Editing ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (section)

=== Later in ʻAkká ===

Over time, he gradually assumed responsibility for the relationships between the small [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] exile community and the outside world. It was through his interaction with the people of ʻAkká (Acre) that, they recognized the innocence of the Baháʼís, and thus the conditions of imprisonment were eased.{{sfn|Balyuzi|2001|pp=33–43}} Four months after the death of Mihdí the family moved from the prison to the [[House of ʻAbbúd]].{{sfn|Balyuzi|2001|p=33}} Gradually the respect of the local population for the Baháʼís increased, and in particular, for ʻAbdu'l-Bahá who soon became very popular in the penal colony. Myron Henry Phelps a wealthy New York lawyer described how "a crowd of human beings...Syrians, Arabs, Ethiopians, and many others",<ref>{{harvnb|Phelps|1912|p=3}}</ref> all waited to talk and receive ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2000|p=4}}</ref> With the passage of time ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was able to rent alternative accommodations for the family, and eventually the family moved to the Mansion of Bahjí around 1879 when an epidemic caused its residents to flee.

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá undertook a history of the Bábí religion through publication of [[A Traveller's Narrative]] (Makála-i-Shakhsí Sayyáh) in 1886,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/A-E/B/browne/tn/tnfrnt.htm| title = A Traveller's Narrative, (Makála-i-Shakhsí Sayyáh)}}</ref> later translated and published in translation in 1891 through Cambridge University through the agency of [[Edward Granville Browne]].