هَيْكَل
Double
Haykal of the Bāb.
Haykal:
Selections, Notes and Translations from the Arabic and Persian Writings
of
Sayyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab (1819-1850 CE)
IN PROGRESS 2009-10
Dr. Stephen
Lambden UC-Merced
A brief account of
the life and writings of
Sayyid `Alī Muhammad Shirazi, the Bāb (1819-1852
CE).
Tafsir
Surat al-Baqara: Introduction,
Extant mss..,
Tafsīr Sūrat al-Baqara
(Commentary upon the Surah of the Cow)
The Qayyūm al-asmā'
قَيُّوم الاَسمَاء
Joseph and Jacob reunited
The Qayyum al-asma' :
Introductory Notes
The Isolated Letters of the Qayyūm al-asmā'-I-XII
The Isolated Letters of the
Qayyūm al-asma, Tabulated and Introduced.
سورة
QA 1-XII : Sūrah Titles and Isolated Letters
The Sūrah Titles of the Qayyūm al-asma'
:
Tabulated and Introduced.
MESA Paper - Montreal, 2008 :
(1)
The
Surah Titles of the Qayyum al-asma' : Gateways to the Earliest Thought of
the Bab.
(2)
Part II : Some Comments on
specific Sura Titles of the Qayyūm al-asmā'
QAYYUM AL-ASMA' 001
SURAT AL-MULK
Texts and Translation
of the Qayyūm al-asmā'
Stephen N. Lambden
The Figure
of Joseph in the Qayyūm al-asmā'
The eschatological
כְּתנֶת פַּסִּים
"coat of many colours"
The motif of the Beauty of Joseph in Islamic and Babi-Baha'i
literatures
The claims of the Bāb in the Qayyūm al-asmā'
The Bahā'ī
interpretation
of the Qayyūm al-asmā'
Further Tafsīr and related writings of the Bab
بسملة
The Basmala
The Islamic Basmala :
Bibliography,,,
The Tafsīr ḥurūf
al-basmala of the Bāb
لَوْحٍ محْفُوظ
The Lawh
maḥfūẓ
("The Preserved Tablet"): Some Introductory Notes
The Bāb in response
to a question about the Lawh
maḥfūẓ
("The Preserved Tablet").
The Qur'anic Sūrat al-kawthar
The Tafsīr Sūrat al-kawthar of the Bab
Du`a-yi Alf
The Qur'anic Sūrat al-`Aṣr
The Tafsīr Sūrat al-`Aṣr
of the Bab.
The Tafsir Surat al-Qadr [`Laylat
al-Qadr'] Q. 97 of the Bāb
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Writings and Letters dating to the period of the Pilgrimage of the Bāb
Sahifa bayn al-haramayn
("The Treatise [written] between the Two Shrines")
Introduction, Extant mss.
Translations.
Sahifa bayn al-haramayn, Text
and Translation
Introduction and
Translated excerpts
The Kitāb al-rūḥ (The
Book of the Spirit).
Khaşā'il-i
sab`a ("The Seven Directives").
The al-Khuṭba al-Ṭutunjiyya
of Imam `Ali and the Commentary of Sayyid Kazim Rashti
Sharḥ al-Khuṭba al-Ṭutunjiyya
of the Bab
Early Khuṭbas of the Bāb.
The Islamic and Babi background of the Khuṭba
Early Khuṭbas or
Sermons of the Bab as listed in his Kitab al-fihrist ("Book of the Index",
1845)
Khuṭbas or sermons formed an
important vehicle for the revelations of the Bab from the earleist period.
From late 1844 perhaps XX khuṭbas were written or delivered throughout the period
surrounding the Bab's pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina and his return to
Persia in 1845. This is clear from the Kitab al-fihrist (Book of the Index)
of the Bab which was written on 15th Jumada II 1261 AH or June 21st 1845
CE and various other early writings. Here we may note the following Khuṭbas
of the Bab:
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Two khuṭbas revealed in Bushire՝ :
Mss. = (1) Tehran, INBA 4011C, pp. 341-48 (2) Tehran, INBA 5006C, pp.
359-63
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Khuṭba revealed in Banakān' No
surviving manuscript is. known.
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'Khuṭba revealed in Kanakān' : Mss. =
(1.) Tehran, IΝΒΑ 4011C, pp. 351-58 (2). Tehran, INBA 5006C, pp. 355-59.
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Khuṭba on the
`Īd al-Fiṭr (= 1st Shawwal 1260
at end of Ramadan = 1st October 1844?),
Khuṭba
fi'l-Masqat
("Sermon at Muscat")
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Khuṭba
written in Masqat [Musqat] (1). Tehran, INBA 4011C, pp. 359-96; (2.) Tehran, INBA
5(X)6C, pp. 326-30
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Text and Translation
Khuṭba
fi'l-Jidda
("Sermon of Jeddah")
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
Khuṭba
`Ilm al-Huruf ("Sermon on the science
of Letters")
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Khuṭba
on the `ilm al-ḥuruf ("The gnosis of the Letters").
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Mss.
= [1]. Tehran, INBA 5006C, pp. 315-17
[2.] Tehran, INBA 6004C, pp. 209-213 [3.] Tehran, INBMC 67, pp. 228-33
[4]
INBMC 91:30-36.
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Kh- Huruf = Khuṭba on `ilm al-ḥurūf :
Mss. = (1) Tehran, INBA 5006C, pp. 315-17 (2) Tehran, INBA 6004C, pp.
209-213 (3) Tehran, INBMC 67, pp. 228-33
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Khuṭba on the sufferings of the Imam
Husayn' (= Khuṭba fi'I safına) (1). Tehran, IΝΒΑ 5006C, pp. 317-20 (2)
INBMC 91:
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Three khuṭbas revealed on the way to
Mecca' . Not extant?
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Khuṭba for Mullā Ḥusayn revealed on
board ship' (?= 'a khuṭba revealed in Jidda at the time of his
embarkation on the ship') 1. Tehran, IΝΒΑ 4011C, pp. 348-51 2. Tehran,
IΝΒΑ 5006C, pp. 339-40
Khuṭba
Madīna ("Sermon revealed one
stage from Medina")
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A Khuṭba (Sermon) of the
Bāb composed near Medina.
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Khuṭba revealed one stage from Medina'
1. Tehran, INBA 5006C, pp. 322-24 ; INBMC 91:ADD.
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(xi) Two khuṭbas revealed near the
staging-post of al-Safra' 1. Tehran, ΓΝΒΑ 5006C, pp. 320-22 and 324-26.
- (x) 'A Khuṭba [written] one stage from Medina' 1. Tehran, INBA
5006C, pp. 322-24
- (xi) Two Khuṭbas [written] near the staging-post of al-Safra' 1.
Tehran, ΓΝΒΑ 5006C, pp. 320-22 and 324-26
- (xii) A Khuṭba written as a preface to the Tafsīr Sūrat al-kawthar
(see under that title)
Khuṭbas associated with Tafsir and other works of the Bab
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Khuṭba associated with
the Tafsir Surat al-Baqara of the Bab (late 1843)
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Khuṭba prefaced to
the Tafsĩr Sürat al-kawthar (Q. ) of the Bab (1845) See ADD
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The Khuṭba al-Jalīliyya
("The Sermon of the Divine Majesty")
This Khuṭba in INBMC
67: 1-5 immediately precedes the Bab's Tafsir Surat al-`Asr. It is not
listed in MacEoin's Sources...
Other Khuṭbas of the
Bab
Early Letters or Alwāḥ ("scriptural Tablets") of the Bāb
Select
Letters or Alwāḥ ("scriptural Tablets") of the Bāb listed in the
Kitab al-fihrist and thus predating June 21st 1845 CE.
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The Thirty Eight Letters / Alwāḥ (Tablets) of the Bāb:
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(i) Five addressed to
Mullā Ḥusayn Bushrū'ī, the first of the `Letters of the Living' (d.
Tabarsī 1849 CE).
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(ii) Three addressed to Mīrzā
Sayyid Ḥasan, the great Afnan and brother-in-law of the Bab (d. xxxx/xxxx
CE).
Letter to the
Ottoman Sultan `Abd al-Majid / Abdülmecit (1839-1861)
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(v) To the Ottoman Sulṭān `Abd
al-Majīd (d. 1861 CE).
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(1a) Partial translation Nicholas (1934) Quelques Documents Relatifs au Babism,
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(1b) Translation
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(1b) Translation Stephen
Lambden :
Letters to the
Maternal uncle of the Bab, Ḥājī Mīrzā Sayyid `Alī (d. 1852 CE)
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(vi) Six Letters/Tablets
addressed to the maternal uncle of the Bab, Ḥājī Mīrzā Sayyid
`Alī (d. 1852 CE), his guardian known as the Khāl-i A`ẓam ("the
Greatest Uncle"). One of the seven martyrs of Tehran.
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(1) Add
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(2) Add
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(3) Add
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(4) Add
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(5) Add
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(6) Letter sent with Quddus
to Shiraz for Hājj Mirza Sayyid `Alī.
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(6a) French trans. in Nicolas, Séyyèd
Ali Mohammed, (1905), pp. 214-18.
Two Letters to
the Khadījah Bagum (d. 1882 CE), the wife of the Bab and cousin of
his mother
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(viii) Two for Khadījah
Bagum (d. 1882 CE), the wife of the Bab and cousin of the mother of
the Bab.
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(1) The `First Letter to
Khadījah
Bagum, the wife of the Bab'. See Balyuzi, The Bab (1973); at the
front is a good photograph of the autograph original text
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(2) The Second Letter to Khadījah
Bagum, the wife of the Bab.
Three Tablets to
the Sunni Ḥanbalī, Maghribī, and Ḥanafī Imāms
Tablet to
the Shaykhī leader Ḥājī Mirza Muhammad Karīm Khān Kīrmānī (d.
1288/1871).
Letter to Ḥājī Mullā Muhammad `Alī
Barfurushi, Quddūs, the last `Letter of the Living' (d.
CE).
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(xi) to Ḥājī Mullā Muhammad `Alī
Barfurushi, Quddus, the last `Letter of the Living' (d.
CE).
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(xii) to MIna `Abd al-Bāqī
Rashtī (d. CE).
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(xiii) to Mīrzā Sayyid Ḥasan
Khurāsānī (d. CE).
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(xiv) to Shaykh Rafī` (d.
CE).
Letters to Mullā Ṣādiq Muqaddas Khurāsānī,
Ism-Allāh al-Asdaq (d. Hamadan 1889 CE)
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(xv) Two Letters/Tablets to
to Mullā Ṣādiq [Muqaddas] Khurāsānī. See Nicolas 1905 (french trans.) and Afnan `Ahd-i a`la,
101 (extract from the Second Letter).
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First Letter to Mullā Ṣādiq [Muqaddas] Khurāsānī
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Second Letter to Mullā Ṣādiq [Muqaddas] Khurāsānī
Letter to Hajji
Mirza Muhammad Kāẓīm Khān Kirmani (d. Add).
Letter to Shaykh Sulaymān
[of Muscat?] (d. CE).
Letter to the Sharīf Sulaymān of
Mecca (d. CE).
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(xix) to Sharīf Sulaymān of
Mecca (d. CE).
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(1) Text partly published in
translated in Selections From the Writings of the Bab (1978), pp.
29-30.
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(xx) to Sayyid Ibrahīm [Mahāllatī?]
(d. CE).
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(xxi) to Sayyid `Alī Kirmānī
(d. CE).
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(xxii) to Sulaymān Khān
(d. CE).
Select Devotional writings
of the Bāb:
Salat - Munajat - Du`a - Ziyārat -Visitation texts ...
Devotional works
predating June 1845 CE listed in the Kitab al-Fihrist of the Bab
Ten
Prayers written in reply to questions:
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(1) Prayer in reply to twenty
questions
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(2) Prayer in reply to
al-`Alawiyya
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(3) Prayer in reply to
Mullā `Abd al-KhāIiq [Yazdī] (d. XXX/XXX)
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(4) Prayer in reply to
Karbalā'ī `Alī Aṣghar (d. XXX/XXX)
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(5) Prayer in reply to
Mullā `Abd al-Jalīl [Urūmī] (d. XXX/XXX) on the
sijdat al-shukr
('thanksgiving prostration')
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(6) Prayer in reply to
Mīrzā Muhammad `Alī Nahrī (d. XXX/XXX)
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(7) Prayer in reply to
Mullā Aḥmad Khurāsānī [Mu`āllim-i Ḥisārī?](d. XXX/XXX), Di`bil, and
the son of Mīrzā `Alī al-Akhbarī (d. XXX/XXX)
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(8) Prayer in reply to Mīrzā
Hādī (d. XXX/XXX) and Mīrzā Muhammad `Alī Qazvīnī (d. XXX/XXX)
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(9) Prayer in reply to
Mullā Ibrahīm Mahallatī (d. XXX/XXX)
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(10) Prayer in reply to
the Shi`i scholar Sayyid Ja`far Shubbar (d. XXX/XXX).
Ziyārat al-Zahrā
Mss. (1) Tehran,
MBA 6003C : 148-59
Ziyāra jāmi'a şaghīra
("The Lesser Visiting Tablet")
=
Chapter 1 of Risāla furū` al-'adliyya : (1) Tehran, INBA 5006C, p. 2,
line 20 to top left corner 203
Ziyãrat jāmi`a kabīra
("The Greater Visiting Tablet")
- Mss.
= (1) 1. Cambridge, Browne F.22 (item 1) (2) Tehran, MBA 6003C, pp.
132-45 (incomplete) (3) Tehran, MBA 6009C, pp. 173-219
(incomplete; dated 1267/1851) (4) Iran, INBMC 50: 1-72 (5).
Russia (?), Kažem Beg copy. (MacEoin, Sources, ).
The Du`a al-Ḥājat
An
Acrostic
Supplication of the Bāb for the fulfillment of one’s wishes
Du`a Tawassul (The
Supplication of the Fervent Plea)
Sharh Tasbīḥ
("Commentary on the Glorification") of Fāṭima Zahra (d.
11/633)
The Reply of the Bāb to
The
Questions of Mirza Muhammad Zavarih [Zawara]
Ḥadīth Literatures and Commentaries
of the Bāb on Islamic Traditions.
Islamic traditions or
Hadith Literatures.
Ḥadith are of the greatest
significance in Sunni and Shi`i Islam. The word Ḥadith can indicate a
textual tradition which sets down something of doctrinal or practical
religious significance allegedly related to the Prophet Muhammad or to one
or more of the Twelver Imams. It's text (Ar. matn) was often initially
orally transmitted through a possibly lengthy and sometimes complicated
and controversial chain of transmitters (Ar. isnad).
The Bab and
the Shi`i
Hadith Literatures.
Select Hadith
commentaries of the Bāb
The Earliest Period
May 1844- September 1846
The Commentaries on the
Delphic Maxim, "Know thyself!".
Surat al-Nūr and the Light
Verse
The Commentary on the
Hadith mā al-ḥaqīqa ("What is Reality?").
The Years in Isfahan
and 1846-8
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
The Years of
Imprisonment in Mah-Ku and Chihriq 1848- early July 1850
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
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Tafsīr Ḥadith
Hadith Commentary in
other writings of the Bab.
THE KITAB AL-FIHRIST
كتاب
الفَهرست
1261/1845
Extant mss. Introduction and Translations.
This work was written in Bushire after the Bāb had completed his
pilgrimage on June 21st 1845 = 15th Jumadi II 1261 AH. It
includes a list of most of his early works up to the date of
its writing (K. Fihrist TBA. 6006C: 339‑348,
esp. 346‑ 7).
The
Kitāb al-Fihrist ("The Book of the Index")
Text and
Translation
The Khuṭba al-dhikriyya ("The Sermon of the Remembrance")
1262/1846
حروف
الحي
Ḥurūfāt al-Ḥayy
The scriptural alwāḥ (Tablets) of the Bāb to the Ḥurūfāt al-Ḥayy (`Letters
of the Living')
Tablet to
Mullā Ḥusayn Bushrū'ī
(The 1st `Letter of the Living')
Tablet to Mullā Ḥasan
Bushrū'ī (The 2nd `Letter of the Living')
من
يظهره الله
Two
Alwah (`Scriptural Tablets') of the Bāb addressed to the Babi
Messiah Figure Man Yuẓhiru-hu Allāh, `He Whom God shall make manifest'.
THE ISFAHAN
PERIOD
(September 1846-> March 1847 CE)
Select Writings of the
Bab dating to the Isfahan Period
وَالْعَصْرِ
The Qur'anic Sūrat al-`Aṣr
The Tafsīr Sūrat al-`Aṣr
of the Bab.
The Letters to Manūchihr Khan Governor of Isfahan,
Mu`tamid al-Dawla (d.
1847)
Risāla fī'l-nubuwwa al-khaṣṣa
(The Treatise on the
Specific Prophethood [of Muhammad)
al-Lawāmi` al-Badī`
("The Wondrous Brilliances")
Select Alwah-Scriptural
Tablets and Letters of the Isfahan Period
Ṣaḥīfa Ja`fariyya
= Sharh Du`a al-Ghayba
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
The Ṣaḥīfa‑yi `adliyya
("Treatise on Justice")
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
The Risāla Dhahabiyya ("The
Golden Treatise")for Mulla Jawād Viliyānī (1847 CE).
Risāla furū` al-`adliyya
("The Treatise on the Branches of Justice")
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
THE LAST YEARS IN PERSIAN
ĀDHIRBĀYJĀN : AT MĀKŪ AND CHIHRĪQ
( August ? 1847-> July 9th 1850 CE)
The Dala'il-i Sab`ah
(The Seven Proofs), Persian.
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
The Dala'il-i Sab`a
(The Seven Proofs), Arabic.
Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
THE PERSIAN AND ARABIC BAYANS
The
Persian Bayān Introduction, Extant mss. and Translations.
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I
The
First Unity (al-wāḥid al-avval)
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II
The
Second Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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III
The
Third Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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IV
The
Fourth Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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V
The
Fifth Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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VI
The
Sixth Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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VII
The
Seventh Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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VIII
The
Eighth Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
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IX
The
Ninth Unity (al-wāḥid al- l)
The Arabic Bayān
Introduction, Extant mss. and
Translations.
ADD SCAN
Various
Later Letters or alwāḥ (Scriptural Tablets) of the Bāb
From
a Tablet of the Bāb to Mullā Muhammad Baqīr Tabrīzī (d. Istanbul c. 1881 CE)
The Kitāb-i Panj
sha`n (The Book of the Fives Modes)
Introduction,
Extant mss. and Translations.
Translation of Kitāb-i Panj
sha`n 1/1
The (Lawḥ‑i ) Haykal al‑dīn
("Temple of Religion"; 1266/early‑mid 1850)
Haykal al‑dīn : Introduction, Extant mss. Translations.
Waṣiyyat-nāma
("The Will and Testament")
