Some members of the famous Ahmadpur family had been in the
presence of the beloved Master when the Shrine of the Bab had almost been completed.
In their longing to have a share in that great and historic enterprise, they
asked the Master if they could make a special carpet for the floor and send it
to Haifa. He accepted their request and gave instructions as to what design
they should choose for the carpet. This photo was taken after its completion
and before its dispatch to the Holy Land. The people sitting in front are from
the family of Haji Ahmad, in whose silk factory the Bab's body had been kept
after being taken from the edge of the moat outside the city of Tabriz. This
rug is now placed in the Shrine of the Bab.
(Baha’i News, October 1964)
