The Dawn-Breakers
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The Dawn-Breakers (1970) by , translated by Shoghi Effendi Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation |
The text on this site is based on the 1970 edition published in the United States, however extensive corrections have been made in an attempt to fix transliteration errors present in the original. Not all ambiguities were able to be resolved. Note, the edition published in the United Kingdom featured fewer transliteration errors than the one published in the United States. Access: Images |
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Frontispiece
Table of Principal Contents of the Narrative
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Acknowledgment
Preface
Part One: Pre-Revelation Days
Part Two: The Revelation of the Báb
- Chapter III: The Declaration of the Báb’s Mission
- Chapter IV: Mullá Ḥusayn’s Journey to Ṭihrán
- Chapter V: Bahá’u’lláh’s Journey to Mázindarán
- Chapter VI: Mullá Ḥusayn’s Journey to Khurásán
- Chapter VII: The Báb’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina
- Chapter VIII: The Báb’s stay in Shíráz after the Pilgrimage
- Chapter IX: The Báb’s stay in Shíráz after the Pilgrimage (Continued)
- Chapter X: The Báb’s Sojourn in Iṣfáhán
- Chapter XI: The Báb’s Stay in Káshán
- Chapter XII: The Báb’s Journey from Káshán to Tabríz
- Chapter XIII: The Báb’s Incarceration in the Castle of Máh-Kú
- Chapter XIV: Mullá Ḥusayn’s Journey to Mázindarán
- Chapter XV: Ṭáhirih’s Journey from Karbilá to Khurásán
- Chapter XVI: The Conference of Badasht
- Chapter XVII: The Báb’s Incarceration in the Castle of Chihríq
- Chapter XVIII: Examination of the Báb at Tabríz
- Chapter XIX: The Mázindarán Upheaval
- Chapter XX: The Mázindarán Upheaval (Continued)
- Chapter XXI: The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
- Chapter XXII: The Nayríz Upheaval
- Chapter XXIII: Martyrdom of the Báb
- Chapter XXIV: The Zanján Upheaval
- Chapter XXV: Bahá’u’lláh’s Journey to Karbilá
- Chapter XXVI: Attempt on the Sháh’s Life, and its Consequences