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  1. 1980-05. Sacrifice to Fidelity, A: The senseless, brutal slayings of Enoch Olinga, his wife and children, in Bahá'í News, 590. An account of the murder of Enoch Olinga in 1980. [about]
  2. 1980-04. Yamamoto, Hiroshi: Eldest son of the world's first Japanese believer, by Marion Yazdi, in Bahá'í News, 599. Japanese-American Yamamoto (c. 1909-1979) was the eldest son of Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first ethnic Japanese Bahá’í in the world. [about]
  3. 1980-01. Orbison, Virginia: 40 years of service to Faith, in Bahá'í News, 586. Interview with Orbison at age 77. [about]
  4. 1979-10. Paine, Mabel Hyde: Obituary, by Garreta Busey, in Bahá'í News, 583. Paine (1877-1955) was an American Bahá’í teacher and author. [about]
  5. 1978. Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail, by Juliet Thompson, in World Order, 12:4. Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran. [about]
  6. 1978. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 16 (1973-1976). Ahmadpur, 'Inayatu'llah; Arbab, Ruhi; Ashen, Elizabeth Anna; Azamikhah, Qudratu'llah; Baghdadi, 'Abbas Ihsan; Baghtiyari, Isfandiyar; Bare, Karen; Becker, Matilda; Beeton, James Henry Isaac; Bode, Edward; Dhabih, Ishraqiyyih; Dreyfus-Barney, Laura ... [about]
  7. 1978-08. Part of the Baha'i History of the Family of Charles and Maria Ioas, by Viola Tuttle and Margarite Ioas Ullrich. Biographies of Charles and Maria: from his birth in 1859, their introduction to the Faith in 1898, experiences with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, and four Tablets from 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  8. 1977. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn, by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam. [about]
  9. 1977. Milly: A Tribute to The Hand of the Cause of God Amelia E. Collins, by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. A moving personal biographical history of Amelia Collins. [about]
  10. 1977. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander. An account of the Bahá'í Cause in Japan, China, Korea, and the Hawaiian Islands, prepared by request of the Guardian. [about]
  11. 1976. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 15 (1968-1973). 'Ala'i, Ni'mat; Alexander, Agnes Baldwin; Allen, Jeanne Gwendolin; Almond, Percy Meade; Backwell, Richard; Banani, Mbsa; Baxter, Evelyn; Bergamaschi, Napoleon; Blue Mountain, Pacora; Blum, Alvin; Bode, Mary Hotchkiss; Bolton, Mariette Germaine ... [about]
  12. 1976. Auguste Forel: His Life and Enlightment, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian, in Bahá'í Studies, 1. Overview of Forel's life and his connections with the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  13. 1975. Nine Holy Days, by Jackie Mehrabi. Booklet geared to children and junior youth, giving an overview of all principal Bahá'í holidays, and bios of the Figures they commemorate. [about]
  14. 1975. Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai, The: (Chapter 68), by Maneckji Nuserwanji Dhalla, in Dastur Dhalla, the Saga of a Soul: Autobiography of Shams-ul-ulama Dastur Dr. Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla. Overview of the Faith, and the author's interactions with Bahá'ís in the early 1900s. (Navjote is the initiation ceremony where a child receives his/her ceremonial garments and first performs the Zoroastrian ritual.) [about]
  15. 1974. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 14 (1963-1968). Leroy Ioas, Jessie Revell, Mildred Eileen Clark, Marcia Steward de Matamoros, Charles William Dunning, Roy Fernie, Mabel Grace Geary, Elizabeth Hopper, Catherine Heward Huxtable, Alyce Janssen, Malcolm King, Richard Nolen, Ali Akbar Rafi‘i Rafsanjání ... [about]
  16. 1974. Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930, by Freya Stark. Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Bahá'ís she met. [about]
  17. 1974. Biographical letter from a Hindu villager, by Daya Ram Malviya. A glimpse into the life of an Indian convert to the Faith. [about]
  18. 1974-09. Conqueror for St. Helena, A: A Tribute to Catherine Huxtable, by W. G. Huxtable, in Bahá'í News, 522. Huxtable, member of the LSA of Toronto, traveled from Canada to fulfil various pioneering goals, all while suffering from muscular dystrophy. [about]
  19. 1974-08. In Memory of Grace Anderson, by Beth McKenty, in Bahá'í News, 521. Memories of an early Bahá'í from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who met Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  20. 1973. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections, by Ugo Giachery. Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences. [about]
  21. 1973. Báb, The: The Herald of the Day of Days, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. The classic biography of The Báb, by the eminent historian who also wrote the major biographies of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  22. 1973/2005. Fire on the Mountain-Top, by Gloria A. Faizi. A collection of stories about early members of the Bahá’í Faith, based on accounts gathered in Persia by 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani. [about]
  23. 1973-10. Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer, by Amine De Mille, in Bahá'í News, 511. Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian. [about]
  24. 1973-09. Greenleafs, The: An Eternal Reunion, by Emeric Sala, in Bahá'í News, 510. Brief bio of Elizabeth and Charles Greenleaf, who were members of the group of Midwest Bahá'ís which began with Thornton Chase in the 1890s in Chicago. [about]
  25. 1973-04-21. Account of the Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, An, by Shoghi Effendi and Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield, in Bahá'í World, 15 (1968-1973). On the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf. [about]
  26. 1972. Flame, The, by William Sears and Robert Quigley. Biography of Lua Moore Getsinger (1871-1916), "mother-teacher of the American Bahá'í community," one of the earliest pilgrims from the West to meet 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  27. 1972 July-August. Martha Root: "Herald of the Kingdom", by Barbara Casterline, in Bahá'í News, 496-497. Two-part overview of Root's life and a concise history of her travels. [about]
  28. 1971. Memorials of the Faithful, by Abdu'l-Bahá. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's volume of short biographies of Bábí and Bahá'í figures and heroes, translated from the original Persian text and annotated by Marzieh Gail. [about]
  29. 1971-12. Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant, by Amine De Mille, in Bahá'í News, 489. Biography of Getsinger, with recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  30. 1971 Fall. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West, by Ali-Kuli Khan and John Bosch, in World Order, 6:1. Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and Louise Bosch. [about]
  31. 1970. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 13 (1954-1963). Valiyu'llah Varqa, Amelia Collins, George Townshend, Corinne Knight True, Horace Holley, Clara Dunn, Juliet Thompson, Carrie Kinney, Harlan Foster Ober, Husayn Uskuli, Albert Windust, Pritam Singh, Louisa Mathew Gregory, Edith and Joseph de Bons ... [about]
  32. 1970-1973. Great Safari of Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum, The, by Violette Nakhjavani, in Bahá'í News, 468-513. A diary of Ruhiyyih Khanum's travels through Africa. Serialized in Bahá'í News in 26 issues, from 1970 through 1973. [about]
  33. 1969. Priceless Pearl, The, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. The classic biography of The Guardian, written by his wife. [about]
  34. 1967/1973. Flame of Fire, A: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad, by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, in Conqueror of Hearts. Biography of the recipients, both called Ahmad, of the Persian and Arabic Tablets titled Lawh-i-Ahmad. [about]
  35. 1967 Winter. Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet, by Roy P. Mottahedeh, in World Order. Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Bahá'í in the time of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  36. 1966. Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India, by Violette Nakhjavani. The story of Rúhíyyih Khánum's 9-month journey across India and Southeast Asia in 1964, as told by her travel companion. [about]
  37. 1963. Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. Two long essays on the life of Bahá'u'lláh, published in conjunction with the Bahá'í Centennial (1963): "Bahá'u'lláh: A Brief Life," followed by an essay on the Manifestation, "The Word Made Flesh." [about]
  38. 1959. Sheltering Branch, The, by Marzieh Gail. The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  39. 1958. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The: 1896-1957, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and John Ferraby. Detailed account of the final days of the life of the Guardian. [about]
  40. 1958. Account of How I Became a Bahá'í and My Stays in Paris in 1901 and 1937, An: Written at the Request of Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Alexander's account of her acceptance of the Bahá'í teachings in Rome in 1900 and subsequent meetings with the Bahá'í group in Paris. [about]
  41. 1957/1992. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi, by Grover Gonzales. A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history. [about]
  42. 1956. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 12 (1950-54). On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb. [about]
  43. 1956. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 12 (1950-1954). William Sutherland Maxwell, Roy Wilhelm, Siegfried Schopflocher, Louis Gregory, Dorothy Baker, Marion Jack, Edward Kinney, Youness Afrukhtih, Ella Goodall Cooper, Sulayman Berjis, Ella Bailey, Maria Ioas, Nuri'd-Din Fath Azam, Muhamammad Tahir Malmiri ... [about]
  44. 1956. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, the 1956 message to the Iroquois Indians in Mohawk and English, and a biography of the translator, "Charles A. Cooke, Mohawk Scholar," by Marius Barbeau. [about]
  45. 1955/1976. Above All Barriers: The Story of Louis G. Gregory, by H. Elsie Austin. Article, published as a pamphlet, summarizing the life of this famous lawyer and social activist. [about]
  46. 1952. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 11 (1946-1950). Fannie Lesch, Walter Olitzki, Fanny Knobloch, Marta Brauns-Forel, Fred Mortensen, Haj Taha El-Hamamsi, Friedrich Schweizer, John David Bosch, Ali Saboor, Orcella Rexford, Abu'l-Fetouh Battah, Ali Said Eddin, Mumammad-Taqi Isfahini, Haji Mahmud Qassabchi. [about]
  47. 1950?. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Kay Zinky. Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations. [about]
  48. 1949. Reminiscences of the Summer School Green Acre Eliot, Maine, by Charles Mason Remey. On the evolution of Green Acre from a meeting place for New England intellectuals and religious speakers into a Bahá'í-managed summer school; Sarah Farmer's family and her personal difficulties; personalities of some early Bahá'ís; anecdotes by Remey. [about]
  49. 1948. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. An early account of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, written by his wife while he was still alive. [about]
  50. 1948. Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948, by Charles Mason Remey. A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Bahá'í participation in the first U.N. convention on Human Rights, held in Geneva. [about]
  51. 1948. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 10 (1944-1946). Siyyid Mustafa Rumi, Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg, Azizu'llah Mesbah, Muhammad Sa'id Adham, Ali-Asghar Qazvini, Lydia Zamenhof, Hasan Muhajir-Zihid, Muhammad Jadhbani, George Henderson, John Stearns, Sultan Nik-A'in, Ali-Muhammad Nabili, Esther Tobin... [about]
  52. 1948. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Center of the Covenant, by Juliet Thompson, in World Order, 7:12. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's vibrant personality and unique function as the Centre of the Covenant. His role as the servant of glory; the perfect exemplar; the stronghold of the Faith; and as link between the Heroic and Golden Ages of the Faith. [about]
  53. 1945. The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 9 (1940-1944). An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944. [about]
  54. 1945. Sydney Sprague: In Memoriam, by Willard P. Hatch, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 9 (1940-1944). Sprague (1875-1943) was an American Bahá’í who traveled the East to promote the religion in the early 1900s. He became alienated from the Bahá’í community at some point but reconciled shortly before his passing. [about]
  55. 1945. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 9 (1940-1944). John Henry Hyde Dunn, Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad, Mirza Buzurg Afnan Ala'i, Margaret Stevenson, Mary Revell, M. Salih, Oswald Whitaker, Hilda Gilbert, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Howard Colby Ives, Mirza Abdu'l-Rahim Khan, Matthew Kaszab, Mabel Rice-Wray Ives ... [about]
  56. 1944-2013. Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study: Poetry and essays, by Ron Price. Table of Contents for a memoir of six decades of teaching & international travel, an extensive personal account of the experience of a Western Bahai beginning in the 2nd epoch, 1944 to 1963, of the teaching Plans. [about]
  57. 1942. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 8 (1938-1940). May Ellis Maxwell, Lua Getsinger, Martha Root, Thornburgh-Cropper, Lady Blomfield, Rahmatu’lláh Alá’i, Grace Robarts Ober, Háji Ghulám-Ridá, Pauline Knobloch Hannen, Louise Waite, Isabel Fraser Chamberlain, Marie Moore, Robert Abbott, Grace Krug ... [about]
  58. 1941. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World, by Martha Root, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 8 (1938-1940). Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭáhirih, describing her as the foremost woman of her generation known across Persia for her beauty, intelligence, and courage, who gave her life for the emancipation of women. [about]
  59. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940. [about]
  60. 1939. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 7 (1936-1938). Alfred E. Lunt, Zia Bagdadi, Laurie C. Wilhelm, Mary Hanford Ford, Elmore E. Duckett, Colonel I. Piruzbakht, Mirza Muhammad Kazim-Pur, Y. S. Tsao, Muhammad Basjhir, Malakat Nushugati. [about]
  61. 1938. Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman, by Martha L. Root. Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab. [about]
  62. 1938. Life of the Bab, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, in Star of the West, Set 7, Vol 14, Num 7. Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani) [about]
  63. 1938. Life of Baha'u'llah, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, in Star of the West, Set 7, Vol 14, Num 10. Life of the Bahá'u'lláh by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani) [about]
  64. 1938. In Memoriam: Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 7 (1936-1938). Biography of one-time editor of Star of the West. [about]
  65. 1938. Character: A Sequence in Spiritual Psychology, by Stanwood Cobb. A spiritual autobiography; scientific and religious foundations for character; self-development; the law of duty; altruism and selflessness; progress. Includes discussion of two days spent with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1908. [about]
  66. 1937. Memories of the Sojourn of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 6 (1934-1936). Memoir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s four-month stay in Paris in 1911. Notes taken by the author's daughters were later published as the book Paris Talks. [about]
  67. 1937. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 6 (1934-1936). Susan I. Moody, Hooper Harris, Harry H. Romer, Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, Edward C. Getsinger, Sarah Blundell, Khalil Qamar, Haji Muhammad Yazdi. [about]
  68. 1936. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 5 (1932-1934). Bahiyyih Khanum, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Agnes Parsons, Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdani, Arastu Khan Hakim, George Benke, Edwin Scott, Alice Barney, Lisbeth Kitzing. [about]
  69. 1935-03. Moody, Susan I., 1851-1934: Obituary, by Miriam Haney, in The Bahá'í Magazine, 25:12. Tribute to a travel-teacher who was especially known for bringing education and medical care to women and girls in Iran, and who helped found the Tarbiyat School for Girls. [about]
  70. 1934. Tribute to Bahíyyih Khánum, A, by Marjorie Morten, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 5 (1932-1934). Short bio of the daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, written by one of her close companions late in life. [about]
  71. 1932. Men on the Horizon, by Guy Murchie. Lengthy travel diary, the first book of a renowned journalist, war correspondent, and author/artist who would adopt the Bahá'í Faith in 7 years and published more extensively on Bahá'í-inspired themes explicitly after 1955. [about]
  72. 1932. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 4 (1930-1932). Ethel Rosenberg, Claudia Stuart Coles, Consul Albert Schwarz. [about]
  73. 1932. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, by Nabil-i-A'zam. The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Bahá'í Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí]. [about]
  74. 1932. Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf, in the Guardian's handwriting, by Shoghi Effendi. A hand-written tribute to Bahiyyih Khanum, a daughter of Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  75. 1932(?). Genealogy of Bab, The, by Shoghi Effendi, in The Dawn-Breakers. Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Bahá'u'lláh in relation to the Bab. [about]
  76. 1930. In Memoriam, in Bahá'í World, vol. 3 (1928-1930). Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney, Mirza Mahmud Zargani, William H. Randall. [about]
  77. 1928. Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, by Laura Clifford Barney and Shoghi Effendi. A biography of the first French Bahá'í, followed by telegrams and letters from Shoghi Effendi to Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Hippolyte's sister Mrs. Yvonne Meyer-May. [about]
  78. 1926. J. E. Esslemont, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 1 (1925-1926). Esslemont's is the only biography or in memoriam in this first volume of Bahá'í World. [about]
  79. 1925-1954. May Ellis Maxwell, in Bahá'í World, I-XII. Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Bahá'í World I-XII, 1925-1954; includes photo. [about]
  80. 1925-03. Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The, by Edward T. Hall. A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Bahá'í in the North of England circa 1906, and the author himself who converted in 1910. [about]
  81. 1924. Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum, by Munirih Khanum. A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters. [about]
  82. 1924. Abdu'l-Baha, by Constance Elizabeth Maud, in Sparks among the Stubble. Chapter on Abdu'l-Bahá and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies. [about]
  83. 1923. Life of Alexander Whyte, The, by G. F. Barbour. One-page overview of Abdul'-Baha's visit to a home in Edinburgh in January 1913. [about]
  84. 1923-08. Life of Tahirih: The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, in Star of the West, Set 7 Vol 14 Num 8. The Life of the great Heroine of the Bábí Faith [about]
  85. 1922. Passing of Abdu'l-Baha, The, by Shoghi Effendi and Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. A compilation on the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf. Later published in abridged form in World Order. [about]
  86. 1921. Memoirs of Nora Crossley (1893-1977), by Nora Crossley. Autobiography of an early British Bahá'í, known for cutting her famous hair to help fundraise for the Chicago temple. Includes two Tablets of Abdu'l-Bahá, one to Crossley and one mentioning her and praising her "self-sacrifice." [about]
  87. 1920. Count Joseph Arthur Gobineau, Professor Clement Imbault-Huart, in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists. Two short dictionary entries. [about]
  88. 1919-06-07. Report to Abdul Baha of the Bahá'í Activities in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, A, by Charles Mason Remey. Diary of travel-teaching March-April 1919. Includes letter to the members of the Bahá'í Board of Teaching in America about successful techniques. [about]
  89. 1918. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. An early collection of historical documents related to Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.) [about]
  90. 1918. List of Descendants of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, the Father of Baha'u'llah, in Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Brief genealogy of Bahá'u'lláh and His family. [about]
  91. 1918. Account of the Death of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal, by Alili Ridvan, in Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. [about]
  92. 1916-01. Thomas Kelly Cheyne, by Crawford Howell Toy, in Harvard Theological Review, 9:1. Overview of the works and diverse intellectual interests of Cheyne, who championed the Faith as an independent Biblical scholar before joining it in 1914. [about]
  93. 1915. Allen, Wellesca Pollock, in Woman's Who's Who of America 1914-1915. Brief bio of a kindergarten teacher from Washington DC who visited Abdu'l-Bahá in 1907. [about]
  94. 1915-07. Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God, by Charles Mason Remey. Experiences of two American Bahá'ís in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha in the Israel in 1914. Includes excerpt of address by Abdu'l-Bahá on proofs of the coming Prophet, and letter written by Abdul Sana to a friend in London. [about]
  95. 1914. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne. Early history of the Bábí and Bahá'í movements, life stories of their participants, and their contemporary religious context, written by a distinguished British Biblical scholar. [about]
  96. 1914. Real Turk, The, by Stanwood Cobb. Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall of Abdul Hamid; the character of the Turkish, their temperament, and their way of looking at life. [about]
  97. 1905. Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb, by A.L.M. Nicolas. The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language. [about]
  98. 1902. Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi, by Anton Haddad. Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. [about]
  99. 1902. Bahá'í Proofs, The, by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the Faith from a Christian point of view. Until Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, it was a standard Bahá'í textbook. Persian original included. [about]
  100. 1890. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The, by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers. [about]
  101. 1874. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The, by Nasir al-Din Shah. Contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window into the Sháh's worldview. [about]
  102. 1848/1918. Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb, by Dr. Cormick, in Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the persecution of Babis. [about]
  103. -. Baha'i Association for the Arts. Biographies of, essays about, and artwork by contemporary Bahá'í artists. [about]
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