would be permitted to enter Acre. Mírzá Mihdí died with his father beside him on June 23, 1870. His father had to sell a small carpet in his cell to fund the hastily prepared funeral, that no family were permitted to attend. Legacy The sudden and unexpected death of Mírzá Mihdí brought deep sadness to his parents and destroyed any morale that was left among the prisoners. His mother was so overcome with grief that family members feared she would never recover. His sister collected the blood-soaked clothes of Mihdí and other relics. These are seen in the International Archives in Israel. Baháʼu'lláh eulogized his son and connected the subsequent easing of restrictions and pilgrims' ability to visit him to Mihdí's dying prayer. Shoghi Effendi later removed the body of Mírzá Mihdí and reinterred it alongside his mother, in the gardens below the Arc on Mount Carmel, Haifa, in an area now called the Monument Gardens. He then cabled the Baháʼís: His resting-place now serves as a place of pilgrimage for Bahá’ís. Appearance and personality In physical appearance Mírzá Mihdí grew to resemble `Abdu'l-Bahá with blue eyes, dark hair and a fair complexion but was taller. Mírzá Mihdí was remembered as gentle and self-effacing by contemporaries, winning him the affection of the exiled Bahá'í community. See also Others buried in the Monument Gardens: Ásiyih Khánum, Baháʼu'lláh's first wife, Mirzá Mihdí's mother (also called Nawab). Bahíyyih Khánum, Mirzá Mihdí's elder sister. Munirih Khánum, wife of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Mirzá Mihdí's elder brother. Notes and citations Notes Citations References External links The Purest Branch Mírzá Mihdí The Purest Branch Family of Baháʼu'lláh People from Tehran Burials in Israel People from Acre, Israel Iranian prisoners and detainees 1870 deaths 1848 births Iranian emigrants to the Ottoman Empire Prisoners and detainees of the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Iranian people