Item record: Biography of Tsar Alexander

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Biography of Tsar Alexander

Title of item	Biography of Tsar Alexander
Subtitle of item	Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus)
Parent publication	Encyclopedia Britannica
Date of this edition	1999
Language	English
Permission	Fair use (see notes on copyright)
Posted	2002 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Biographies and Encyclopedia articles
URL	bahai-library.com/wilmette_malik_russia_biography
Abstract	Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
Notes	Identity of author not known; see original Encyclopedia Britannica. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Tags	Alexander II; Bahai history; History (general); Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II); Russia; Tablets to kings and rulers
Cross-references	See also https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_summons_lord_hosts.
Page views	19880 hits since 2002
Edit quality	medium: minimally proofread or edited
Format quality	high: well formatted
Last edited	2019-01-24 12:35 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=wilmette_malik_russia_biography. Documents posted prior to October 2003 were at bahai-library.org [archive.org] and had completely different URLs.

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