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From the book, 'Valiant Horsemen of the Merciful' by Shirin Sabri, and the story, 'A Promise Fulfilled': near the village of Maryamabad, a Zoroastrian farmer opens the door of his barn to hide two young Baha'is being pursued by a mob. The Zoroastrian, Mulla Bahram, was able to divert the mob, and discovered his two proteges were on their way to visit Baha'u'llah in the Holy Land. He sent his best wishes. Later he found out about the Faith and became a Baha'i as well.

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...