to be He whom God shall make manifest. On one journey, he performed the pilgrimage to the house of the Báb in Shiraz and the house of Baháʼu'lláh in Baghdad, making him the first to perform the pilgrimage according to Baháʼu'lláh's laws. In 1868 Nabíl was sent by Baháʼu'lláh to Egypt where he was imprisoned. When he was freed, Nabíl journeyed to ʻAkká, but after being recognized by the followers of Azal who had stationed themselves near the gate of the city, he was removed from the city. He travelled around the area including living on Mount Carmel and in Nazareth until he was able to enter ʻAkká. On his second attempt to enter the prison city he was able to stay 81 days, meeting Mírzá Áqá Ján and then Baháʼu'lláh. After this, he was sent by Baháʼu'lláh again to Iran to confirm the belief of many of the Baháʼís. In 1888 he began writing The Dawn-Breakers with the personal assistance of Mírzá Músá, the brother of Baháʼu'lláh. It was finished in about a year and a half, and parts of the manuscript were reviewed and approved, some by Baháʼu'lláh, and others by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. Death After his return from Iran, he lived in ʻAkká until Baháʼu'lláh's death in 1892. Overwhelmed with Baháʼu'lláh's death, he drowned himself in the sea and his dead body was found washed ashore near the city of ʻAkká. Besides writing a lengthy history of the Baháʼí Faith, he wrote poetry about the historical events of the religion, which he would send to the Baháʼís of Iran. His poetry, however, has not been published. A tablet by Baháʼu'lláh addresses him by name, describing him as "numbered with My favoured ones whose names the Finger of God hath inscribed." Notes References External links Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh Iranian Bahá'ís Bahá'í poets Suicides by drowning 1831 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Bahá'ís