seize thy chance . . .

IN the 1870s, Bahá’u’lláh sent Sulaymán Khán-i-Tunukábuní, known as Jamál Effendi, to India, where he helped establish His Faith in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

Among those he taught was a Muslim of ‘Iraqi descent named Siyyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí.They teamed up to spread the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh,and traveled east of India.

In 1878, Jamál Effendi and Muṣṭafá Rúmí arrived in Burma, now Myanmar, the gateway to the vast and varied region called Southeast Asia.

. . . and the expansive bridges

that keep linking its diversities.

Thus continued the storyof the vitalizing breezesthat swept through the region . . .

This is that story.

MYANMAR mingalabayin dee torn lap LAOS

VIETNAM chào mung sorm swarkum CAMBODIA

sawadee THAILAND

selamat datang BRUNEI * INDONESIA *

MALAYSIA

EAST TIMOR bem-vindo

mabuhay PHILIPPINES

welcome SINGAPORE

Alláh-u-Abhá!

THE SPIRIT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

Myanmar

Laos

Vietnam

Cambodia

Thailand

Malaysia

Brunei

Singapore

Indonesia

East Timor

Philippines