INDEX

Part I of this index consists of the titles of Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh described or mentioned by the author, including a few which were revealed before 1863 or after 1868. Part II contains all other entries. Titles of Tablets and books are italicized. Footnotes are indicated by the abbreviation n. after the page number; if the name or subject occurs both in the text and in a note, this is indicated by 'p. -- and n.'.

I. TABLETS AND WRITINGS OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH

Epistle to the son of the Wolf, 206; quoted, 43, 95-6, 223, 230, 247, 270, 350, 400

First Tablet to Napoleon III, 337, 368-9

Hidden Words , The, quoted, 31-2, 36, 84, 95, 96-7, 216, 217, 219, 221, 233, 238, 280, 281-2, 350

Kitáb-i-'Ahdí (The Book of My Covenant), 389
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 120, 122, 130, 240, 354-5, 389; quoted, 36, 265, 304-5
Kitáb-i-Badí', 370, 373-82
Kitáb-i-Íqán, 52, 68-70, 101, 219-20, 370; quoted, 232

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian), ch. 6; quoted, 139, 143-4, 147-8, 150
Lawh-i-Ashraf, 230-2; quoted, 120, 231
Lawh-i-Bahá, 171, 179-80
Lawh-i-Fu'ád, 375
Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah), 6-7, 16
Lawh-i-Khalíl, 259-61
Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Night), 164, 188-90; quoted 188-9
Lawh-i-mubáhilih, quoted, 293 and n.
Lawh-i-Nasír, 39, 245, 247-55; quoted, 248-9
Lawh-i-Nuqtih, 397
Lawh-i-Ridván, 397
Lawh-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit), 181-8 passim, 260; major themes of, 181, 186, 187
Lawh-i-Salmán, ch. 13; 291
Lawh-i-Sayyáh, 210, 213-15
Lawh-i-Siráj, 262-3, 269; quoted, 268
Lawh-i-Sultán (Tablet to Násiri'd-Dín Sháh), 337-40, 349, 351; quoted, 340, 346, 349, 355-6
Lawh-i-Tuqá, 397

Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak, ch. 2 passim
Munájátháy-i-Síyám (Prayers for fasting), 397

Nightingale and the Crow, The, 241-5

Ridvánu'l-Iqrár, 397

Second Tablet to Napoleon III, quoted, 35, 93-4
Seven Valleys, The, 26
Subhánika-Yá-Hú (Lawh-i-Náqús--Tablet of the Bell), 18-19, 23-4
469

Súriy-i-Ahzán, 397
Súriy-i-Amr (Súrih of Command), 161-2
Súriy-i-Asháb (Súrih of Companions), ch. 4; 65, 72-7, 84, 86-7
Súriy-i-Bayán, 397
Súriy-i-Damm, 236-40
Súriy-i-Ghusn (Súrih of the Branch), 388
Súriy-i-Hajj, I and II, 240
Súriy-i-Hijr, 397
Súriy-i-'Ibád (Súrih of the Servants), 272-4
Súriy-i-Mulúk (Súrih of the Kings), ch. 15; 337, 418; quoted, 56, 62, 301, ch. 15 passim
Súriy-i-Qalam, 397
Súriy-i-Qamís, 397
Súriy-i-Ra'ís, 411-17; quoted, 414, 415

Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic), ch. 5, 116, 119-20; quoted, 123, 126
Tablet of Ihtiráq (Fire Tablet), 275 and n
Tablet of The Holy Mariner, 6

Words of Wisdom, quoted, 96
470

II. GENERAL INDEX

Abá-Basír (Áqá Naqd-'Alí), 226-7

'Abdu'l-'Azíz, Sultán, 1, 61, 304, 312, 401

'Abdu'l-Bahá ('Abbás Effendi):

His health, 391-2;
as child and youth, 14, 389-91;
marriage, 205, 207;
station of, 15, 261, 388-92, 394-6;
His detachment, 40-1;
services to Bahá'u'lláh, 63, 200, 392-3;
on journey to Constantinople, 6;
and Covenant-Breakers, 119, 261, 267;
Centre of Covenant, 237, 389, 395;
also, 58, 161, 196, 199, 238

'Abdu'l-Ghaffár, 329, 402, 408, 411

'Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Tihrání (also known as 'Iráqí), 332, 341-4

'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, 247n.

'Abdu'l-Kháliq-i-Yazdí, Mullá, 109-10

'Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Níshápúrí, Hájí (Abá Badí'), 128-36

'Abdu'r-Rasúl-i-Qumí, Áqá, 333

Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá, of Gulpáygán, 16, 27-8, 44-5, 219-20

Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá, Prince (The Shaykhu'r-Ra'ís), 132 and n.

Abu'l-Qásim-i-Baydá, Siyyid, 51-2

Ádhirbáyján, 60, 147, 212

Adrianople (Edirne), 152, 427-37; see Bahá'u'lláh in

Ahmad, of Yazd, recipient of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad, 107-16

Ahmad-i-Káshání, Hájí Mírzá, 67, 118, 127, 137, 159

Ahmad-i-Khurásání, Shaykh, 60

'Akká: Bahá'u'lláh's exile to, 2, 214, 325, 356, 398-411 passim

Alexandria, 411

'Alí-Akbar, Mullá, of Manshád, 100-2

'Alí-Akbar-i-Dahají, Hájí Siyyid, 275

'Alí-Akbar-i-Hakkák, 46

'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí, Mullá (Hájí Ákhúnd), 402

'Alí-'Askar-i-Shál-Báf, Ustád, 103-4

'Alí-Muhammad-i-Siráj, Mullá, 262

'Alí-Naqíy-i-Níshápúrí, Mullá, 61

'Álí Páshá, Grand Vizir, 55, 57, 312, 398, 401, 411, 413-14

'Alí-Ridáy-i-Mustawfí, Mírzá, 388

'Alíy-i-Sayyáh, Mírzá (Mullá Ádí-Guzal), 209-13, 328, 402, 408

Amru'lláh, house of, 62, 162, 210, 291, 295, 427, 433, 435

Apostles, of Bahá'u'lláh, 42, 44, 77n., 175n.

Áqá Ján (Kaj Kuláh), 326, 397, 402

Áqá Ján, Mírzá (Khádimu'lláh), amanuensis of Bahá'u'lláh, 6, 153, 162, 294, 329

Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Afnán), 383 and n.

Áqáy-i-Kalím, see Músá, Mírzá

Áqáy-i-Káshání, Mírzá (Muníb), 59, 65, 72-7 passim, 114

Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí, Hájí, 171-2

Asadu'lláh-i-Káshání, Mírzá, 302-3

Ashraf, Siyyid, of Zanján, 223-30

Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb), wife of Bahá'u'lláh, 6

Attachment: to the next world, 36-9; to the Kingdom of Names, 39-43

Azízu'lláh-i-Misbáh, Mírzá, 38-9, 44, 81, 191

Báb, The (Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad):

Revelation of, 14, 75, 182;
and Bahá'u'lláh, 76, 376-81;
Covenant of, 237;
and Mírzá Yahyá, 242n.,
471

Báb, Cont'd

247;
purpose of His mission, 14, 378;
seals of, 147, 164;
also, 86, 119, 202-4, 210-11, 303, 321, 354, 375-6, 382-7 403

Bábá'í, Áqá Mullá, 99-l00

Bábí(s), People of the Bayán:

in Adrianople, 138-9;
of Persia and Bahá'u'lláh, 59, 65-77 passim, 84, 113, 119, 152, 194, 236, 248, 298, 373;
and Mírzá Yahyá, 165-6, 181-2, 226;
persecutions of, 46-51, 340-6, 357;
use of force by, 258, 351-5
Badasht, conference of, 71, 146, 174n., 204, 246, 353

Badí', Áqá Buzurg, 97, 128, 339

Baghdád, 215, 240, 274, 332-4

Bahá', people of, 179

Bahá'í(s), Bahá'í Community, see also Bahá'í Faith:

89, 142, 243-4;
growth from Bábí community, 73-7, 179;
persecution of, 53, 332-6, 358;
and unity, 87, 191, 193;
and politics, 88-91;
of two kinds, 255-6
Bahá'í Faith:
its establishment, 20, 30, 92, 124-5, 251;
teaching of, 25, 91-106, 267;
true believers, 286;
mentioned 53, 98;
see also Bahá'ís
Bahá'u'lláh:
in Tihrán, 174-8, 212;
declaration in Garden of Ridván, 72, 302;
to Constantinople, 2, 6, 222;
in Constantinople, ch. 1 passim;
to Adrianople, 57, 61-2;
in Adrianople, 63, 152, 194, 291, 331;
departure from Adrianople, 356, 398, 401-11;
and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 14-15, 392-3;
and the Báb, 76, 119, 182, 242n., 305;
and Mírzá Yahyá, 161-70, 241, 247, 262, 269, 284, ch. 14, 331, 376;
and His Family, 205n., 260-1;
companions of, 5-6, 7, 14, 16, 18, 19-20, 24, 372, 410;
and Turkish authorities, 4-5, 55-9, 168, 170, 397-8, 414;
refuses foreign protection, 406;
attempts on His Life, 107, 153-4;
opposition to, 137, 413-14;
simplicity of life, 169-70;
method of travel, 6;
His laws, 354;
command against use of force, 86, 258n., 351;
command against sedition, 86-91, 188, 190;
command to teach, 91-106, 238;
proclamation to the Kings, I, ch. 15;
seals of, 5 and n.;
prophecies alluding to, 2;
station of, 77-86, 183-4, 185, 213, 301, 302-3 (revealing of), 346-9;
spiritual titles of, 29, 186-7, 249;
sufferings of, 209-10, 239-40, 244, 284, 355-7;
tests of being close to, 7;
His innate knowledge, 57, 346;
His majesty, 8-10;
His effect on people, 7-13, 63, 66, 153, 195, 254, 277n.;
'Concealer of sins' (His mercy), 24, 116-18, 153, 201, 273;
Pen of, 187, 289;
His Word, 120, 121, 289;
see Bábís of Persia and, Mírzá Yahyá, Revelation of, Writings of, He Whom God shall make manifest
Bahrám, Mullá, Zoroastrian of Yazd, 103-4

Baktásh, Súfí order, 24

Báqir-i-Tabrízí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 146

Bayán (Persian), 68, 70, 120, 379; see Bábís

Browne, Edward Granville, 12-13

Buzurg Khán, Mírzá', Persian consul-general in Baghdád, 323-4, 332, 333

Carmel, Mount, 2

Cause of God, 20-1, 127, 186, 191, 262-5, 268, 286, 289, 320-1; fate of enemies of, 148-50; and disbelief, 81; eventual triumph of, 356, 415-16, 418; teach the, 91-106

Christ (Jesus), 21-3, 32, 121, 124, 139, 183, 311

Clergy, 66, 184, 259, 319, 338, 349-50; fall of, 271-2

Companions of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh, companions of; interrogation of, 328-32

Constantinople (Istanbul), ch. 1 passim; 317-18, 327; see Bahá'u'lláh in

Covenant, power of, 119, 273, 287-90

472

Covenant-breakers, 118, 138-9, 179, 236-8, 267, 272-3, 289-90, 374, 375, 376

Creation, 185; world of, 184

'Day of God', 16-17, 30, 32, 116, 183, 249

Dervish, see Súfí

Detachment, 23, 26-7, 34-43 passim, 128, 214-16, 232, 264, 280-2 (and wealth), 316

Divines, see Clergy

Egypt, 202, Appendix III passim

Faith:

steadfastness in, 46, 127-8, 259;
dissimulation of, 111 and n.;
tests of, ch. 12;
power of, 126-8, 255-9;
and intellect, 216, 217-19, 220;
acquiring of, 216-21

Fátimih-Bagum, sister of Áqá Muhammad-'Alí of Gázur, 105-6

Fu'ád Páshá, Turkish Foreign Minister, 312, 398

Gallipoli, 408, 410, 412

God:

the Unknowable, 17, 26, 145; the Merciful, 138-9, 375;
bounties of, 35, 82;
and Man, 35-6;
essence and attributes, 39-40, 184-5;
progressive revelation of, 126;
and atheists, 313-14;
forgiveness of, 401;
fear of, 94-6;
wrath of, 375;
also, 81;
see Cause of, Day of, Kingdom of, Manifestations of, Word of, Man
Gordon, General, British Governor of the Súdán, 446-7

Habíb-i-Marághih'í, Mírzá, 65

Habíb Mu'ayyad, Dr., 45

Hádí, Mírzá, of Isfahán, 202-4

Hádíy-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 144-5; Tablet to, 144

Hádíy-i-Shírází, Áqá Mírzá, 298

Haifa, 411

Hand(s) of the Cause, 402

Hasan, Mírzá (King of the Martyrs), 203 and n., 205, 334

Hasan-i-Bajistání, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 145

Hasan-i-Safá, Hájí Mírzá, 56-8, 398

Hasan-i-Zunúzí, Shaykh, 212 and n., 333

Hasan Khán-i-Khu'í, Mírzá, Persian Consul in Egypt, 332, 440

Háshim Khán, 33-4

Haydar-'Alí, Hájí Mírzá, 68-73, 77, 194-202, 332, 340, 370, 438-50; quoted, 7-10, 11-12, 42-3, 52-3; 68-73, 116-17

'Him Whom God shall make manifest', 84, 85, 114, 116, 146, 152, 161, 182, 237, 371, 376, 377-81

History of the Martyrs of Yazd, 46-51, 358

Holy Spirit, Most Great Spirit, 124

House of Justice, 122, 272; Universal, 122n., 265, 269

Houses of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, pilgrimages to, 240

Husayn, Mírzá (Beloved of the Martyrs), 204 and n., 205, 334

Husayn-i-Áshchí, 169, 404

Husayn-i-Bushrú'í, Mullá (First Letter of the Living), 15, 129, 146, 203, 211, 255-6, 386, 388

Husayn-i-Káshání, Áqá Siyyid, 59

Husayn-i-Naráqí, Áqá, 59

Husayn Khán, Hájí Mírzá, Persian Ambassador in Constantinople (Mushíru'd-Dawlih), 1, 55-9, 278, 320-1, 325-8, 332, 370, 398-401

Imám(s), 75, 182, 287; see Islám

Ímán, Hájí, 224, 225

Írán, see Persia

'Iráq, 66, 67, 138, 258, 274, 303, 336

Isfahán, 340

'Ishqábád, 107, 226

Islám: misconceptions about, 21-3; decline of and Súfism, 27; and Bábí Faith, 352; also, 107, 288; see Imám(s)

Ismá'íl, Siyyid, of Zavárih, 112, 415

'Izzat Áqá, house of, 291, 427, 433, 436

473

Ja'far, Hájí, of Tabríz, 406-7, 415

Jamál-i-Burújirdí, 88, 91, 118-19, 264-7 passim, 290, 402-3

Jamshíd-i-Gurjí, 328, 409

Jání, Hájí Mírzá, of Káshán, 110 and n., 137

Javád-i-Karbilá'í, Hájí Siyyid, 9, 377, 390

Justice, ch. 15 passim, 340

Kamál Páshá, 3, 56

Karbilá, 171, 202, 212

Káshán, 33, 109, 137

Kázim-i-Rashtí, Siyyid, 171, 202

Kázim-i-Samandar, Shaykh, 73-4, 175, 246, 260

Khadíjih-Bagum (wife of the Báb), 382-7

Khádimu'lláh, see Áqá Ján, Mírzá

Khátún Ján, 171-80

Khayyát-Báshíy-í-Káshání, 59

Khurásán, 129, 388

Khurshíd Páshá, Governor of Adrianople, 167, 296, 331, 391, 398, 401, 402, 404

'Kingdom of Names', 39-43, 182

Kings and rulers, chs. 15 and 16 passim; 416, 418

Knowledge (and learning), 33, 145, 264-5

Kurdistán, 2, 25

Letters of the Living, 144, 145-6, 171, 182, 245; see also Quddús, Táhirih, Husayn-i-Bushrú'í, Mullá

Love, 37, 84

Mahmúd-i-Fúrúghi, Mírzá, 115

Mahmúd-i-Káshání, Mírzá, 404

Man:

and God, 16, 31, 36, 43-4, 79, 81, 94-6, 186, 217, 219, 233, 310, 418;
nature of, 37;
and society, 40, 189-90, 280-2;
soul of, 40, 94, 144, 417; intellect and heart, 216-19; new spirit, 252-5; and Cause of God, 263; future nobility of, see Panj-Kanz; see God, Detachment, Faith, Knowledge, Love, Pride, Resignation, Sincerity, Suffering, Attachment
Manifestation(s) of God, 82-4, 262, 287, 297;

man's relation to, 17-18, 26, 31, 82, 197;
relation to each other, 125, 185, 251, 381;
relation to God, 79-80, 183, 375;
spiritual energies of, 29, 123-5, 251-4;
power of Word of, 121-3;
limitations of, 184-5;
nature of, 347;
function of, 192, 269, 375;
proofs of, 121-5;
attributes of, 124, 416;
bring tests, 145;
opposition to, 120, 413-14;
their religions, 287-8;
their laws, 353-4;
see Recognition of God's Messengers
Mashhad, 99 and n., 101-3, 105

Martyrs, Martyrdom, 46-51, 60, 94, 96-7, 106, 128-36, 205, 222-3, 286, 332-4, 358-68, 413

Mashhad, 130

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 358 and n., 431

Mawlavís, 296-7, 433 and n.; see Súfís

Micah, 2

Mihdí, Mírzá, The Purest Branch, son of Bahá'u'lláh, 266 and n.

Mihdíy-i-Dahají, Siyyid, 118-19, 272-4, 290

Mihdíy-i-Gílání, Mírzá, 370, 381

Mihríz, 103

Mirrors of the Bábí Dispensation, 376-7

Mírzáy-i-Halabí-Sáz, Hájí, of Yazd, 358

Mishkín-Qalam (Mírzá Husayn), 213, 328, 402, 408

Moses, 121, 295, 411

Mosul, 334-6

Muhammad, Prophet of Islám, 21-3, 75, 121, 287, 303, 414

Muhammad, Hájí Mírzá Siyyid, uncle of the Báb, 69, 71

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Gázur, Áqá, 105

Muhammad-'Alí, Mírzá, son of Bahá'u'lláh 260 and n., 267, 273, 276, 289

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Nahrí, Mírzá, 202-5

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Sabbágh, Áqá, of Yazd, 59

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Salmání, Ustád, 155-61, 265, 329, 330-1, 409

474

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Tambákú-Furúsh, Áqá, 18, 69, 200, 370-3, 406

Muhammad-Báqir, Shaykh, of Isfahán (Wolf), 130-4

Muhammad-Báqir-i-Káshání, Áqá, 59

Muhammad-Báqir-i-Qahvih-Chí, Áqá, 199, 201n., 329, 330, 402, 408

Muhammad-Báqir-i-Qazvíní, Hájí 276-9

Muhammad-Hádíy-i-Farhádí, 172, 174-8

Muhammad-Hasan-i-Sabzivárí, Shaykh, 103, 105

Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Khalíl, Hájí (also known as Qazvíní), 259

Muhammad-i-Isfahání, Siyyid, 61, 66-75 passim, 118, 152-5, 165, 170, 242n., 291, 293, 325-8, 371, 375, 397, 402

Muhammad-i-Manshádí, Mullá, 99-102, 105, 106

Muhammad-i-Mukárí, Mír, 59, 292-5, 409

Muhammad-i-Qá'iní, Mullá (Nabíl-i-Akbar), 42, 341

Muhammad Ismá'íl, Hájí, of Káshán (Dhabíh), 137, 411-13

Muhammad-Javád-i-Qazvíní 275-6

Muhammad-Nasír, Hájí, of Qazvín, 245-7

Muhammad-Qulí Mírzá, faithful half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh, 199, 332, 402

Muhammad-Ridá, Mullá, of Muhammad-Ábád, 97-8

Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí, Hájí 10, 11n., 21-3, 99-105 passim, 107; quoted passim

Muhammad-Taqí Mírzá, Prince (The Ruknid-Dawlih), Governor of Khurásán, 131

Muhít-i-Kirmání, Mírzá, 54

Muníb, Jináb-i-, see Áqáy-i-Káshání, Mírzá

Munírih Khánum, wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 204, 205, 206-9, 384, 386

Murádíyyih, quarter of Adrianople, 427; mosque of, 63; houses occupied by Bahá'u'lláh in, 62

Músá, Mírzá (Áqáy-i-Kalím), faithful brother of Bahá'u'lláh, 58, 67, 154, 160, 163, 164, 200, 211, 247n., 332, 402, 405

Músáy-i-Javáhirí, Hájí Mírzá, 329

Mustafá, Mírzá, of Naráq, 60-1

Nabíl-i-Akbar see Muhammad-i-Qá'iní

Nabíl-i-A'zam (Mullá Muhammad-i-Zarandí), 59, 114, 140, 166, 236, 240, 276, 293

Najaf-'Alíy-i-Zanjání, Áqá, 222-3

Napoleon III, 369

Násiri'd-Dín Sháh (reigned 1848-96), 246, 304, 326, 337-9

Naw-Rúz, 112, 211

Ottoman Government, see Turkish G.

Panj-Kanz, 140-3

Parents of Bahá'ís, forgiveness for, 401

Persia, Persians, 92, 98, 194, 336

Peter, disciple of Jesus, 288

Poverty (and riches), 280-2

Prayer, 19n., 36n., 232-3

Pride, 40, 44, 318

Promised One of Islám, see Qá'im

Qá'im (He Who arises), 68n., 75, 86 and n., 101, 108, 352

Qazvín, 42, 74, 171, 180, 246, 260, 320

Qiblih, 60-1, 135

Quddús (Last Letter of the Living), 71, 180, 211

Qulí, Áqá, 176-8

Qur'án, 16, 70, 123

Qurbán-'Alí, Mírzá, 25, 102-3

Rada'r-Rúh (Mullá Muhammad-Ridá), 99 and n., 258

Recognition of God's Messengers, 15, 38; obstacles to, 32-4, 82-4

Resignation, 150, 238, 282

Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh:

open proclamation of, 30, 64, 85;
greatness of, 16, 76, 151, 416;
zenith, 1;
profusion and power of, 34, 84-5, 192-3, 251-4, 269, 274, 286, 298-300, 348n.;
purpose of, 30, 140, 150,
475

Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh: Cont'd

192-3, 304;
Bahá'u'lláh's apologia for, 370;
His description of, 143-4, 239;
brings tests, 214;
consequences of rejection, 309-11;
and break-up of society, 417-21
Ridá Big, house of, 162, 164, 171, 181, 210, 291, 427, 436

Ridáy-i-Qannád, Áqá, of Shíráz, 403, 404

Sacrifice, 96

Sádiq-i-Khurásání, Mullá, 110, 293n., 388

Sa'íd Khán, Mírzá (former Foreign Minister of Persia), 131-4

Salmán, Shaykh 67, 168, 208, 263, 283, 384, 400

Sámsún, port of, 6

Shamsí Big, house of, 2, 3, 58

Shaykhís, 202

Shíráz, 240

Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, 237n., 238, 298

Sidq-'Alí, Darvísh, 164-5, 188, 329, 330, 402, 409

Sincerity, 7, 128

Sirát ('road'), 74 and n., 345

Síyáh-Chál, prison of, 356

Star-fall of 1866, 270-2, 422-6

Spiritual worlds, see Worlds of God

Súdán, 332, Appendix III passim

Suffering (and tribulation), 46

Súfís, 24-8, 57, 108, 109, 211, 296, 433n.

Sulaymáníyyih, 25

Sultán Salím, mosque of, in Adrianople, 62, 63, 293, 294, 428, 437

Tabarsí, Shaykh fort of, 129, 146, 180, 210-11, 246, 256

Táhirih (Letter of the Living), 71, 171-8, 180, 204

Teaching the Bahá'í Faith, 91-106, 238; with wisdom, 97-8

Tihrán, 174-6 passim, 219

Transmutation of elements, 268

Turkish Government: 326; attitude to Bahá'u'lláh, 1, 55, 325; allowance from, 57, 327

Umm-i-Ashraf (mother of Ashraf); see Ashraf, Siyyid, of Zanján; 223-30 passim

Umm-i-'Attár, Tablet to, 127

Universal language, 3-4

Vahíd (Siyyid Yahyáy-i-Dárábí), 47, 175, 180, 211-12, 256-8

Vísí Páshá, house of, 3

Word of God, 287; creative power, 121-3, 192-3

World Order, New, of Bahá'u'lláh, 41, 88

Worlds of God, 144, 285

Writings of Bahá'u'lláh:

aspects of style, 19, 29;
transcription and dissemination of, 200, 269, 279, 283, 373;
some destroyed, 269;
also, 218
Yahyá, Mírzá (Subh-i-Azal), half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh, 39, 66-75 passim, 181-2, 242n., 247, 262-3, 268, 284, 298, 326, 402; opposition to Bahá'u'lláh, 1, 152-5, ch. 14; attempts on Bahá'u'lláh's life, 152-5, 158-61; separation from Bahá'u'lláh, 161-70

Ya'qúb, Siyyid, 343-5

Yazd, 99-102, 256, 272, 358

Zanján, upheaval of, 222, 224, 226

Zaynu'l-'Ábidín (Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín), Mullá, 69, 335-6

Zoroastrians, 103, 104n.

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THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH

VOLUME 2 : ADRIANOPLE 1863-68

ADIB TAHERZADEH

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is a four-volume series about the Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith, the most recent of the world's religions. It is a unique survey of the Writings of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-92), which were revealed during a ministry of nearly forty years spent in exile from his native Írán in Baghdad, Constantinople, Adrianople, and the prison city of 'Akká in the Holy Land.

Mr Taherzadeh, using both authentic English translations and original sources, describes the contents of all the major works of Bahá'u'lláh, including many unknown in the West. To this he adds much fascinating background, by recounting events in the life of Bahá'u'lláh and in the lives of some of His companions and followers whom He addressed or who served Him in various ways. These accounts are enhanced by extracts from memoirs of the time and by photographs.

Among the Tablets described in this second volume are the Súriy-i-Mulúk (Tablet of the Kings) and the Lawh-i-Sultán. From Baghdád to Constantinople, and then to Adrianople the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh takes on its distinctive character as the advent of the Day of God is progressively proclaimed.

OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES

Baghdád 1853-63

The story of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh from its birth in the dungeon of the Síyáh Chál to Bahá'u'lláh's Declaration to His followers on that "Day of supreme felicity" in the Garden of Ridván. Some of Bahá'u'lláh's best known Writings, including The Hidden Words, The Seven Valleys, and the Kitáb-i-Íqán were revealed against the background of exile and deprivation, of exhilaration and joy described in this book.
381 pages, l8 illustrations
Paper ISBN 0-85398-057-8
`Akká, The Early Years 1868-77

This book describes the exile and imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh and his companions in the fortress city of 'Akká. including the tragic death of his younger son, The Purest Branch. It delineates the major themes of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Most Holy Book revealed behind the walls of that city, and describes many other weighty Tablets, including those sent by Bahá'u'lláh to the kings and rulers of the time.
503 pages, 36 illustrations
Cloth ISBN 0-85398-143-4
Paper ISBN 0-85398-144-2
Mazra'ih & Bahjí 1877-92

The most momentous period in the ministry of Bahá'u'lláh, the final years of His life when after the long period of exile and imprisonment He took up residence in the delightful Mansion of Bahjí. Here He revealed Tablets of unsurpassed importance, including His last major work Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.

485 pages, 30 illustrations

Cloth ISBN 0-85398-269-4
Paper ISBN 0-85398-270-8


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