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The four corrupt officials who constituted the last investigating commission arrived in 'Akka in the early part of the winter of 1907, stayed one month, and departed for Constantinople, after finishing their so called "investigation," prepared to report that the charges against 'Abdu'l-Baha had been substantiated and to recommend His exile or execution. No sooner had they got back to Turkey, however, than the Revolution broke out there and the four commissioners, who belonged to the old regime, had to flee for their lives. The Young Turks established their supremacy, and all political and religious prisoners in the Ottoman Empire were set free. In September 1908 'Abdu'l-Baha was released from prison, and in the following year 'Abdu'l- Zamid, the Sultan, became himself a prisoner
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