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<li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-35.html">Imprisonment in ‘Akká</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-36.html">Restrictions Relaxed</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-37.html">Prison Gates Opened</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-38.html">Life at Bahjí</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-39.html">Ascension</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-40.html">Prophethood of Bahá’u’lláh</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-41.html">His Mission</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-42.html">His Writings</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-43.html">The Bahá’í Spirit</A></li> </ul> <div class="index1"><a href="bne-44.html">Chapter 4: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Servant of Bahá</a></div> <ul> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-44.html">Birth and Childhood</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-45.html">Youth</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-46.html">Marriage</A></li> <li class="index2"><A HRef="bne-47.html">Center of the Covenant</A></li> <li class="index2"><A 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