Baha'u'llah's ancestral village in Takur, Mazindran, Persia

Village of Takur, Mazindaran, Persia, ancestral home of Baha'u'llah.

Room (left) occupied by Baha'u'llah in Takur, Mazindaran, Persia.

Interior of room occupied by Baha'u'llah in Takur, Mazindaran, Persia.
(The Baha'i World 1930-1932)

Though under house arrest in Amul, Baha’u’llah praises the treatment He received from the acting governor

No prisoner has ever been accorded the treatment which I received at the hands of the acting governor of Ámul. He treated Me with the utmost consideration and esteem. I was generously entertained by him, and the fullest attention was given to everything that affected My security and comfort. I was, however, unable to leave the gate of the house. My host was afraid lest the governor, who was related to ‘Abbás-Qulí Khán-i- Láríjání,[1] might return from the fort of Tabarsí and inflict injury upon Me. I tried to dispel his apprehensions. “The same Omnipotence,” I assured him, “who has delivered us from the hands of the mischief-makers of Ámul, and has enabled us to be received with such hospitality by you in this house, is able to change the heart of the governor and to cause him to treat us with no less consideration and love.”

One night we were suddenly awakened by the clamour of the people who had gathered outside the gate of the house. The door was opened, and it was announced that the governor had returned to Ámul. Our companions, who were anticipating a fresh attack upon them, were completely surprised to hear the voice of the governor rebuking those who had denounced us so bitterly on the day of our arrival. “For what reason,” we heard him loudly remonstrating, “have these miserable wretches chosen to treat so disrespectfully a guest whose hands are tied and who has not been given the chance to defend himself? What is their justification for having demanded that he be immediately put to death? What evidence have they with which to support their contention? If they be sincere in their claims to be devotedly attached to Islám and to be the guardians of its interests, let them betake themselves to the fort of Shaykh Tabarsí and there demonstrate their capacity to defend the Faith of which they profess to be the champions.” 

- Bahá’u’lláh  (Cited in ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, by Nabil; translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)

[1] A prominent military commander who led troops in battle against the Bábís gathered at Shaykh Tabarsí.

The acting governor of Ámul succeeded to conduct Baha’u’llah to his house despite opposition by the clergy

Mírzá Taqí succeeded, in spite of the tumult Our arrival had raised, and in the face of the opposition of the ‘ulamás, in releasing Us from their grasp and in conducting Us to his own house. He extended to Us the warmest hospitality. Occasionally he yielded to the pressure which the ‘ulamás were continuously bringing to bear upon him, and felt himself powerless to defeat their attempts to harm Us. We were still in his house when the Sardár,[military commander] who had joined the army in Mázindarán, returned to Ámul. No sooner was he informed of the indignities We had suffered than he rebuked Mírzá Taqí for the weakness he had shown in protecting Us from Our enemies. “Of what importance,” he indignantly demanded, “are the denunciations of this ignorant people? Why is it that you have allowed yourself to be swayed by their clamour? You should have been satisfied with preventing the party from reaching their destination and, instead of detaining them in this house, you should have arranged for their safe and immediate return to Tihrán.”  

- Baha’u’llah  (Quoted by Nabil in ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)