Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1993), paragraph 88.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1988), p. 13.

The citation made reference to the value of the Master’s “advice” to the British military authorities who were attempting to restore civil life following the overthrow of the Turkish regime in the area, adding that “all his influence has been for good”. See Moojan Momen, ed., The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions, 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts (Oxford: George Ronald, 1981), p. 344.

The Bahá’í World, vol. XV (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1976), p. 132.

Horace Holley, Religion for Mankind (London: George Ronald, 1956), pp. 243-244.

Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1991), p. 11.

Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, op. cit., p. 326.

Although the “Christmas truce” involved principally British and German soldiers, French and Belgian troops also participated: BBC News, Online Network Summary of Brown, Malcolm and Shirley Seaton, “Christmas Truce”.

Rúḥíyyih Rabbání, The Priceless Pearl (London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1969), pp. 121, 123.

Shoghi Effendi, Bahá’í Administration, op. cit., pp. 187-188, 194.