Now Baha'u'llah appeared in Persia, which is eastward from Palestine, towards the rising of the sun, and He came to the Holy Land, where He spent the last twenty-four years of His life.

Had He come there as a free man, people might have said that it was the trick of an impostor in order to conform to the prophecies; but He came as an exile and prisoner.

He was sent there by the _Sh_ah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey, who can hardly be suspected of any design to furnish arguments in favor of Baha'u'llah's claim to be the "Glory of God" Whose coming the Prophets foretold.
The Branch In the prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Zechariah are several references to a man called the Branch.

These have often been taken by Christians as applying to Christ, but are regarded by Baha'is as referring especially to Baha'u'llah.
The longest Bible prophecy about the Branch is in the 11th chapter of Isaiah:-- And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord....

righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.