Síyáh-Chál
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thumb|Original corridor to the entrance of the Síyáh-Chál in Tehran.
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thumb|Original corridor to the entrance of the Síyáh-Chál in Tehran.
The Síyáh-Chál () was a subterrenean dungeon southeast of Golestan Palace in Tehran. It carries a significant role in the history of the Baháʼí Faith, because its founder, Baháʼu'lláh was held there for four months in 1852, and it is where he claimed to have received a revelation. The Síyáh-Chál is regarded as the second holiest place in Iran to Baháʼís, after the house of the Báb, in Shiraz.
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