Bahá’í World/Volume 5

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The Bahá’í World Volume 5 1932-1934

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Contents

Introduction

PART I

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

II. Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West

III. Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings

IV. The Passing of Bahiyyih Khánum, the Most Exalted Leaf

PART II

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

1. Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith
2. Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
3. Genealogy of the Báb
4. Genealogy of Bahá’u’lláh
5. Facsimile of Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembles of the Bahá’ís of Persia and Egypt
6. The Spirit and Form of the Bahá’í Administrative Order
7. Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
8. Facsimile of the Certificate of the United States Federal Government to the Declaration of Trust entered into by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
9. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.
10. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Washington, D. C., U. S. A.
11. By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the City of New York
12. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Teaneck, New Jersey, U. S. A.
13. Certificate of Incorporation, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma
14. Certificate of Incorporation, the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany
15. Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi
16. Map of Bahá’í holdings surrounding and dedicated to the shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel and tentative design of terraces

II. The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

1. Foreword
2. The Bahá’í House of Worship
3. The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár
4. The Spell of the Temple
5. A Statement by the Architect
6. The Project of Ornamenting the Bahá’í Temple Dome
7. Architectural Concrete of the Exposed Aggregate Type
8. God-Intoxicated Architecture
9. Model of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933

III. References to the Bahá’í Faith, by:

Archduchess Anton of Austria, Charles Baudouin, Prof. Norman Bentwich, Prof. E. G. Browne, Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, General Renato Piola Caselli, Rev. T. K. Cheyne, Valentine Chirol, Rev. K. T. Chung, Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Keddleston, Prof. James Darmesteter, Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, Dr. Auguste Forel, Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons, Dr. Henry H. Jessup, Prof. Jowett, Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, Helen Keller, Harry Charles Lukach, Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania, Alfred W. Martin, President Masaryk, Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Mr. Millar, Prof. Herbert A. Miller, The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, Rev. Frederick W. Oakes, Sir Flinders Petrie, Charles H. Prist, Dr. Edmund Privat, Herbert Putnam, Ernest Renan, Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, Emile Schreiber, Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, Rev. Griffith J. Sparham, Shri Purohit Swami, Leo Tolstoy, Prof. Arminius Vambery, Sir Francis Younghusband.

IV. Further Developments in the case of Bahá’u’lláh’s House in Baghdád

1. Excerpts from the Minutes of the XXII session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations: Nov. 3 to Dec. 6, 1932
2. Excerpts from the Minutes of the XXIV session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations: Oct. 23 to Nov. 4, 1933
3. Note
4. Mandates under the League of Nations

V. Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals

1. Foreword
2. Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting
3. Additional Material Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar
4. Historical Data Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh

VI. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

VII. In Memoriam

1. Mrs. Keith Ransom-Kehler
2. Mrs. Agnes Parsons
3. Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdání
4. Dr. Arastú Khán Hakím
5. George Adam Benke
6. Edwin Scott
7. Mrs. Alice Barney
8. Mrs. Lisbeth Klitzing
9. Extracts from “Bahá’í News”

PART III

I. Bahá’í Directory 1933-1934

1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups
3. Officers and committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies and Groups in the United States and Canada
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia
6. Address of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia
7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings
8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Bahá’í Publications of America

   (a) Books about the Bahá’í Faith

   (b) Writings of the Báb

   (c) Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   (d) Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   (e) Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   (f) Prayers

   (g) Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   (h) Compilations

2. Bahá’í Publications of England
3. Bahá’í Literature in French
4. Bahá’í Literature in Italian
5. Bahá’í Literature in Dutch
6. Bahá’í Literature in Danish
7. Bahá’í Literature in Swedish
8. Bahá’í Literature in Portuguese
9. Bahá’í Literature in Albanian
10. Bahá’í Literature in Esperanto
11. Bahá’í Literature in Russian
12. Bahá’í Literature in German
13. Bahá’í Literature in Bulgarian
14. Bahá’í Literature in Rumanian
15. Bahá’í Literature in Czech
16. Bahá’í Literature in Serbian
17. Bahá’í Literature in Hungarian
18. Bahá’í Literature in Greek
19. Bahá’í Literature in Maori
20. Bahá’í Literature in Spanish
21. Bahá’í Literature in Oriental Languages

    (a) Persian

    (b) Urdu

    (c) Arabic

    (d) Turkish

    (e) Burmese

    (f) Chinese

    (g) Hebrew

    (h) Tartar

    (i) Gujrati

    (j) Japanese

    (k) Armenian

    (l) Tamil

    (m) Kurdish

22. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)
23. Bahá’í Periodicals
24. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books by non-Bahá’í Authors
25. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers
26. References by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet

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

PART IV

I. The Administrative Order in the Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh, from a letter of Shoghi Effendi

II. The Descent of the New Jerusalem, by G. Townshend

III. The Spiritual Basis of World Peace, by Horace Holley

IV. In the Footsteps of the Pioneers, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

V. The Orientation of Hope, by Alain Locke

VI. La Foie et la Science Unies par l’Art, by Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Princesse de Broglie

VII. Religion and Social Progress, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

VIII. Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, by Martha Root

IX. A Religion of Reconciliation, by Rev. Griffith J. Sparham

X. The Men of the Trees, by Richard St. Barbe Baker

XI. Les Problêmes du Monde et la Foie Bahá’í, by ‘Ali Afdalipur

XII. The Bahá’í Movement, the Greatness of Its Power, by Martha Root

XIII. Der Sinn Unserer Zeit, by Dr. Hermann Grossmann

XIV. Le Bahá’ísm, by Eugen Relgis

XV. A Visit to Adrianople, by Martha Root

XVI. The Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabíl, by Mary Maxwell

XVII. William Miller, Student of Prophecy, by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick

XVIII. A New Cycle of Human Power, by Marion Holley

XIX. An Appreciation, by Dr. Rustum Vambery

XX. The True Sovereign

XXI. The Nature of the Divine Manifestations, by Glenn A. Shook

XXII. Religious Education for the Young, by Mrs. M. H. Inouye

XXIII. Why Do I Espouse the Bahá’í Cause? by Chi Kao Fujisawa

XXIV. Count Leo Tolstoy and the Bahá’í Movement, by Martha Root

XXV. A Chinese View of the Bahá’í Cause, by Chan 5. Liu

XXVI. Vernunft und Glaube, by Dr. Adelbert Muhlschlegel

XXVII. Influence of Astronomy on Religious Thought, by Giorgio Abetti

XXVIII. Haifa Calling, by Florence E. Pinchon

XXIX. Taking the Message to the Maori People, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

XXX. Only a Word, by Laura Dreyfus-Barney

Song-Offerings

Echoes from the Spheres

Map of the Bahá’í World