God Passes By

INDEX

'Abdu'l-'Azíz, Sultán Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, 172, 173 exiles Bahá'u'lláh to 'Akká, 179, 195 fate of, 225 'Abdu'l-Bahá achievements, outstanding, 296; summary of, 314, 315 addresses at public gatherings in America, 288, 289 anticipates persecution of Jews in Europe, 282 arranges Bahá'u'lláh's release from 'Akká, 241 Bahá'ís describe interviews with, 258 Bahá'u'lláh reveals prayer for, 243 Beirut, visit to, 193 boundless vitality of, 287, 288 Bowery, visit to, 291 breakfasts with Lord Mayor of London, 292 burial on Mt. Carmel, 313 called "The Master," 242 center of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, 242, 243, 244, 245 (see also Covenant-breakers) characteristics displayed in His travels, 282, 283 commentator describes Him, 290 daily writing of Tablets, 267 deputy of Bahá'u'lláh, 241 dream, prophetic, 270, 271 dreams of His passing, 310 effect of work of, 295-309 example of His serenity, 269 Exemplar of Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, 242, 245 "Father of the Poor," 269 first public appearance, 283, 284 guests at His table, 269 highlights of His life, 240-243 in America, 281-283; 287-290 in England, 283-286 in Paris, 286 in Stuttgart, 286 in Vienna, 287 interviews with rulers and notables, 283-290 investigation of (1907), 269-272 journeys to West (outline of), 280, 281 knighted by British authorities, 306 last day of His earthly life, 311 lays dedication stone of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 288 memorial feast for, 313 memories of, 292-294 messages of consolation at His passing, 311, 312 ministry of, 235-320 mission of, 252 passing of, 309-320 pens His Will and Testament, 268 places remains of the Báb on Mt. Carmel, 241, 273, 275, 276, 314 predicts radical changes in Europe, 282 prestige of Faith, 242 proof of His love for American believers, 288 prophecies of, 315, 316 prophesies attacks on Cause, 354, 355 protects Bahá'ís, 267 quotations from, 49, 55, 57, 72, 75, 92, 99, 107, 124, 150, 159, 183, 193, 196, 197, 201, 238, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 257, 271, 275, 276, 282, 288, 293, 308, 309, 310, 311, 316, 332, 347, 351, 354, 355, 377, 389, 397 rank unparalleled in religious history, 314 recites prayer of the Báb continually, 276 refuses gifts and contributions, 282 re-incarcerated, 263-272 released from imprisonment in 1908, 272 resolves to visit America, 259 reveals Divine Plan, 305 sorrow at human slaughter, 304 speaks to gardener of His passing, 310 station disclosed in Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, 239, 240 station of, 239, 240, 263 subject matter of His talks, 281, 282 Tablet to The Hague, 308 titles of, 242, 243, 245 travels to Egypt, Europe, America, 279-294 trials of, 250 troubles in building the Báb's Shrine on Mt. Carmel, 275 Vicegerent of Bahá'u'lláh, 245 visits grave of Thornton Chase, 288, 292 warns of World War I, 303 Will and Testament of, 325-328; outline of, 328 'Abdu'l-Hamíd Khán, asks the Báb's forgiveness, 13 'Abdu'l-Hamíd, Sultán, condemned by Young Turks, 272 made prisoner of state, 272 Abraham, 94 Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá, 195, 261 'Abdu'l-Ghaffár, 182 Adamic Cycle, 54 consummation of, 100 Administrative Order, 323-353 nature of, 326, 327 not yet completed, 411 outlined by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 268 source of, 324-326 unique in government, 326 unique in religious systems of past, 326 admirers of Bahá'u'lláh, diversified, 128-132 Adrianople, 159-182 Bahá'u'lláh's proclamation in, 158, 166 Bahá'u'lláh reveals Tablets in, 171-176 adversaries, of Bahá'u'lláh, 142, 143, 146, 159, 160 Bahá'u'lláh's statements about, 224 confounded by His love, 135, 136 of the Faith, two most powerful, 17 adultery, punishment for, 214 Age, Apostolic (1844-1921), xiii Heroic (1844-1921), xiii, 46, 50, 55, 157, 158, 256 drawn to a close, 309, 324 Primitive (1844-1921), xiii Transitional (1921- ), xiii Formative (1921- ), xiii, 26, 252, 324, 388 Iron (1921- ), xiii, 324 Golden (future), 26, 60, 158, 324, 411 Ahmad-i-Azghandí, Mírzá, his conversion to the Faith, 12 'Akká, Bahá'u'lláh's exile at, 179-222 description of, 185, 186 history of, 185 inhabitants mourn death of Bahá'u'lláh, 222 laws of World Order revealed in, 323 Most Great Prison, 185 pilgrimages to, 198 prophecies about, 183, 184 revelation of Most Great Book (Kitáb-i-Aqdas), 213-216 Alexander II, 207 Alexandria, Bahá'í agency in, 195 'Alí, Hájí Mírzá Siyyid (maternal uncle of the Báb), 11, 13 'Alí Páshá, Grand Vizir, 105, 141, 146 Bahá'u'lláh foretells downfall of, 208 fate of, 231 Tablet to, 174, 208 'Alíy-i-Bastámí, Mullá, imprisoned and tortured, 10 Allenby, General, extends sympathy at passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 312 instructed to protect 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 Ambassadress of Bahá'í Faith (Martha Root), 386-388 America, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in, 287-292 'Abdu'l-Bahá proves love for believers in, 288 conferred special favor by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 305 continent will lead all nations spiritually, 254 early history of Faith in, 256-263 first Bahá'í convention in (1909), 262, 276 first believer in (Thornton Chase), 267 introduction of Faith in (1893), 256 Tablet to rulers of, 207 world mission of, 305 American Bahá'í Community, accomplishments of, 255-256, 329-345, 348-353, 372-374 community of the Most Great Name, 316 distinguishes itself, 396-401 Divine Plan of, 305 evolved pattern of Administrative Order, 255 Amír-Nizám, his death, 54, 82 orders the Báb's death, 51, 52 persecutes Bábís, 82 annual convention, 342 Antichrist, of Bábí Revelation, Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, 164 of Bahá'í Revelation, Siyyid Muhammad, 164 Apocalypse, 239, 249 reference to Bahá'u'lláh in, 95 references to Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 213 Apperson, Ann, niece of Mrs. Hearst, 257 Áqá Ján, 179, 181, 189 Áqá Ján, Mírzá, 115, 116, 138, 166, 171, 247 Áqá Ján, Siyyid, 200 Áqásí, Hájí Mírzá (a Grand Vizir of the Sháh), 6, 13 death of, 82 falls ia disgrace, 37 persecutor of Bábís, 82 plots against the Báb, 15 Aqdas, Kitáb-i-, ("Most Holy Book," Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Laws), 177, 206, 207, 208, 209, 254, 255 summary of contents, 213-216 archives, national, 342 Ark, Crimson Colored, 151 of His Testament, 239, 249 armaments, reduction of, 217 arson, punishment for, 214 ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, effect of, 244 asceticism, prohibited, 214 Ashraf, story of, 199-200, 233 Ásíyih, 347 assemblies, first in America, 260 incorporated under United States government, 335, 336 local, duties and characteristics of, 331, 332 national, 332-336 national, in seven countries, 333 supersede Bahá'í Temple Unity, 333 attacks on Bahá'í institutions, 354-363 Australia, Hazíratu'l-Quds, 338 National Assembly in, 333, 336 opened to Faith, 315 pioneer to (Hyde Dunn), 308 Austria (emperor of), fate of, 226 reproved by Bahá'u'lláh, 208 Austrian officer witnesses persecution, 65, 66 'Azíz (Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí), martyrdom of, 77 'Azíz Khán-i-Sardár, 77 Báb abolishes old laws, 59 arrested in Shíráz, 11, 13 assigned to Máh-Kú (prison), 16 astonishes people by His writings, 14 attacks upon, caused by Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, 15 aware of impending trials, 14 banishment for three years to Ádhirbáyján, 17-34 banishment proves to be prophetic fulfilment, 18 bastinadoed, 22 captivity proves fruitful, 91 claim, public, 21, 22 confiscation of His books, 13 corresponds with Bahá'u'lláh, 31 Covenant of, 27-31 Greater Covenant, 27 Lesser Covenant, 27 declaration to Mullá Husayn, 5 denounced and condemned to death, 52 directs Mullá Husayn to "Mystery" in Shíráz, 28 distinguished people proclaim His Cause, 20 dome to be erected on His sepulchre, 411 drama about, 56 effect of His martyrdom, 55, 56 effects of His declaration, 10 examination of, in Tabríz, 21, 22 exhorts Bábís to recognize "Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest," 30 final separation from His family, 14 foretells date of Bahá'í Revelation, 28, 29 foretells death of the Mu'tamid, 16 foretells period of His Faith, 92 fulfils scriptural prophecies, 58 gives titles to Bahá'u'lláh, 97 great effect on multitude, 14 guest of governor of Isfahán, 15 half of ministry remote from followers, 127 Herald of a New Era, 57 honors accorded to, 15 House in Shíráz, 337 center of pilgrimage, 300 imprisonment in Máh-Kú, 17-19 inaugurates universal prophetic cycle, 57 influence on people of Isfahán, 14 interviews with Vahíd, 11, 12 last words to multitude, 55 Letters of the Living, 7, 8 manuscripts in hands of Mírzá Yahyá, 167 Martyr Prophet of Shíráz, 276 Master Hero of Heroic Age, 3 martyrdom brings calamity to people, 53, 54 martyrdom in Tabríz, 49-60 martyrdom unparalleled in religious history, 56 Mausoleum on Mt. Carmel, 194 Mihdí, awaited by the Sunnís, 58 ministry, last three years, 17, 18, 31 mission of, twofold, 27, 328 most monumental work of, 22, 24-26 multitude gathers at prison to hear His teachings, 20 nominate Mírzá Yahyá as figurehead, 28, 29 not killed by first volley of bullets, 52, 53 parallel of His life to Christ's, 56, 57 people in Tabríz hail arrival, 20 personal relics of, 347 pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, 8, 9 popularity of, 15 portrait of, 347 prepares disciples for the Promised One, 28 proclaims His station at examination, 21, 22 prophesies an act of the Promised One, 138 prophesies Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 25 prophesies own death, 51 Prophet of Shíráz, 56 protected by the Mu'tamid, 15 Qá'im, 33, 57 quotations from, 4, 6, 7, 8, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 84, 97, 98, 119 (Remover of Difficulties), 151, 253, 324, 325, 376, 396 remains, transferred to Mt. Carmel, 54, 177, 241, 262, 273, 275, 276, 314 restoration of His House in Shíráz, 268 return of Elijah, 58, 276 return of John the Baptist, 58 Revelation of, 4, 6, 7, 10 Revelation likened to sign of Aries, 99 sends documents and seals to Bahá'u'lláh, 51 Shrine of, 263, 267, 273, 275, 276, 277, 346 significance of His Centenary, xi significance of His Dispensation, 3, 7, 54-60 six years' ministry, 17 son of a mercer of Shíráz in Fárs, 5, 402 sorrow at persecution of disciples, 49 state of His Writings after martyrdom, 90 tells station of Bahá'u'lláh, 98 titles of, 57, 58 tributes to, 55, 56 visit of Manúchihr Khán to, 14 warden of Máh-Kú ('Alí Khán) impressed with Báb's influence, 19 warning to Bábís, 29 woes, 49-51 Writings of, 6, 14, 23-28 Bayán (Exposition), (summary of), 24-26 Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs), 26 Qayyúmu'l-Asmá', commentary on súrih of Joseph, (summary of), 23 Bábí community, disintegration of, 89-91, 112-115 Bábí Dispensation birth of, 3-17 chief historical characters, summarized, 4, 5 duration foretold, 92 effect of crises on, 61-62 First Vahíd (Unity) of, 8 name discarded, 299 opening scene, 5 significance of, 3 testimonials by observers, 55, 56 Bábís, agonies unsurpassed, 44 become Bahá'ís, 299, 300 condition of, after persecutions, 113 joyous gatherings of, 135, 137 persecution, 35-38, 46-48 in Mázindarán, 38-42 in Nayríz, 42-43 in Zanján, 44-46 Badasht, conference at, 17, 31-34, 403 significance of, 33 Badí', 199, 233 father of, discards treasure, 39 in interviews with Bahá'u'lláh, 241 Baghdád, Bahá'u'lláh's exile in, 104-155 Bahá'u'lláh immortalizes, 110 fate of Persian consul general in, 232 restoration of Bahá'u'lláh's House, 307 seizure of House in, 356-360 Bahá, name taken by Bahá'u'lláh, 32 three hundred sixty derivatives of the word, 69 Bahá'í bulletin, 260 Bahá'í cemetery, 369 Bahá'í centers, 261 Bahá'í century, first, 223, 402 one of the most brilliant achievements of, 300 retrospect and prospect, 402-412 Bahá'í Commonwealth, future seat of, 315, 316 Bahá'í courts, to be established, 411 Bahá'í cycle, five thousand centuries, 55 Bahá'í Faith, ages of the Faith, xiii attacked in Egypt, 364 attacked in Germany, 361 attacked in Persia, 362, 363 attacked in Russia, 361 birth of, 89-100, 127, 128 chain of events in the first century of, xvi-xviii emancipation of, 364-375 emancipation of, in Egypt, 366-368 establishment in the West, 252-263 first period (1844-1853), xiv, 3-85; Formative Age of, xiii, 26, 252, 324, 388 former religions and, 100 fourth period (1921-1944), xv, 323-412 fundamental laws enunciated, 214, 223 history of, summarized, 402-410 independence of Bahá'í Faith proclaimed, 17 leading Ambassadress of, 386-388 name adopted, 300 pattern of growth (reverses and victories), xiii, 61, 62, 409, 410 prestige of, 242 principles, 281, 282 recognition of, 364-375 by United States government, 373 retrospect and prospect, 402-412 second period (1853-1892), xiv, 89-253 third period (1892-1921), xv, 237-320 thirty-four independent nations, 378 Bahá'í institutions, attacks on, 354-363 Bahá'í International Bureau, at Geneva, 342, 380 Bahá'í literature, banned in Persia, 345 in many libraries, 385 to royalty, 385 translated into English, 260, 380-382 Bahá'í News, 260 Bahá'í principles, 281, 282 Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 334 Bahá'í Publishing Company, 382 Bahá'ís, in England, protect 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 305, 306 exhorted to teach, 376, 377 martyred in Persia, 198-203, 296-299 mission unspeakably glorious, 254 more than four thousand slain in one year, 197 persecutions of, 198-202 races represented, 380 standards set for in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 214-215 Bahá'í schools, in Persia, 299 site for on Mt. Carmel, 307 Bahá'í teachers, training of, 340 Bahá'í Temple Unity Board, 262 'Abdu'l-Bahá addresses, 288 became National Assembly, 333 Bahá'í World (a biennial international record), 382 Bahá'í youth, work of, 341-342 Bahá'u'lláh, Administrative Order of, 324-326, 268, 323-353, 411 adversaries confounded by His love, 135-136 ascension of, 221-233 assumes name of Darvísh Muhammad, 120 asks people to recite the Remover of Difficulties, 119 apostles of, 254 announces His mission to Mírzá Yahyá, 166-167 addresses rulers and ecclesiastics, 171-176 banishments (listed in chronological order) to Baghdád, 104, 109 to Constantinople, 146-157 to Adrianople, 159-162 to 'Akká in Palestine, 179-182 Book of the Covenant, 238-240 bystanders attest to His greatness, 135 bastinadoed, 68 British official offers Him protection, 131 claims to greatness, one of, 138 completes text of Bayán, 138 conceals His station for ten years, 103 Covenant, 237-245, 323 condemns ecclesiastics, 231 conducts conference at Badasht, 31-33 conspiracies against Him, 142, 143, 146, 150, 159, 160 copious writings in two years, 137, 138 corresponds with the Báb, 31 declaration of Mission to His followers in Garden of Ridván, 151-155 destroys some of His writings, 138 departure from Baghdád, 147-149 declaration to the Sháh, 102 departure from Garden of Ridván, 155 demands high conduct of His followers, 133 descended from Abraham, 94 disciples mourn His departure from Baghdád, 148 division of possessions with Mírzá Yahyá, 167 discloses His station to Mírzá Áqá Ján, 115 disciples perceive His station, 103 diversified admirers of, 128-132 divine origin of His Mission, 102 divines submit questions, 144 dream of, 101 effect of ascension of, 222-223, 244, 404-405 Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 219 Establisher of the Most Great Peace, 93 establishes ascendency over Mírzá Yahyá, 168, 169 example of justice, 133 exhorts followers to teach, 376, 377 exile fulfilled prophecies, 107 exiles, (see banishments) expresses desire to leave world, 221 faces mob of five hundred, 68 false prophets supplicate His forgiveness, 131 fate of His opposers, 231-233 fifth Buddha, 94 first fruits of His Divine Pen, 121 flight parallels others in religious history, 107 focal point for Bábís, 127, 128 followers consumed by love for Him, 136, 137 food was poisoned at Síyáh-Chál of Tihrán, 72 forsakes His wealth, 67 forsees trials of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 250 foretells His trials, 147 forty-year ministry, 183 four months in dungeon, 71 four stages of His life, 107 fulfillment of scriptural prophecies, 94-97 fulfills Christian prophecy, 210 fulfills prophecy of the Báb, 138 fulfills prophecy in Holy Land, 183, 184 Garden of Ridván, 151-155 government officials seek Him out, 129 governor assures protection en route to Constantinople, 149, 150 great sorrow before His withdrawal to Kurdistán, 117-119 guest of Grand Vizir, 71 Hidden Words, 140 hints at prophethood, 152 His son (Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch) dies, 188 humble abode in Baghdád charms prince, 134, 135 identifies Himself with Bábí Faith, 67 imprisonment in 'Akká, 179, 182, 183-220 Inaugurator of long-awaited millenium, 93 Infallibility, Most Great, doctrine of, 214, 219 interrogation of, in 'Akká, 190 interviews Mullá Husayn, 68 Judge, 93 kindred, 240 Kitáb-i-Aqdas (summary of contents; significance of), 213-216 Kitáb-i-Íqán (summary of contents; significance of), 138, 139 Lawgiver, 93 leadership, 67-70, 194, 195 learned impressed with His knowledge, 122-124 lineage of Jesse, 94 Lord of Hosts, 94 "Maiden" appears to, 101 major crisis begins in 'Akká, 185 message to Persian ambassador, 160 messages to religious leaders to the Jews, 211 to Muslim ecclesiastics, 210 to Pope Pius XI, 209 to Zoroastrian priests, 211 messages to the kings, 206 ministry, first phase, 109, 111 inauguration of, 106-108 last phase of, 183-185 Mt. Carmel, 194 mujtahid protects Him, 143 names of, 94 Navváb, His wife, 108 nobleman of Núr, 402 offers to perform miracle for divines, 144 one of claims to greatness, 138 opposed by Mírzá Yahyá, 163-165 opposed by mother of the Sháh, 70 ordered to 'Akká, 179 orders bodies of the Báb and Anís brought to Tihrán, 54, 273 overwhelms conspirators and would-be murderer, 142 personal effects of, 347 poisoned by Mírzá Yahyá, 165, 166 portrait of, 347 power of, 141 prayer revealed during enforced journey, 109 princes of royal blood seek Him out, 129 proclamation of His Mission from Adrianople, 158, 170-177 proclamation of His Mission from 'Akká, 206-213 prophecies of Isaiah about Him, 94 purchases property associated with Jesus Christ, 194 quotations from, xiii, x, xi, 3, 7, 22, 23, 28, 49, 57, 71, 72, 79, 80, 82, 92, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161, 163, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 230, 231, 232, 233, 239, 240, 242, 243, 250, 251, 253, 254, 277, 278, 325, 331, 347, 348, 357, 360, 376, 377, 390, 395, 396 receives documents of the Báb, 69 reception accorded Him en route from Baghdád to Constantinople, 156, 157 Redeemer of Mankind, 93 references in Apocalypse to, 95 in Bayán to, 67 in Bhagavad-Gita to, 95 of Buddha to, 95 of Daniel to, 95 of David to, 95 of Ezekiel to, 95 of Haggai to, 95 of Jesus to, 95 of Muhammad to, 96 of Zachariah to, 95 of Zoroaster to, 95 reincarnation of Krishna, 94 release from Síyáh-Chál, 105 religions leaders seek Him out, 123, 128-130 restrictions relaxed on, 195 retirement to Sulaymáníyyih in Kurdistán, 119-127 returns to Baghdád, 125-133 reveals Four Valleys, 140 Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 219, 238 Hidden Words, 140 Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 206, 208, 209, 213-219 Kitáb-i-Íqán, 138, 139, 172 Odes and Tablets, 120 Prayers of Fasting, 172, 177 "Questions and Answers," 219 Seven Valleys, 140 Súriy-i-Mulúk, 171 Tablet of Carmel, 194 Tablet of the Holy Mariner, 140 Tablets of Pilgrimage, 177 Tablet of the Proof, 219 Tablet of Wisdom, 219 Revelation, its significance, 91-103 reverence shown Him by officials at 'Akká, 192 Russian minister offers assistance, 104, 106 seizure of His House in Baghdád, 356-360 Sought by Shaykh in Sulaymáníyyih to interpret dream, 121 station of, 98, 99 Sultán 'Abdu'l-Majíd protects Him, 132 Tablet to rulers of America, 207 to people of the Bayán, 211 to Carmel, 219, 345 to Christians, 209, 210 to Czar of Russia, 106, 207 of the Holy Mariner, 147 of Howdah, 157 to Napoleon III, 207 to Pope Pius IX, 209 of Proof, 219 to Queen Victoria, 206, 207, 211 of Wisdom, 219 testimonies of His innocence of attack on Sháh, 105, 106 those exiled with Him to Baghdád, 108 titles given Him by the Báb, 94, 97 translation of His Writings, 260, 261 tribute to martyrs of Bábí Faith, 79 true Joseph, 23 twenty-four years' incarceration in 'Akká, 104 warning to opposers, 251 wife, Navváb, 108 Writings in 'Akká, 205, 206, 216, 219, 220 three classifications of, 205, 206 Bákú, Bahá'í pilgrims visit, 302 Balfour, Lord, orders protection of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 Balúchistán, Spiritual Assembly in, 336 Barnard, George Gray, praises Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 352 Barney, Laura, translates Some Answered Questions, 260 Basilica of St. Peter's in Rome, 353 bastinado of the Báb, 22 of Bahá'u'lláh, 68 Bayán, announces Bahá'í Faith, 59 Báb's statements about, 30 effect on defenders of Fort of Shaykh-Tabarsí, 24 laws and teachings of, 25 outline of contents of, 23 Beloved of Martyrs, 200, 201 Bentwitch, Prof. Norman, testifies to power of the Faith, 375 Beirut, protection of pilgrims in, 195 Bernhardt, Sarah, 56, 76 Bhagavad-Gita, references to Bahá'u'lláh, 95 Black Standard, prophesied by Muhammad, 38 blessings of tribulations of Bahá'í Faith, 61, 62 blind, literature to, 386 Blomfield, Lady, 286 Bolles, May Ellis, 257 established first center in European continent, 259 laid foundation of Cause in Canada, 260 Book of the Covenant, 238, 239 Crimson, 238 Most Holy, 326 Bourgeois, Louis, 349 architect for the Temple, 303 tells of design in Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 351, 352 Bowery, 'Abdu'l-Bahá visits, 291 braille, translations, 383, 386 Branch, Most Great, 239, 243 Branch, Purest, remains of, 348 Breakwell, Thomas, first English believer, 259 British authorities knight 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 British Isles, National Assembly in, 333, 336 Brittingham, Isabella D., 257 Browne, Prof. E. G. of Cambridge, 285 testimony to the Faith, 76, 81 visits Bahá'u'lláh, 194 Buddha, references to Bahá'u'lláh, 95 Buddhists become Bahá'ís, 195, 302 will oppose the Faith, 315 Bukhárá, establishment of Faith in, 195 Burma, Bahá'í activity in, 302 National Spiritual Assembly in, 336 Butler, Dr. Nicholas Murray, 388 Buzurg Khán, Mírzá, fate of, 232 Caliph, divested of authority, 228, 407 Campbell, Prof. Lewis, 391 Canada, 336 foundation of Faith laid by May Bolles, 260 Carmel, Mt., 194 Bahá'í property on, 346 international Archives on, 347 remains of Báb on, 273, 275-278, 346 Tablet of, 345 Carpenter, Dr. Estlin of Oxford, pays tribute to Faith, 317 Catholic Church, ordeals of, 229, 230 Caucasus, 195, 261, 360, 361 Cause of God, not to be taken lightly, 115 cemetery, Bahá'í, 369 centers, Bahá'í, 261 century, first Bahá'í, 106, 378, 379 most dramatic and tragic event in, 55 thirty-four independent nations hear of Faith, 378 turning point of, 127 Century of Progress Exhibition, 342 character traits emphasized by Bahá'u'lláh, 132-134 Chase, Thornton, 'Abdu'l-Bahá visits grave of, 288 first American believer, 257 Cheyne, Dr. T. K., pays tribute to Faith, 317 entertained 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 284 writes of Táhirih, 76 Chicago, 256, 261, 336, 348, 373, 401 Childrens Savings Bank in Persia, 342 China, Bahá'í teachers travel to, 303 Martha Root visits, 387 Chihríq, 14, 19, 20, 338 Chirol, Sir Valentine, writes of the Faith, 76, 317 Christ, 4, 8, 93, 94, 95, 101, 107, 121, 151, 163, 184, 188, 194, 209, 228, 230, 253, 318, 324, 377 parallel of His life to that of Báb, 56, 57 Christian ecclesiastics oppose Faith, 318 Christianity, waning authority of, 229, 230 Christians weep over plight of Bahá'u'lláh, 179, 181 church affiliation, severance of, 374 Churchill, Winston, telegraphs England's sympathy at 'Abdu'l-Bahá's passing, 312 civil recognition, 364-374 clergy, (see ecclesiastics) Clock, Dr. Sarah, 261 Cody, Sherwin, praises Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 352, 353 collective security, 217 Colorado Springs, summer school in, 340, 341 committees, national, 333, 334 communications of National Assembly to governments, etc., 343, 344 community, Bahá'í, in America, 396, 400 community, Bábí, regeneration of, 132-134 Conference of Living Religions, 342 conferences, public, 342, 343 Constantinople, 148, 149, 157 Bahá'í center established in, 303 constitutions, Bahá'í national, 334-336 Consul, Russian, has artist picture remains of Báb, 54 consultation, 218 convention, annual, 342 Costa Rica, Spiritual Assembly in, 336 Covenant, Archbreaker of Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, 246 Book of, 238, 239 breakers of, 246, 247, 248, 259, 263-266, 270, 273, 275, 279, 305, 314, 317-320, 327, 355, 356, 360 Center of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant, 242, 243, 244, 245 crisis in, 246, 247 divinely instituted, 295 energizing power of, 295 institution of, 237-240 of the Báb, 27-29 of Bahá'u'lláh, 237-244, 249, 323 pivot of the oneness of mankind, 238 purpose of, 252 unique in religious history, 238 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 325-328 outline of, 328 Crimson Book, 238 Crimson Colored Ark, 151 crises in Faith, xiii, 61, 62, 409, 410 Curzon, Lord, of Kedleston, 305 defends Bábís in his writings, 204 refers to persecutions, 203 testimony of, 76, 80 cycle, Adamic, 54 culmination of, 100 cycle, Bahá'í, five thousand centuries, 55, 100 cycle, of fulfillment, 57, 100 prophetic, 57, 100 universal, inaugurated by the Báb, 57 Czar of Russia, Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, 106, 207 fate of, 226, 227 sent Consul to investigate Bábí Movement, 55 Daniel, 95 prophecy of "Abomination of desolation," 110, 151 prophecy of message of salvation, 110 Darmsteter, Prof., testimony to the Faith, 80 David, Throne of, 230 Day of Reckoning, 29 Dealy, Paul K., 257 Declaration of the Báb, 5-7 of Bahá'u'lláh, 151-155 of Trust, 335 delegates to national Bahá'í conventions, 333 Divine Plan, Tablets of, 255, 296, 305, 406 divines (see ecclesiastics) divorce censured, 214 Dodge, Arthur P., 257 Dolgorouki, Prince, intervenes in behalf of Bahá'u'lláh, 104 Dreyfus, Hippolyte, first Frenchman to become Bahá'í, 259 Laura Barney, writes Some Answered Questions, 260 drinking intoxicating liquors forbidden, 214 Druzes, 222 Duchess of Kent, 344 Dunn, Hyde, buried in Sydney, Australia, 400 pioneer to Australia, 308 earthquake, 249 after the Báb's martyrdom, 53 East, light of Divine Revelation rises in, 253 ecclesiastics, addressed in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 209 Bahá'u'lláh prophesies downfall of, 231 divines submit questions to Bahá'u'lláh, 144 divines unable to agree on miracle, 144 of Christian church, 209, 210 condemned by Bahá'u'lláh for failures, 231 fate of, 224 of Islám, censure Faith, 406 of Muslims, a Tablet to, 210, 211 oppose the Faith in America, Palestine, Persia, 318 revered 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 291 Tablet to, 171, 172, 209 education of children, 214 educational institutions in Persia, 299 Egypt, 364-368 attacks on the Faith in, 364, 365 Bahá'í centers in, 195, 302 Bahá'í students and teachers in, 302 Hazíratu'l-Quds in, 338 letter to King of, 344 letter to Prime Minister of, 345 National Assembly in, 333, 336 recognition of Faith in, 366-373 electric lights at Haifa, 346 Elijah, cave of, 277 return of, 276 empires, dissolution of, 227 endowments of the Faith, national and local, 337-339 enemies, of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 317-320 of the Báb, 81-85 of Bahá'u'lláh, 142, 143, 146, 150, 224-233 failed, 327 Englewood, N. J., souvenir feast at, 288 English Bahá'ís protect 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 305, 306 Epistle to the Son of the "Wolf, 219, 238 era, (see cycle) Esperantists, addressed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 287 Esperanto, translations into, 382, 383 Esslemont, J. E., translation and distribution of his book, 382 Esslingen, Bahá'í Home in, 338 Europe stirred by martyrdoms, 56 Ezekiel, reference to Bahá'u'lláh, 95 Faith, (see Bahá'í Faith) fanaticism, 215 Farmer, Sarah, 261 fasting, designated in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 214 prayers for, 177 Fátimih, 347 Hidden Book of, 140 feasts, nineteen-day, 214, 342 Feisal, King, visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 Fisher, Dr. K. E., 261 Ford, Rev. George A., 256 Forel, Dr. Auguste, becomes Bahá'í, 307 pays tribute to the Faith, 316 statement of his belief, 375 Formative Age, xiii, xv, 158, 252, 324, 329, 330 Four Valleys, revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, 122, 140 Frances Joseph, emperor of Austria, 208, 226 Fu'ád Páshá, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, fate of, 231 fulfillment, era of, 100 future tasks, 410, 411 Galilee, Sea of, 242 gambling prohibited, 214 Garden of Ridván, 150-155 gathering of rulers of the world, 218 Geddes, Prof. Patrick, 285 Geneva, Bahá'í International Bureau in, 342 German Templars, anticipated "coming of the Lord," 277 Germany, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in, 286 Martha Root visits universities in, 387 National Assembly in, 333 persecution in, 361, 362 Getsinger, Dr. Edward, 257 Getsinger, Lua Moore, 257 buried in Egypt, 400 Geyserville, endowments in, 337 summer school established (1927), 340 Gobineau, Comte de, testimony of, 76, 81, 203, 204 God, Cause of, not to be taken lightly, 115 Golden Age, 26, 60, 411 Golden Gate International Exposition, 343 Goodall, Helen S., 257 government, obedience to, 214, 219, 328 governor, of 'Akká, directed to restore aqueduct, 192 respects Bahá'u'lláh, 191 of Baghdád, assures Bahá'u'lláh protection en route to Constantinople, 149 Námiq-Páshá, regards Bahá'u'lláh in high esteem, 131 of Isfahán, honors the Báb, 15, 16 of Phoenecia, pays tribute to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 313 Grand Vizir, interrogates Bahá'u'lláh after release from Síyáh-Chál, 105 supports opposition, 141 Greatest Holy Leaf, 347, 350 Green Acre, 'Abdu'l-Bahá visits, 288 endowments in, 337 first summer conference (1894), 261 summer school established (1929), 340 Guardianship, installation of, 328 Haggai, reference to Bahá'u'lláh, 95 Hague, Tablet to, 308 Hájí, Mírzá Áqási (see Áqásí) Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí (see 'Alí) Hájí Sulaymán Khán (see Sulaymán) Hands of the Cause of God, appointed by Bahá'u'lláh, 195 in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will, 328 Hawaiian Islands, Spiritual Assembly in, 336 Hazíratu'l-Quds, importance of, 339 in America, 338 in Australia, 338 in Egypt, 338 in India, 338 in 'Iraq, 338 in Tihrán, 338 Hearst, Mrs. Phoebe, 257 describes her visit with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 258 Heroic Age, xiii, 46, 50, 55, 157, 158 ended, 223, 256, 309 Hidden Words, revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, 140 Hindus become Bahá'ís, 302 contribute to the Temple, 350 history of the Bahá'í Faith, summarized, 402-411 Holy Book, Most, 326 Holy Land, Bahá'í cemetery in, 369 Faith attacked in, 355, 356 liberated from Turkish yoke, 304, 306 to many religions, 183 prophecies about, 183, 184 holy war, ban on, 219 Honolulu, 303, 336, 343 House of Justice, 218, 219, 331, 332 International, 326, 335 Hujjat, becomes an advocate of the Báb, 12 fortitude in spite of grief, 46 martyred, 44, 46, 50 Huqúqu'lláh (Right of God), 214 Husayn Khán, 11, 13 Husayn, Mullá, Báb directs him to Tihrán, 28 effect of the Báb's declaration upon, 6 death of, 41, 50 heroism and physical exploits, 40 hoists Black Standard, 38 first interview with the Báb, 5 First Letter of the Living, 38 last day of his life, 40 eulogized by the Báb, 50 sincerity of, 39 sword of, 347 travels on foot to Máh-Kú to visit the Báb, 19 Ileana, Princess, 387, 393 incorporation of Assemblies, 336 independence of the Faith declared, 365 India, Bahá'í activity in, 302 conferences in, 343 Hazíratu'l-Quds in, 338 National Assembly in, 333, 336 Indians, teaching of, 380 inheritance, law of, 214 Infallibility, Most Great, doctrine of, 214, 219 international Archives on Mt. Carmel, 347 International Bahá'í Summer School, 340, 341 International Bureau at Geneva, 342 'Iraq, attacks on institutions in, 356, 357 Bahá'í centers in, 195, 303 Hazíratu'l-Quds in, 338 messages to the king of, 344 National Assembly in, 333 Iron Age, xiii Isaiah's prophecies, 94, 210, 348 Isfahán, the Báb's sojourn in, 14 influence of the Báb on the people of, 15 'Ishqábád, community, 195 first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, 195, 296, 300, 307 description of, 300, 301 seized, 360 persecution of Bahá'ís in, 202 Spiritual Assembly in, 301 two schools for boys and girls in, 301 Islám, Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to leaders of, 175 Caliph opposes Bábí Faith, 59 downfall and decay of, 228, 229 Israel, children of (see Jews) Japan, 286, 303, 388 Jessup, Dr. Henry H., makes public mention of Bahá'u'lláh, 256 Jesus (see Christ) Jewish Faith, deterioration of, 230 Jews, 228, 230 'Abdu'l-Bahá predicts their persecution, 282 become Bahá'ís, 195 contribute to Temple, 350 mourn death of Bahá'u'lláh and of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 222, 313 return to Palestine predicted, 305, 315 John, St., prophesied two revelations, 92 Jordan, Dr. David Starr, 289, 316 Jordan River, 242 Joseph, súrih of, Báb's commentary on, 23 Joseph, the true, 23 Jowett, Prof., pays tribute to the Faith, 316, 391 justice, God's retributive justice to kings and ecclesiastics, 230 House of, 218, 219, 331, 332 importance of, 218 Kamál Páshá visits Bahá'u'lláh, 159 Kappes, Lillian F., 257, 261 buried in Tihrán, 400 Katurah, 94 Kazim-i-Zanjání, Siyyid, accompanies Báb to Isfahán, 13 Kemball, Col. Sir Arnold Burrows corresponds with Bahá'u'lláh, 131 offers Bahá'u'lláh protection, 131 Kenosha, Wisc., Faith taught in, 257 Kent, Duchess of, 344, 388 Khálidíyyih Order, 122, 129 Khayrulláh, Dr. Ibrahim ambition of, 259 becomes Covenant-breaker, 259, 260, 319 receives tablet from Bahá'u'lláh, 256 teaches the Faith, 256, 257 titles by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 275 Khedive, receives 'Abdu'l-Bahá in palace, 292 Kingdom, establisher of, 318, 324 King of Martyrs, 200, 201 kings, Bahá'u'lláh's proclamation to, 158, 159, 170-176, 206-213 Bahá'u'lláh's message to, 172 Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 14, 139, 209, 213-216, 326, 328 codification of, 411 exhortation to followers in, 214, 215 laws of, summarized, 214 "Questions and Answers," 219 revealed (1873), 213 Kitáb-i-Íqán, contents of, 139 revealed in two days and two nights, 138 Knoblock, Alma, 261 knowledge, 218 Kurdistán, Bahá'u'lláh's retirement to, 112, 120-126 magnetized by love of Bahá'u'lláh, 124 Lamington, Lord, pays tribute to the Faith, 317 visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 307 Latin America, establishment of Faith in, 399, 400 laws (Islamic) abolished by the Báb, 59 laws of the Bábí Faith formulated by the Báb, 17 leading Ambassadress of the Bahá'í Faith, 386 Leaf, Greatest Holy (see Greatest Holy Leaf) League of Nations, 305 Bahá'ís appeal to, for restitution of property, 357-360 messages to, 344 religious league of Nations embodied in Temple, 353 Letters of the Living, 5, 38 'Alíy-i-Bastámí, Mullá, 10 Báb's charge to, summarized, 8 enrollment of, 7 martyred, 38, 50 tributes to, 7, 8 First Vahíd of the Dispensation of the Bayán, 8 (see also Mullá Husayn, Quddús, Táhirih) liberty, true, 215 libraries having Bahá'í literature, 385 literature, Bahá'í, banned in Persia, 345 in many libraries, 385, 386 to royalty, 384 translated into many languages, 380, 381 wide circulation of, 384 London, 'Abdul-Bahá breakfasts with Lord Mayor of, 284 'Abdu'l-Bahá eats workman's food, 291 'Abdu'l-Bahá visits, 283, 284 Lord of Hosts to be manifested in Holy Land, 183, 184 Louhelen Bahá'í summer school, 340 Magonigle, H. VanBuren, praises Mashriqu'l-Adhkir, 352 Máh-Kú, the Báb's imprisonment in, 16-19 "Maiden," personified the Spirit of God, 101, 121, 221 Manifestations, two, foretold by St. John, 92 Manúchihr Khán visits the Báb, 14, 15 Mardin, reception accorded Bahá'u'lláh in, 156 Marie, Queen of Rumania, 256, 294, 344, 387-395 unable to visit Bahá'í shrines, 392 Mariner, Tablet of the Holy Mariner, 140, 147 marriage, Bahá'í, recognized in some states, 373, 374 marriage, importance of, 214 martyrdom, of Bahá'ís, 198-203, 296-299 Seven Martyrs of Tihrán, 47-90 Mary, Virgin, 347 Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 340 'Abdu'l-Bahá lays dedication stone of, 288 approval of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1903, 262 architect's description of, 351, 352 Bahá'ís will gather at dawn in, 340 complementary institutions of, 339 in America, 261, 262, 307, 314, 337, 348-353 in 'Ishqábád, 268, 296, 300, 307, 314 description of, 300, 301 seized, by government, 360 prophecies concerning, 351 Master, title given 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 242 Mas'úd Mírzá, Prince, fate of, 232 Maxwell, May, buried in Argentina, 400 (see also Bolles, May Ellis) May 23, 1844, 3 Mayor of London, breakfasts with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 284 Mázindarán, contest of eleven months in, 38 MacNutt, Howard, 257 Mecca, the Báb's pilgrimage to, 8, 9 Medina, the Báb visits, 9 mendicancy, prohibited, 214 Mexico, Spiritual Assembly in, 336 Michael Angelo, 353 Midhat Páshá, 317 ministers (see ecclesiastics) minority groups, teaching of, 380 Mír Muhammad-Husayn, fate of, 232 Mírzá Abu'l Fadi (see Abu'l Fadl) Mírzá Ahmad-i-Azghandí, (see Ahmad-i-Azghandí) Mírzá Buzurg Khán, (see Buzurg Khán) Mírzá Muhammad 'Alí, (see Muhammad 'Alí) Mírzá Muhammad Hasan, (see Muhammad Hasan) Mírzá Muhammad Husayn, (see Muhammad Husayn) Mírzá Sádiq-i-Khurásání, (see Sádiq-i-Khurásání) Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad, (see Muhammad, Siyyid) Mírzá Yahyá, (see Yahyá) moderation, 218 monasticism prohibited, 214 monogamy prescribed, 214 Moody, Dr. Susan I., 261 buried in Tihrán, 400 Moore, Louisa A., (Getsinger), 257 Moses, 93, 101, 107, 121 Most Great Name, community of, 316 Most Great Peace, 224 Ensign of, 245 Most Holy Book, (see Kitáb-i-Aqdas) Mt. Alburz, endowments on, 338 Mt. Carmel, future site of Bahá'í institutions, 316 institutions to be erected on slope of, 315 international Archives on, 347 remains of the Báb on, 273-278 Muhammad, 4, 8, 93, 96, 101, 107, 121, 163, 183, 184, 250 Muhammad Siyyid, intrigues of, 112, 164-169 slain, 189 Muhammad, Mírzá Siyyid, the Báb's host in Isfahán, 14 Muhammad-'Alí, Mírzá archbreaker of Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, 246-249 Bahá'u'lláh's statements about, 251 caused 'Abdu'l-Bahá to be imprisoned, 263, 264 false claims of, 248, 249 falsified Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 249 fate of, 319, 329 Jealousy of, 247 rebellion of, 245-251 rebellion, results of, 252 Muhammad-'Alí-i-Zanjáni, Mullá, (see Hujjat) Muhammad Hasan, Mírzá (King of Martyrs), martyred, 200, 201 Muhammad Husayn, Mírzá (Beloved of Martyrs), martyred, 200, 201 Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí, (see 'Alíy-i-Bastámí) Mullá Husayn, (see Husayn) Mullá Muhammad 'Alíy-i-Zanjání, (see Hujjat) Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání, (see Sádiq-i-Khurásání) murder, punishment for, 214 Muskegon, Mich., endowment in, 337 Nabíl (the chronicler), 3, 9, 113, 125, 126, 134, 137, 138, 147, 152, 155, 156, 160, 161, 166, 167, 169, 171, 176, 188, 199 chosen to select passages for Tablet of Visitation, 222 describes Bahá'u'lláh at His declaration, 153 drowns himself, 222 thrown into prison, 178 Námiq-Páshá, governor of Baghdád, 131, 149 Napoleon III, Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, 173, 207 fate of, 225 Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, 296 fate of, 225, 296 fate of his son, 232 persecuted Bahá'ís, 197, 198 "Prince of Oppressors," 197, 225 National Spiritual Assemblies, 332-339 archives of, 342 committees of, 333, 334 communications to rulers, 343, 344 in eight countries, 333 national constitutions of, 335 Navváb, wife of Bahá'u'lláh, 108, 348 Most Exalted Leaf, 108 negro, first to become Bahá'í, 259 Newcomb, Dr. Rexford, praises Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 353 New York City, called "City of the Covenant," 288 introduction of Faith in, 257 New Zealand, National Spiritual Assembly in, 335, 336 newspapers, 219 Nineteen Day Feasts, 214, 342 North America, achievements of Bahá'ís in, 255, 256 establishment of Faith in, 253, 256-262 will lead all nations spiritually, 254 Office of Price Administration (U.S. gov't.) recognizes Faith, 374 Olga, Princess of Yugoslavia, 387 pays Martha Root tribute, 389 oneness of human race, 217 opposers of Faith, fate of, 317-320 opium forbidden, 214 Order, Administrative, 326-353 World, 324-327 Palestine, four faiths in, 375 (see also Holy Land, 'Akká, Mt. Carmel, etc.) Paris, 56 'Abdu'l-Bahá in, 286 early activity in, 259 patriotism, 217 Paul, Prince of Yugoslavia, interviews Martha Root, 387 Paul, St., refers to advent of Bahá'u'lláh, 96 Peace, Most Great, ensign of, 245 Pearson, Miss, niece of Mrs. Hearst, 257 penance prohibited, 214 persecution, of Bábís, 35-48, 63-66, 71-85, 89-91, 180 of Bahá'ís, 178, 197-203, 296-299 persecutors, fate of, 81-85, 317-320 Persia (recent developments in Faith), attacks on Bahá'í institutions in, 362, 363 efforts to establish independence of Faith, 369-372 endowments in, 337-339 fate of opposers in, 317-320 letters to Sháh about closing schools, 345 National Spiritual Assembly in, 333 organized teaching work, 300 site of future Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, 338 Persian ambassador, Bahá'u'lláh's message to, 160 Peter, St., reference to Day of God, 96 Philadelphia, introduction of Faith in, 257 pilgrimage, to Great House in Baghdád, 177, 300 to House of Báb in Shíráz, 177, 300 to Most Holy Tomb in 'Akká, 300 numerous, 177 Tablets of, 177 Pilgrim House, Oriental, 307 western, 307 Pine Valley, Colo., endowments in, 337 pioneers of the Faith, 261, 398, 399 Plan, Divine, 296, 305 Pope Pius IX, fate of, 227 Tablet to, 209 Popovitch, Prof. Bogdan, 383, 388 power seized from kings and ecclesiastics, 230 prayer, Remover of Difficulties, 119 President of the United States, uses Bahá'u'lláh's peace principles, 294 priesthood abolished, 214 Primitive Age, xiii Prince Muhammad-'Alí of Egypt, pays tribute to the Faith, 317 Princess Ileana, 387 principles, Bahá'í, 216-219, 281, 282 Prison, Most Great, 185, 196, 224 profession (work) is worship, 214 progressive revelation, definition of, 100 prophecies of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 315, 316 prophetic era ended, 57, 100 publications, 380-384 Purest Branch, 188-189, 348 Qádiríyyih Order, 122 Qá'im dissertation of the Báb about, 14 promise to Shí'ahs, 57 signs of, 80 Qiblih (point of adoration), 214, 348, 369 Quaglino, Prof. Luigi, praises Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 352 Queen Marie of Rumania, 256, 344, 375, 389-395 attests to the Faith, 294, 391 memorial gatherings for, 395 unable to visit Bahá'í shrines, 392 visited by Martha Root, 387 Queen Marie of Yugoslavia, 344 Queen Victoria, 206, 207, 211 "Questions and Answers," 219 Quddús, 31, 40, 68 chained and led through the street, 42 companions killed or sold as slaves, 41-42 death more agonizing than Christ's, 49 delivers Báb's epistle to Sherif of Mecca, 9 last letter enrolled, 7, 32 promise of the Báb to, 28 publicly tortured, 11 ring of, 247 titles of, 49 upheaval at Mázindarán, 38-42 Qur'án, commentaries of the Báb on, 24 Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), called Táhirih, 32 (see Táhirih) races represented by the Faith, 380 Ransom-Kehler, Keith, 344, 398 buried in Isfahán, 400 petitions to the Sháh, 345 recognition of the Faith, 369, 372-374 religion, world, 375 Religion, World Parliament of (1893), 256 religions will oppose Faith, 315 religious leaders, proclamations to, 158, 170-176, 206, 209-213 Remover of Difficulties, 119 Renan, Ernest, 80 Revelation of the Báb, significance of, 3, 7, 54-60 of Bahá'u'lláh, significance of, 93, 103 progressive, definition of, 100 twin, 92 Ridván festival, origin of, 148 Ridván, Garden of, 150, 151 Bahá'u'lláh's declaration there, 150-155 Roosevelt, Pres. Franklin D., 344 Root, Martha, 344 historic journeys of, 308 letters to Pres. Von Hindenburg, 345 Princess Olga pays her tribute, 389 Queen Marie gives her brooch, 394 title of, 386 visits Queen Marie, 387, 390, 393, 394 work of, 386-389 Rosenberg, Ethel J., 260 royalty, received Bahá'í literature, 384 visited by Martha Root, 387, 388, 389 Rúhu'lláh, refuses to recant, 296 Rumania, letters to King of, 345 Princess Ileana of, 383 Queen Marie of, 387, 389-395 Russia, Czar Nicolaevitch Alexander II, fate of, 226, 227 Czar of, Tablet to, 106, 207 persecution in, 360, 361 seizure of Temple in, 361 Russian Consul, ordered to investigate Bábí Movement, 55 views remains of the Báb, 54 Russian minister (Prince Dolgorouki), intervenes in behalf of Bahá'u'lláh, 104 offers to protect Bahá'u'lláh, 106 Russian official accompanies Bahá'u'lláh to Baghdád, 108 Russian poetess produces drama "The Báb," 56 Sádiq-i-Khurásání, Mullá, arrested and tortured, 10 Samarqand, establishment of Faith in, 195 Sám Khán, begged Báb to release him from his duty, 52 Samuel, Sir Herbert, (High Commissioner for Palestine; later Viscount Samuel of Carmel), 317 attends funeral of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 312, 313 visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 306 Sarah, 347 Schools, at Colorado Springs, 341 at Geyserville, 340 at Green Acre, 340 at Louhelen, 340 in Persia, 299 in Persia, closed, 363 purposes of summer schools, 340 to be on Mt. Carmel, 307 throughout the world, 340-341 security, collective, 217 Seven Valleys, 140 Sháh, Muhammad, death of, 37, 82 Sháh of Persia, Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, attempt on life of, 62, 78, 104 assassinated, 296 Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, 173, 174 exiles Bahá'u'lláh from Persia, 106 Shaykh Muhammad 'Abdu, 317 Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir, "The Wolf," 201 Shí'ah Islam, downfall of, 228, 229 Shíráz, Báb's return to, 10 cholera in, 13 House of the Báb in, 337 Prophet of, 56 restitution of Holy House in, 195 scene of Báb's declaration, 5 turmoil in, 11 Síyáh-Chál, Bahá'u'lláh's imprisonment in, 71, 72, 92, 100, 101, 103, 104 Siyyid Kázim, (see Kázim) Siyyid Muhammad, (see Muhammad) Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, (see Vahíd) Shoghi Effendi, his purpose in writing God Passes By, xii, xiii (see Guardianship) Shrine of the Báb, 263, 276, 277 slavery prohibited, 214 sovereign will arise to protect Bahá'ís, 411 Spiritual Assemblies, 331, 332, 333, 336 supersede Bahá'í Temple Unity, 333 Sprague, Sidney, 261 Standard, Black, prophesied by Muhammad, 38 Star of the West, 260 states recognizing Bahá'í marriage, 373, 374 station of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 239-243 of the Báb, 57-60 of Bahá'u'lláh, 93-100 steadfastness, 309 Stewart, Elizabeth, 261 Stimson, Henry L., 336 St. John the Divine, prophesied two revelations, 92 revelation fulfilled, 53 Storrs, Sir Ronald, visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 307 Struven, Howard, 261 Subhí Páshá, fate of, 232 Sulaymán, Hájí Khán, martyred by burning candles, 77 Sulaymáníyyih, (Kurdistán), Bahá'u'lláh's sojourn in, 120-127, 293 Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz, (see 'Abdu'l-'Azíz) Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd, (see 'Abdu'l-Hamíd) Sultán of Turkey joins Sháh to stamp out Bábí Faith, 112 Summer Schools, (see Schools) Sunní Faith, Caliphate abolished, 228 downfall of, 228 Súrih of Joseph, Báb's commentary on, 6 Tablet, Most Great (Book of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant, also called the "Crimson Book"), 238 Tabríz, Báb's reception in, 18 martyrdom of the Báb in, 51-57 people hail the Báb, 20 Táhirih (the Pure One), 7, 240 appears unveiled, 32 conference with deputies of Grand Vizir, 74 confounds notables, 73 fame spreads abroad, 75, 76 family background, 72, 73 martyred, 66, 75 name given by Bahá'u'lláh, 32 regarded as a prodigy, 73 society flocked to her doors, 74 station of, 75 translated the Bayán, 23 the Súrih of Joseph, 74 tributes to, 76 the trumpet-blast, the Bugle, 33 teachers, training of, 340 teaching, 376-379, 386-387 international expansion of, 379-381 methods of, 379 Templars, German, 277, 346 Temple, (see Mashriqu'l-Adhkár) Temple Unity Board, 262, 288 Testament, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's, 325-328 Ark of, 239, 249 Bahá'u'lláh's, 238-240 irrefutable, 239 tests, days of, 115 Thacher, Chester I., 257 Theosophical Society, addressed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 287 Thornburgh-Cropper, Mrs., in London, 260 Tihrán, Faith at Congress in, 343 glorified by the Báb, 102 "Liar of Tihrán," fate of, 232 names given it by Bahá'u'lláh, 102 Seven Martyrs of, 47 Tolstoy, Count Leo, interested in Bábí Faith, 56 pays tribute to the Faith, 316 Tomb, Holy (tomb of Bahá'u'lláh), 355 Transitional Age, xiii, 325 translation of literature, 380, 381 Tribunal, World, 305 trumpet-blast, 33 Turkish revolt, 271, 272 Turkistán, 360, 361 Bahá'í centers in, 195 Turner, Robert, first negro Bahá'í, 259 tyrants, Bahá'u'lláh's statement about, 224 'Umar, usurped successorship of Muhammad, 249 United States Govt. recognizes the Faith, 372, 373 Universal Esperanto Congress, 342 Universal House of Justice, 326 upheavals, meaning of to growth of Faith, 61 Vahíd, 42 converted by the Báb, 12 martyrdom of, 43, 50 seat by Sháh to investigate the Báb, 11 tribute to, 50 Valleys, Four, 140 Seven, 140 Vambery, Prof. Arminius, pays tribute to the Faith, 316 Victoria, Queen, Tablet to, 206, 207, 211 Vienna, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in, 287 violators of the Covenant (see also covenant-breakers), 327-328 violence condemned by Bahá'u'lláh, 134 Virgin Mary, 347 Visitation, Tablet of, selected by Nabíl, 222 Von Goumoens, Captain, account of Bábí persecution, 65 war, ban on holy war, 219 foreseen by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 282, 303-304 predicted by Bahá'u'lláh, 305 West, establishment of the Faith in, 256-262 prophecies about, 253, 254, 255 Star of the West, 260 West Englewood, endowments in, 337 Wilberforce, Venerable Archdeacon, pays tribute to Faith, 316 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 325-328 outline of contents, 328 William I (Emperor of Germany), 218, 226 Wilson House, Malden, Mass., 337 Wise, Rabbi Stephen, pays tribute to Faith, 317 woes, three, 92 "Wolf" (Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir), 201, 232 Epistle to the Son of, 238 son of, 201 women aid in defense of Zanján, 45 Women's International League for Peace, 343 World, Bahá'í, biennial publication, 382 world community, 354 World Fairs, 342 World Fellowship of Faiths, 342 world gathering of rulers, 218 world mission of America, 305, 396, 397 World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 79, 223, 324, 325, 329-351 Architect of, 245 birth of, 244 influence of, xi World Parliament of Religions (1893), 256 world religion, 375 world revolutionary changes since birth of Faith, xi, xii, 316 World Tribunal, 305 Writings, publication of, 380-383 Yahyá, Mírzá, 112, 155, 163-170, 233 claimed to be successor to the Báb, 114 claims himself a Prophet, 167 clandestine opposition of, 117 directs campaign against Bahá'u'lláh, 124, 125 fate of, 233 ordered to Cypress, 179, 181 lives in disguise, 114, 115 plots to kill Bahá'u'lláh, 166 plots to poison Bahá'u'lláh, 165, 166 rebellion of, 163, 164, 165, 168 rebellion stimulates Faith, 204 recognizes transformation in Mírzá Áqá Ján, 116 refuses to meet with Bahá'u'lláh, 168, 169 remnant of followers of, 246 Yahyáy-i-Dárábí, Siyyid, (see Vahíd) Young Turk Revolution, saved life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 271, 272 youth, Bahá'í, activities of, 341, 342 Yugoslavia, Queen Marie of, 344 Prince Paul and Princess Olga, 387 Zamenhof, Lydia, 383 Zanján, upheaval in, 44-46 Zaynab, audacity of, 45 Zechariah, reference to Bahá'u'lláh, 95 Zoroaster, and the Sacred Fire, 101 and the Seven Visions, 93 refers to the World Savior, 95 Zoroastrian Faith, deterioration of, 230 Zoroastrian physician anoints 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 292 Zoroastrians become Bahá'ís, 195, 302 contribute to the Temple, 350 Tablet to priests of, 211