Editing ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (section)

===Death and funeral===

[[File:Abdul Baha Abbas Funeral.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Funeral of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in [[Haifa]], [[British Mandate-Palestine]]]]

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá died on Monday, 28 November 1921, sometime after 1:15&nbsp;a.m. (27th of [[Rabi' al-awwal]], 1340 [[Hijri year|AH]]).{{sfn|Effendi|1944|p=311}}

Then Colonial Secretary [[Winston Churchill]] telegraphed the High Commissioner for Palestine, "convey to the Baháʼí Community, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, their sympathy and condolence." Similar messages came from [[Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby|Viscount Allenby]], the [[Council of Ministers]] of Iraq, and others.{{sfn|Effendi|1944|p=312}}

On his funeral, which was held the next day, Esslemont notes:
{{blockquote|text=... a funeral the like of which Haifa, nay Palestine itself, had surely never seen... so deep was the feeling that brought so many thousands of mourners together, representative of so many religions, races and tongues.<ref>{{harvnb|Esslemont|1980|p=77}}, quoting 'The Passing of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá", by Lady Blomfield and Shoghi Effendi, pp 11, 12.</ref>}}

Among the talks delivered at the funeral, [[Shoghi Effendi]] records [[Stewart Symes]] (Governor of the [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] North District) giving the following tribute:
{{blockquote|text=Most of us here have, I think, a clear picture of Sir ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ʻAbbás, of His dignified figure walking thoughtfully in our streets, of His courteous and gracious manner, of His kindness, of His love for little children and flowers, of His generosity and care for the poor and suffering. So gentle was He, and so simple, that in His presence one almost forgot that He was also a great teacher, and that His writings and His conversations have been a solace and an inspiration to hundreds and thousands of people in the East and in the West.{{sfn|Effendi|1944|pp=313–314}} }}

He was buried in the front room of the [[Shrine of the Báb]] on [[Mount Carmel]]. His interment there is meant to be temporary, until his own mausoleum can be built in the vicinity of Riḍván Garden, known as the [[Shrine of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]].<ref>{{cite web |author=The Universal House of Justice |url=https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/messages/20190420_001/1#744198387 |title=Riḍván 2019 – To the Bahá'ís of the World}}</ref>