… He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] sailed, on the S.S. Celtic, on December
5, [1912] from New York for Liverpool; and landing there He proceeded by train to
London. Later He visited Oxford, Edinburgh and Bristol, and thence returning to
London, left for Paris on January 21, 1913. On March 30 He traveled to
Stuttgart, and from there proceeded, on April 9, to Budapest, visited Vienna
nine days later, returned to Stuttgart on April 25, and to Paris on May first,
where He remained until June 12, sailing the following day, on the S.S.
Himalaya from Marseilles bound for Egypt, arriving in Port Said four days
later, where after short visits to Isma'iliyyih and Abuqir, and a prolonged
stay in Ramleh, He returned to Haifa, concluding His historic journeys on
December 5, 1913.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
