated in chains in his palace while he observed him from the safety of an upper window. He was so impressed by his calm demeanour, that he asked the court photographer to take this photo.

Sue Podger is descended from the early Dutch settlers of the Cape of Good Hope, known as Afrikaners. She is the first of this people to become a Baha'i and her maiden surname is Hofmeyr. She was trained at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. An accomplished watercolourist, she uses a range of styles to portray a sensitive and accurate picture of the years when Baha'u'llah was amongst us. The images of one set of her paintings shown on this website were painted for a hard cover book, 'The Incomparable Friend', a history of the life of Baha'u'llah told in stories, which sold out and was out of print for some years. Shirin Sabri, it's author, and Sue, wishing to see it more widely available, have published it as a free...