Pilgrimage Routes

The Historic Bahai Pilgrimage to Shiraz and Baghdad

Bahá’í Faith Routes

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "The Historic Bahai Pilgrimage to Shiraz and Baghdad." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/pilgrimage-routes/historic-bahai-pilgrimage-shiraz-baghdad.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Historic Bahai Pilgrimage to Shiraz and Baghdad. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/pilgrimage-routes/historic-bahai-pilgrimage-shiraz-baghdad

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-historic-bahai-pilgrimage-to-shiraz,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Historic Bahai Pilgrimage to Shiraz and Baghdad},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/pilgrimage-routes/historic-bahai-pilgrimage-shiraz-baghdad},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad. Both later became inaccessible, the Baghdad house seized by hostile parties in the 1920s and the Shiraz house destroyed in 1979, and Shoghi Effendi clarified that visiting the accessible shrines around Haifa and Acre now fulfills the same pilgrimage obligation, making this historic route the earlier, now largely unwalkable, predecessor to the pilgrimage practiced today.

Facts

Attributions

Associated Religion

Bahai Faith 1

Tradition

Bahai 1

Site

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage attested historically; not continuing 1

Status

Status Today

In active religious use 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Acre

This source names Acre directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith

Baghdad

This source names Baghdad directly: "Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith

Baha'u'llah

This source names Baha'u'llah directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith

Haifa

This source names Haifa directly: "Before the pilgrimage to the Haifa and Acre holy places, which this atlas also covers, was formally established, the ordained Bahai pilgrimage was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and..."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith

Shiraz

This source names Shiraz directly: "to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith

The Bab

This source names The Bab directly: "was to two houses: the House of the Bab in Shiraz and the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad."

Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smith