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Contents

Introduction

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

II. International Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities

III. Excerpts from the Bahá’í Sacred Writings:

1. Words of Bahá’u’lláh
2. Words of the Báb
3. Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

IV. The Centenary Celebrations of the Birth of the Mission of Bahá’u’lláh, 1953

1. The Guardian’s Announcement and Messages
2. The African Intercontinental Teaching Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, February, 1953
3. The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference held in Chicago, U.S.A., April-May, 1953
4. The European Intercontinental Teaching Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, July, 1953
5. The Asian Intercontinental Teaching Conference held in New Delhi, India, October, 1953

V. The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb 1850-1950

1. Bahá’u’lláh’s Tribute to the Báb
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tribute to the Báb
3. The Guardian’s Message for the Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb
4. The Station of the Báb
5. The Execution of the Báb
6. International Observance of the Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb
7. The Martyr Prophet of a World Faith, by William B. Sears
8. Pilgrimage to the Scenes of the Báb’s Captivity and Martyrdom, by Dhikru’lláh Khádem
9. A Century of World Crisis 1850-1950, by Dr. G. A. Borgese
10. Der 100. Jahrestag des Opfertodes des Báb, by Dr. Eugen Schmidt

VI. The Completion of the Construction of the Sepulcher of the Báb in the Holy Land, 1953

1. Entombment of the Báb’s Remains on Mt. Carmel
2. Announcements by the Guardian
3. An Account of the Preparatory Work in Italy, by Dr. Ugo R. Giachery
4. Reports on the Construction of the Arcade, by Ben D. Weeden

VII. The Inauguration of the World Bahá’í Crusade 1953-1963

1. Announcement by the Guardian
2. Ten-Year International Bahá’í Teaching and Consolidation Plan 1953-1963
3. Maps of the Ten-Year Plan
4. Chart of the Ten-Year Plan
5. Chart showing the Expansion of the Faith

PART TWO

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

1. Present Day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith

   The Formation of an Organic Religious Community, by Horace Holley

   A Procedure for the Conduct of a Local Spiritual Assembly

   The Institution of the National Spiritual Assembly, by Horace Holley

   A Procedure for the Conduct of the Annual Bahá’í Convention

   The Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith

   Concerning Membership in Non-Bahá’í Religious Organizations

   Bahá’ís and Military Service

   Interpretation of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   Important Messages from Shoghi Effendi 1950-1954

   The Process of International Consolidation

   Appointment of the Hands of the Cause of God

   Formation of the International Bahá’í Council

2. Documentation of the Bahá’í Administrative Order

   Certificate of Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly Of the Bahá’ís of the United States

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Persia

   Declaration and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq

   Constitution of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South America

   Certificate of Registration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South America

   Certificate of Registration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Central America

   By-Laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly

   Certificate of Registration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pákistán and Burma, Delhi, India

   Certificate of Registration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pákistán and Burma, Rangoon, Burma

   Certificate of Registration of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pákistán and Burma, Lahore, Pákistán

   Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Maywood, Illinois

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Houston, Texas

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Eliot, Maine

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Fresno, California

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of San Diego, California

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Sacramento, California

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Glendale, California

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Fort Wayne, Indiana

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Tucson, Arizona

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Oak Park, Illinois

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Nashville, Tennessee

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Greenwich, Connecticut

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Reno, Nevada

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Grand Rapids, Michigan

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Surat, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Jalna, Hyderabad (Deccan), India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Kamarhati, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Mysore, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Singapore

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montevideo, Uruguay

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Quito, Ecuador

   Bahá’í Marriage Certificate Adopted by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of Idaho

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of Michigan

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of New York

   Marriage Certificate issued by the Territory of Hawaii

   Marriage Certificate issued by the Territory of Alaska

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of New Mexico

   Letter from the Board of Education of Prince George’s County, Maryland, excusing Bahá’í Children from School Attendance on Bahá’í Holy Days

   Letter from Superintendent of Schools, Wilmington, Delaware, excusing Bahá’í Children from School Attendance on Bahá’í Holy Days

   Communications between the Government of Liberia and the Bahá’í Pioneers, authorizing the Teaching of the Faith in the Republic of Liberia, and exempting Goods consigned to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Monrovia from Customs Fees

   Certificate of Exemption from Registration granted to the Bahá’í Community of Kenya in connection with Emergency Laws regarding Public Meeting

   Deed of Transfer of the Bolton Property at Yerrinbool, N.S.W., Australia, to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand, for a Summer School

   Certificate of Transfer of Title of the Hyde Dunn Bahá’í School Property in Auckland, New Zealand, to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Bahá’í School in Green Acre, Eliot, Maine, under the name “Green Acre Bahá’í Institute,” entitled to hold property

3. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Foreword

   The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Passages Regarding the Temple in America, taken from God Passes By

   The Bahá’í House of Worship

   Architecture of the Temple Interior, by Robert W. McLaughlin

   Structural Features of the Interior of the Bahá’í House of Worship, by Edwin H. Eardley

   Completing the Interior Ornamentation of the Bahá’í House of Worship, by Alfred P. Shaw, Architect

   Interior Ornamentation of the Bahá’í House of Worship, by Allen B. McDaniel and Paul E. Haney

   Landscape Plan of the Bahá’í House of Worship by Hilbert Dahl

   Bahá’í . . . Temple of Light, by Harold Leiendecker

   Unveiling the Model of the Temple to be constructed on Mount Carmel, Address by Charles Mason Remey

4. Bahá’í Calendar, Festivals and Dates of Historic Significance

   Foreword

   Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting

   Bahá’í Holy Days on Which Work Should be Suspended

   Additional Material Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (Vol. II) Regarding the Bahá’í Calendar

   Historical Data Gleaned from Nabfl’s Narrative (Vol. II) Regarding Bahá’u’lláh

   Dates of Historic Significance During the First One Hundred and Ten Years of the Bahá’í Faith

5. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

   Around the World with Bahá’í Youth

   Report of International Bahá’í Youth Activity for the Year 1952-1953, compiled by Dwight Allen

6. The Bahá’í Faith and the United Nations

   Bahá’í Relationship with United Nations

   United Nations Informed of the Bahá’í Concept of Worship

   Prayer Card Issued with Compliments of United Nations Committee of the Bahá’í International Community

   Report of Bahá’í Activities in relation to the United Nations 1947-1954, by Mildred Mottahedeh

II. Appreciations of the Bahá’í Faith

1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth
6. Sir Valentine Chirol
7. Harry Charles Lukach
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris
11. Charles Baudouin
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D.
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E
15. The Christian Commonwealth, Anonymous
16. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A.
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, DC.
18. Leo Tolstoy
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zürich
21. General Renato Piola Caselli
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes
23. Renwick J. G. Millar, Editor of John O’Groat Journal, Scotland
24. Charles H. Prisk
25. Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.
26. Shri Purohit Swami
27. Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College
28. Viscount Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., M.P.
29. Rev. K. T. Chung
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
31. Rev. Griffith J. Sparham
32. Ernest Renan
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
35. Émile Schreiber, Publicist
36. Helen Keller
37. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist
39. Former President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia
43. Eugen Relgis
44. Arthur Henderson
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny
46. Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac
47. David Starr Jordan, Late President, Leland Stanford University
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer of New York
50. Luther Burbank
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper
53. Angela Morgan
54. Arthur Moore
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia
56. A. L. M. Nicolas
57. President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia
58. Sir Ronald Storrs, K.C.M.G., C.B.E.
59. Col. Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajang (Nepal)
60. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
61. Right Hon. M. R. Jayakar, Privy Councillor, London
62. Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar, M.A., Ph.D.
63. Sarojinu Naidu
64. Jules Bois
65. The late Sir John Martin Harvey, D.Litt.
66. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury
67. Arnold I. Toynbee, Hon. D.Litt. Oxon
68. Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, K.C.S.I
69. Dr. Bhagavan Das
70. S. Eitrem, University of Oslo, Norway
71. Dr. G. W. Carver
72. George N. Mayhew, Dean, School of Religion, Vanderbilt University
73. Kenneth Walker, F.R.C.S., F.I.C.S.
74. Prof. Joseph Klausner, Jerusalem, Israel
75. Prof. Francesco Gabrieli, University of Rome
76. Dr. G. A. Borgese, Professor of Italian Literature, University of Chicago
77. Prof. Raffaele Pettazzoni, Professor of the History of Religion, University of Rome
78. Dr. Marshall Wingfield, D.D., Litt.D.
79. Sir Alfred Zimmern, Switzerland

III. In Memoriam

William Sutherland Maxwell

Roy C. Wilhelm

Siegfried Schopflocher

Louis Gregory

Dorothy Baker

Marion Jack

Edward B. Kinney

Dr. Youness Afrukhtih

Ella Goodall Cooper

Dr. Sulaymán Berjís

Ella Bailey

Maria B. Ioas

Nuri’d-Dín Fatḥ ‘Azam

Ḥájí Muḥammad Táhir Malmirí

Johanna Schubarth

Florence George

Philip Goddard Sprague

Nellie Stevison French

Dagmar Dole

Florence Breed Khan

Baḥram Rawḥání

Louise Bosch

Florence Morton

Raḥmán Kulayní Mamaqání

‘Abdu’l Hussein Yazdí

Charles Kennedy

L. W. Eggleston

PART THREE

I. Bahá’í Directory 1953-1954

1. International Bahá’í Council
2. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
3. Countries opened to the Bahá’í Faith

   Abyssinia

   Aden Protectorate

   Adhirbáyján

   Af{u|gh}}ánistán

   Aḥsá

   Alaska

   Aleutian Islands

   Algeria

   Andaman Is.

   Andorra

   Angola

   Argentina

   Armenia

   Ashanti Protectorate

   Australia

   Australian New Guinea

   Austria

   Azores

   Bahama Is.

   Baḥrayn Is.

   Balearic Is.

   Balúchistán

   Baranof I.

   Basutoland

   Bechuanaland

   Belgian Congo

   Belgium

   Bermuda

   Bismarck Archipelago

   Bolivia

   Borneo

   Brazil

   British Cameroons

   British Guiana

   British Honduras

   British Somaliland

   British Togoland

   Brunei

   Bulgaria

   Burma

   Canada

   Canary Is.

   Cape Breton I.

   Cape Verde Is.

   Caroline Is.

   Ceylon

   Channel Is.

   Chile

   Chiloé I.

   China

   Colombia

   Cook Is.

   Corsica

   Costa Rica

   Crete

   Cuba

   Cyprus

   Czechoslovakia

   Daman

   Denmark

   Diu I.

   Dominican Republic

   Dutch Guiana

   Dutch New Guinea

   Dutch West Indies

   Ecuador

   Egypt

   Eire

   El Salvador

   Eritrea

   Falkland Is.

   Faroe Is.

   Fiji Is.

   Finland

   Formosa

   France

   Franklin

   French Cameroons

   French Equatorial Africa

   French Guiana

   French Morocco

   French Somaliland

   French Togoland

   French West Africa

   Frisian Is.

   Galapagos Is.

   Gambia

   Georgia

   Germany

   Gilbert and Ellice Is.

   Goa

   Gold Coast

   Grand Manan I.

   Great Britain

   Greece

   Greenland

   Guatemala

   Hadhramaut

   Haiti

   Hawaiian Is.

   Hebrides Is.

   Ḥijáz

   Holland

   Honduras

   Hong Kong

   Hungary

   Iceland

   India

   Indo-China

   Indonesia

   ‘Iráq

   Israel

   Italian Somaliland

   Italy

   Jamaica

   Japan

   Jordan

   Juan Fernandez Is.

   Karikal

   Keewatin

   Kenya

   Key West

   Kodiak I.

   Korea

   Koweit

   Kuria-Muria Is.

   Labrador

   Lebanon

   Leeward Is.

   Liberia

   Libya

   Liechtenstein

   Lofoten Is.

   Luxembourg

   Macao I.

   Mackenzie

   Madagascar

   Madeira Is.

   Magdalen Is.

   Mahé

   Malaya

   Malta

   Manchuria

   Margarita I.

   Mariana Is.

   Marquesas Is.

   Martinique

   Mauritius

   Mentawai Is.

   Mexico

   Miquelon I. and St. Pierre I.

   Monaco

   Morocco (Int. Zone)

   Mozambique

   Nepal

   New Caledonia

   Newfoundland

   New Hebrides Is.

   New Zealand

   Nicaragua

   Nigeria

   Northern Territories Protectorate

   North Rhodesia

   Norway

   Nyasaland

   Orkney Is.

   Pákistán

   Panama

   Paraguay

   Persia

   Peru

   Philippine Is.

   Poland

   Pondicherry

   Portugal

   Portuguese Guinea

   Puerto Rico

   Qatar

   Queen Charlotte Is.

   Réunion I.

   Rhodes

   Rio de Oro

   Ruanda-Urundi

   Russian S.F.S.R.

   Samoa Is.

   San Marino

   Sarawak

   Sardinia

   Saudi Arabia

   Seychelles

   Shetland Is.

   Siam

   Sicily

   Sierra Leone

   Sikkim

   Society Is.

   Solomon Is.

   South Africa

   South Rhodesia

   South West Africa

   Spain

   Spanish Morocco

   Spanish Sahara

   Súdán

   Swaziland

   Sweden

   Switzerland

   Syria

   Tanganyika

   Tasmania

   Tonga Is.

   Trucial Sheiks

   Tuamotu Archipelago

   Tunisia

   Turkey

   Turkmenistan

   Uganda

   ‘Ummán

   United States of America

   Uruguay

   Venezuela

   Windward Is.

   Yemen

   Yugoslavia

   Yukon

   Zanzibar

   Zululand

4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups, and Localities where Isolated Bahá’ís Reside in the United States of America 1953-1954
5. Directory of Assemblies, Groups, and Isolated Bahá’ís in Administrative Divisions in Persia 1953-1954
6. Directory of Localities where Bahá’ís Reside under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pákistán and Burma 1953-1954
7. Directory of Localities where Bahá’ís Reside under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá’ís of Central and South America 1953-1954
8. Directory of Localities in Australia and New Zealand where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954
9. Directory of Localities in the Dominion of Canada where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954
10. Directory of Localities in the British Isles where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954
11. Directory of Localities in Germany and Austria where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954
12. Directory of Localities in Egypt and the Súdán where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954
13. Directory of Localities where Bahá’ís Reside under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq 1953-1954
14. Directory of Localities in Italy and Switzerland where Bahá’ís Reside 1953-1954

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings
2. The Báb’s Best-Known Works
3. Bahá’í Publications of the United States of America in print

   a. Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of the Báb

   c. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   e. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   f. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi

   g. Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   h. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   i. Bahá’í Reprints

   j. Pamphlets

   k. Phonograph Records

   l. Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes

   m. Children’s Courses

   n. Bahá’í Literature in Foreign Languages

   o. The Bahá’í World

   p. Periodicals

   3A. Bahá’í Publications of the United States of America that are out of print

4. Bahá’í Publications of Great Britain in print

   a. Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   c. Works Compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d. Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   e. Compilations from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   f. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   g. Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   h. Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes .

   i. Bahá’í Literature in Foreign Languages

   4A. Bahá’í Publications of Great Britain that are out of print

5. Bahá’í Publications of Burma, India, Pákistán and Princely States in English (Publications in other languages spoken in India, Burma, Ceylon and Pákistán listed elsewhere under name of language)
6. Bahá’í Publications in Albanian
7. Bahá’í Publications in Bulgarian
8. Bahá’í Publications in Croatian
9. Bahá’í Publications in Czech
10. Bahá’í Publications in Danish
11. Bahá’í Publications in Dutch
12. Bahá’í Publications in Esperanto
13. Bahá’í Publications in Finnish
14. Bahá’í Publications in French
15. Bahá’í Publications in German in print

    15A. Bahá’í Publications in German that are out of print

16. Bahá’í Publications in Greek
17. Bahá’í Publications in Hungarian
18. Bahá’í Publications in Icelandic
19. Bahá’í Publications in Italian
20. Bahá’í Publications in Maori
21. Bahá’í Publications in Norwegian
22. Bahá’í Publications in Polish
23. Bahá’í Publications in Portuguese
24. Bahá’í Publications in Rumanian
25. Bahá’í Publications in Russian
26. Bahá’í Publications in Serbian
27. Bahá’í Publications in Slovak
28. Bahá’í Publications in Spanish
29. Bahá’í Publications in Swedish
30. Bahá’í Publications in Welsh
31. Bahá’í Publications in Oriental Languages

    Abyssinian (Amharic)

    Arabic

    Armenian

    Assamese

    Bengali

    Burmese

    Chin

    Chinese

    Gujarati

    Gurmukhi

    Hebrew

    Hindi

    Japanese

    Kanarese

    Kashmiri

    Kurdish

    Malayalam

    Marathi

    Nepalese

    Oriya

    Panjabi

    Pashto

    Persian

    Rajasthani

    Sindhi

    Singhalese

    Tamil

    Tartar

    Telugu

    Turkish

    Urdu

32. Bahá’í Publications in African Languages

    Acholi

    Adanwe

    Ateso

    ChiNyanja

    Ewe

    Hausa

    Igbo

    KiKikuyu

    KiSwahili

    Luganda

    Mende

    Twi

    Yoruba

33. Languages into which Bahá’í Literature is being translated
34. Bahá’í Literature for the Blind
35. Bahá’í Periodicals
36. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets published under non-Bahá’í Auspices
37. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Authors
38. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications
39. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Encyclopedias and Reference Books

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature

Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet

Notes on the Pronunciation of Persian Words

IV. Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART FOUR

I. Articles and Reviews:

1. The Sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh and Their Significance, by George Townshend, M.A.
2. The God Who Walks with Men, by Horace Holley
3. Educating for Progress, by Stanwood Cobb
4. The Prison City of ‘Akká, by William Sears
5. A Century of Spiritual Revival, by Dr. W. Kenneth Christian
6. The Kingdom of God on Earth, by Marion Hofman
7. The Call of the Martyrs, by George Townshend
8. The Path to God, by Dorothy Baker
9. An Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, by Ugo Giachery
10. The Bahá’í Faith and World Government, by David Earl
11. The Birth of World Religion, by Reginald King
12. Teaching Among the American Indians, by Rex King
13. In the Presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Ella Quant
14. The Bahá’í Faith in Backward Africa, by Dunduzu Chisiza
15. Black Sunlight, by William and Marguerite Sears
16. The Bahá’í Faith, reprinted from India & Israel

II. Verse

III. Music

IV. Maps and Charts of Bahá’í Communities Around the World, 1950-1954:

Australia and New Zealand

The British Isles

Canada

Central America

Germany and Austria

India, Pékistén and Burma

South America

Map of Greenland Showing Localities where Bahá’í Literature has been sent

The United States of America

The Bahá’í World:

Localities Where Bahá’ís Reside

Map of the Bahá’í World Showing Countries where Bahá’ís Reside

Note: Maps and Chart of the Ten-Year Plan

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