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Qiblih

Bahá'í Faith 80px Central figures Bahá'u'lláh The Báb `Abdu'l-Bahá Key scripture Kitáb-i-Aqdas Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words The Seven Valleys Institutions Administrative Order The Guardianship Universal House of Justice Spiritual Assemblies History Timeline Bábís Shaykh Ahmad Persecution People Shoghi Effendi Martha Root Táhirih Badí‘ Apostles Hands of the Cause Other topics Symbols Laws Teachings Texts Calendar Divisions Pilgrimage Prayer Category Portal vte In the Bahá'í Faith the Qiblih is the location that Bahá'ís should face when saying their daily obligatory prayers, and is fixed at the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, near 'Akká, in present day Israel; approximately at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:32|56|37|N|35|5|30.5|E| | |name= }}.

Located at 32.9436, 35.0918 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bahá'í prayer

Sanjak of Acre

The Sanjak of Acre was a prefecture of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day northern Israel. The city of Acre was the sanjak's capital. Acre was captured by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I in 1517, but the city fell into disuse soon thereafter. Acre was the center of a major economic boom under the leadership of Dahar al-Omar during the late 18th century. The sanjak of Acre was created c. early 19th century as a prefecture of the Sidon Eyalet.

Located at 32.9317, 35.0831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine, District of Acre, States and territories established in the 19th century

Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh

The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, located in Bahjí near Acre, Israel, is the most holy place for Bahá'ís and represents their Qiblih, or direction of prayer. It contains the remains of Bahá'u'lláh and is near the spot where he died in the Mansion of Bahjí. The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is composed of a central area that contains a small, tree-filled garden surrounded by paths covered with Persian rugs. A glass roof was constructed by Qulám-‘Alíy-i-Najjár after the death of Bahá'u'lláh.

Located at 32.9433, 35.0922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bahá'í pilgrimages, Bahá'í shrines in Israel, Gardens in Israel, Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í gardens, Shrines

Mansion of Bahjí

The Mansion of Bahjí is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, died in 1892. His shrine is located next to this house. The whole area was called Al-Bahjá (Place of Delight). The area was originally a garden planted by Suleiman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre, for his daughter Fatimih, and he named it Bahji. Later the area was further beautified by `Abdu'llah Pasha, and in 1831 when Ibrahim Pasha besieged Acre he used the property as his headquarters.

Located at 32.9433, 35.0922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bahá'í pilgrimages, Bahá'í Faith in Israel, Acre, Israel, Bahá'u'lláh, Persian gardens in Israel, Bahá'í gardens

Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre

The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre (also known as the Convention of Acre) concluded the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II. It was an armistice signed between Allied forces in the Middle East under the command of British General Henry Maitland Wilson, and Vichy France forces in Syria and Lebanon, under the command of General Henri Dentz, Commander in Chief of the Army of the Levant and as High Commissioner of the Levant. The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre was signed on 14 July 1941.

Located at 32.9483, 35.0778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Armistices, Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Ghetto Fighters' House

The Ghetto Fighters' House, full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Documentation and Study Center, was founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, a community of Holocaust survivors, among them fighters of the ghetto undergrounds and partisan units. The museum is name after Itzhak Katzenelson, a Jewish poet who died at Auschwitz. The museum is located in the Western Galilee, Israel, on the Coastal Highway between Acre (Akko) and Nahariya.

Located at 32.9606, 35.0953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums established in 1949, Holocaust commemoration, Holocaust museums, Monuments and memorials in Israel, Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, Museums in Israel, History museums in Israel, Archives in Israel, North District (Israel)

Mateh Asher Regional Council

The Mateh Asher Regional Council is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua . It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman and Sulam Tzur. The council's offices are located on Highway 4, between Regba and Lohamei HaGeta'ot.

Located at 32.9703, 35.0937 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Regional councils in Israel, Mateh Asher Regional Council

Western Galilee College

Western Galilee College is a college in northern Israel within the jurisdiction of the city of Akko. It was founded in 1994 on the basis of its predecessor, the Western Galilee Regional College, which was founded in 1972.

Located at 32.9367, 35.0864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Colleges in Israel