The genesis of the Babi-Bahai faiths in Shiraz and Fars / by Mirza Habibullah Afnan ; translated and annotated by Ahang Rabbani.

• Superior document: Numen book series, studies in the history of religions, v. 122. Texts and sources in the history of religions
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Afnan, Habib Allah.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rabbani, Ahang.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English; Persian
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 122.; Studies in the history of religions. Texts and sources in the history of religions.
• Physical Description: xix, 404 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

Foreword by translator -- Notes on the present translation -- Acknowledgments -- Text : translation of Tarikh amri Fars va Shiraz. The childhood and early life of the Bab ; Commerce and marriage ; The burning bush ; Return of the Bab to Shiraz ; Vahid and the Nayriz episodes ; The household of Hujjat ; Conversion of the family of the Bab ; First Bahai martyrs of Shiraz in 1871 ; The passing of Khadijih Bagum ; Events of 1880s ; Events of early 1890s ; Troubles in Abadih ; Profile of turmoil : spring 1903 ; Restoration of the house of the Bab ; Political turmoil and constitutional revolt ; Bahai martyrdom in Nayriz ; Political reforms and upheavals of 1909-10 -- Appendices : materials for the study of the Bahai community of Shiraz. Glimpses of Shiraz, 1910-1951 ; Bahai historical places in Shiraz ; The governors of Fars ; Conversion of the great-uncle of the Bab ; The paternal genealogy of the Bab ; The Afnan family : some biographical notes ; Fars and Shiraz ; Surih Hajj for the house of the Bab in Shiraz.