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| Bahá’u’lláh's kashkúl |
Attired in the garb of a traveler, coarsely clad, taking
with Him nothing but his kashkúl (alms-bowl) and a change of clothes, and
assuming the name of Darvísh Muhammad, Bahá’u’lláh retired to the wilderness,
and lived for a time on a mountain named Sar-Galú, so far removed from human
habitations that only twice a year, at seed sowing and harvest time, it was
visited by the peasants of that region. Alone and undisturbed, He passed a
considerable part of His retirement on the top of that mountain in a rude
structure, made of stone, which served those peasants as a shelter against the
extremities of the weather. - Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By)
The kashkúl which He had with Him in the mountains of
Kurdistan is preserved today in the International Baha'i Archives on Mount
Carmel.
- Hasan Balyuzi (‘Bahá’u’lláh King of Glory’)
