The main portico of the Temple is two stories in the clear, while the loggias, which surround the building, are on two floors, the lower being on the main floor level, while the upper one is on the level of the triforium gallery. This upper loggia is reached by two staircases, one to the right and one to the left of the main entrance, and the gallery is entered from the loggia.

On the main floor the principal entrance is through the large doorway, but there are also several inner doors, which connect the ambulatory with the loggia. An abundance of light is admitted through the windows in the upper part of the rotunda, as well as through the windows of the upper gallery and ambulatory, which open upon the loggias.

The Persian style of architecture has been used in treating the details and decorations of the buildings . . ..

From what I saw and heard in ‘Ishqábád, I found that those believers who superintended the building of the Temple were competent business men and that, although they had undertaken a large enterprise, every possible economy was made, yet at the same time no expense seemed to be spared when necessary for the beauty and solidity of the building.

Nine avenues of approach lead to the Temple. The main avenue of the nine, leading to the entrance portico, will be entered from the street by a monumental gateway. Last July they were completing the plans for this principal gateway to the grounds.

At the four corners of the garden are four buildings. One is a school. One is a house, where traveling Bahá’ís are entertained. One is to be used as a hospital, and the other is for workmen, storage, etc. Much of the property in the immediate vicinity of this enclosure belongs to Bahá’ís, so the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is the center of the community materially, as well as spiritually.

That which impressed me more than all else, as I stood before this Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, was the fact that the Bahá’ís of the East had all worked with one accord and had given freely toward its erection . . . .

Faithfully, your brother in the service of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá,