The genesis of the Babi-Bahai faiths in Shiraz and Fars / / by Mirza Habibullah Afnan ; translated and annotated by Ahang Rabbani.
The Bábí and Baháʾí Faiths represent two of the most important religious movements of modern times. This book relates the story of the evolution of the Bábí-Baháʾí community, beginning with the birth of its founder, Siyyid ʾAlí-Muhammad, known as the Báb, in 1819 and then traced over the next centur...
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Superior document: | Numen book series, studies in the history of religions, v. 122. Texts and sources in the history of religions |
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Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
122. Studies in the history of religions. Texts and sources in the history of religions. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.