The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions, 1844-1944

The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions, 1844-1944  (1981)  edited by Moojan Momen Some Contemporary Western Accounts

Contents

Preface
Introduction

SECTION A

Survey of Western Accounts and Opinions of the Bábí and Bahá’í Religions

SECTION B
The Ministry of the Báb
(1844-53)

1 Accounts of the Báb and His Martyrdom

2 The First Persecution (1844-5)

3 The Mázindarán Upheaval at Shaykh Ṭabarsí (1848-9)

4 The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán (1850)

5 Yazd and the First Nayríz Upheaval (1850)

6 The Zanján Upheaval (1850-51)

7 The Attempt on the Life of the Sháh (1852)

8 The Second Upheaval of Nayríz (1853)

9 Some Principal Characters and Their Fates

SECTION C
The Ministry of Bahá’u’lláh
(1853-92)

10 Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdád (1853-63)

11 Bahá’u’lláh in Adrianople (1863-8)

12 Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká (1868-92)

13 The Progress of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh

14 Martyrdoms in Persia (1867-74)

15 Events in Egypt (1867-9)

16 Events in Baghdád (1867-70)

17 Events in the Iṣfahán Area (1864-91)

18 The Ṭihrán Upheaval (1882-3)

19 Events in ‘Ishqábád (1889-90)

20 The Seven Martyrs of Yazd (1891)

21 The Cyprus Exiles

SECTION D
The Ministry of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
(1892-1921)

22 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Early Accounts

23 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Western Journeys

24 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The War Years

25 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: After the War

26 The Bahá’ís and Political Upheavals in Persia

27 The Upheavals of 1903

28 Persecutions in Khurásán (1896-1915)

29 Persecutions in the Iṣfahán Area (1899-1920)

30 Miscellaneous Events

SECTION E
The Guardianship
(1921-44)

31 Accounts of Shoghi Effendi and Events in Palestine

32 Events in Iran, Turkey, and Russia

APPENDIXES

I Miscellaneous Tables
II Biographical Notes
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography
Index