'Abdu'l-Baha's Response to American Racism, 1912 - Lee,Anthony
An attempt to locate the moment in history when the American Bahá'í community began to be focused on activism for racial unity and civil rights.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. PDF below converted from Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: 1912; Racism; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour

1/2 - Juan,Yang (2006)
An existential yet emotionally-charged dialogue between two young women.
This essay was written by a young woman from China (English name, "Yeasany"), who was my university student at the time. Despite her limited English, I could see this was a most penetrating short story. I corrected a few small language issues but mostly left the essay as she wrote it. This is posted with her permission. There is no mention of the Bahá'í Faith, but it does contain moral themes. [-B.Z.]
Keywords: China; Dialogue (general); Ethics; Fiction

100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe - Fazel,Seena; Hassall,Graham (Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
Overview of the first 100 years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe, including growth and the distinctive aspects of this community, external affairs, the role of women, and Bahá'í studies.
Also published in Payam-i-Bahá'í No. 228, November 1998, 15-24. See also Fazel's Bahá'í Faith in Europe (2020) and Hassall's Bahá'í Communities by Country: Research Notes (2000).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Europe

15 Bahá'í Word Search Puzzles - Troxel,Duane (2022)
Word-search puzzles with Bahá'í themes. Solutions provided at end.
See also 25 Bahá'í Crossword Puzzles.
Keywords: Games; Wordplay

175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Bábís and Bahá'ís of Iran, by Fereydun Vahman: Review - Buck,Christopher (2021)
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu and readingreligion.org.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Iranian revolution (1979); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

1844 A.D.: Pinpoint Target of All Faiths - Munje,H. M. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982)
On the great figures who arose around the world during the Axial Age and founded Christianity, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism; some saints of India.
Keywords: 1844; Axial Age; Christianity; Hinduism; Messianism; Prophecies; Zoroastrianism

1844: Convergence in Prophecy for Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith - Maddocks,Eileen (Jewel Press, 2018)
Parallels between the Millerite expectations of Christ's return in the West, expectations of the return of the Twelfth Imam in the East, and emergence of the Twin Prophets of the Bahá'í Faith — as promised in the Hebrew scriptures — from Shi'i Islam.
A portion of this book has been shared by the author, with permission of the publisher, for promoting it. The book can be purchased from Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. It is also carried by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust at bahaibookstore.com. See also the author's video talks at eileenmaddocks.com. See also the author's The Coming of the Glory: How the Hebrew Scriptures Reveal the Plan of God.
Keywords: 1260; 1844; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Prophecies

1852: The Darkest Period in the Babi History: Essay and Translation of Article from Vaghaye-e-Ettenfagheih - Norozi,Mohammad, compiler (2024)
English translation of and overview of article from official Iranian newspaper Vaghaye-e-Ettefagheih about events that took place after the Shah's attempted assassination; scan of original and typed version of article (in Farsi).
See Persian original and English translation at iranbahaipersecution.bic.org/archive/... Translator anonymous.
Keywords: 1852; Iran (documents); Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Persecution, Iran

1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali Kuli Khan - Khan,Ali Kuli (2010)
Large volume in English of the words, stories and actions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on many topics recorded by the Bahá'í translator Ali Kuli Khan in Persian in 1906 and partly corrected by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Portions of these notes were later included in Marzieh Gail's Summon Up Remembrance (George Ronald, 1987). Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023).
Keywords: 1906; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí Kulí Khán

1971-1995: Newspaper articles archive - Various (1971)
Collection of newspaper articles from 1971-1995.
Also available as a zipped archive: uga_1995.zip and uga_images.zip. Many items older than 1970 are treated as historical documents and posted as essays or historical items.
Keywords: 1970s; 1971; 1980s; 1990s; 1995; Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í history; Belize; Canada; Communal harmony; Communalism; Conferences, Teaching; Dizzy Gillespie; Dorothy Nelson; Ecuador; Equality; Gender; Germany; Growth; Human rights; India; Iran (documents); Israel; Mass conversion; Newspaper articles; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, South Africa; Race; South Africa; South Carolina, USA; United States (documents); Unity; Violence; White Buffalo Calf Maiden; Women

1995 U.S. National Bahá'í Convention - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (American Baha'i, 1995)
Letter to an individual concerning some suggestions about the structure, function, and budget of the US NSA.
Contributed by and posted with permission of recipient; later published in American Bahá'í. See also Langness' Reports from the 1995 national convention.
Keywords: 1995; Conventions, National; United States (documents)

1995: Four Year Plan - Khan,Peter J. (1996)
Talk organized by the US NSA and the LSA of Washington, DC.
Text read by and permission to post given by author. Addressed to a meeting for members of the Bahá'í community held at the University of Maryland Conference Centre on Sunday, 29 September 1996, organized by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Washington D.C
Keywords: 1995; Four Year Plan (1995-1999); Plans

1996: Newspaper articles archive - Various (1996)
Collection of newspaper articles from 1996.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_1996.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 1996; Newspaper articles

1997: Newspaper articles archive - Various (1997)
Collection of newspaper articles from 1997.
Also available as a zipped archive: uga_1997.zip and uga_images.zip. See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive.
Keywords: 1997; Newspaper articles

1998: Newspaper articles archive - Various (1998)
Collection of newspaper articles from 1998.
Also available as a zipped archive: uga_1998.zip and uga_images.zip. See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive.
Keywords: 1998; Newspaper articles

1999: Newspaper articles archive - Various (1999)
Collection of newspaper articles from 1999.
Also available as a zipped archive: uga_1999.zip and uga_images.zip. See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive.
Keywords: 1999; Newspaper articles

2 March 2013 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Study - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Study guide to the letter sent to all NSAs on avoiding partisan politics: Bahá'ís can contribute to global civilization-building through the community's own growth, non-political involvement in society, and practicing the oneness of humanity.
Original online as Non-Involvement in Partisan Politics.
Keywords: 2013; Politics; Power; Social action; Unity

20,000 Martyrs, Source of Statements about - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (1984)
Two letters from the Research Department.
First letter also includes unrelated mention about enlistment in the armed forces; see more on this topic at uhj_police_army_weapons. Both letters published (1984/1995) or submitted (2005) by and posted with permission of recipients.
Keywords: 20000 martyrs; Authenticity; Bábí history; Martyrdom; Research Department, Questions and answers; Statistics

2000: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2000)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2000.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2000.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2000; Newspaper articles

2001: Five Year Plan - Khan,Peter J. (2001)
Talk given by Dr. Khan about the Five Year Plan at the City Hall in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany (near the Bahá'í Temple in Langenhein)
Posted online with permission of Dr. Khan; transcription proofread and approved by author before posting. See also The Five Year Plan.
Keywords: 2001; Five Year Plan (2001-2006); Plans

2001: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2001)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2001.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2001.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2001; Archives; Newspaper articles

2002: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2002)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2002.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2002.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2002; Newspaper articles

2003: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2003)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2003.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2003.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2003; Newspaper articles

2004: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2004)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2004.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2004.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2004; Newspaper articles

2005: Newspaper articles archive - Various (2005)
Collection of newspaper articles from 2005.
See also Bahá'í World News Service and Google News Archive. Also available as a zipped archive: uga_2005.zip and uga_images.zip.
Keywords: 2005; Newspaper articles

239 Days in America: Compilation of Essays from 239days.com - Various (2012)
Compilation of text and visuals from the website 239days.com, covering Abdu'l-Bahá's visit from April 11 - Dec 5, 1912.
Essays published at www.239days.com, written and compiled by Robert Sockett, Jonathan Menon, Morella Menon, Caitlin Shayda Jones, Tony Michel and Corey Tamas, on the centenary of the trip, 2012; compiled here by H. Liedtke, 2023.
Keywords: 1912; Biography; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

25 Bahá'í Crossword Puzzles - Troxel,Duane (2021)
Crossword puzzles with Bahá'í themes. Solutions provided after each puzzle.
See also 15 Word Search Puzzles.
Keywords: Games; Wordplay

275 Years of the Creative and Performing Arts: 1740-2015: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII Poetry - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and a Study in Autobiography, 2006)
Music, theatre, dance, dramaturgy, the graphic arts, cartooning, the performing arts, film, publishing, galleries, museums, and the visual arts have played an important part in the life of humankind--and in my poetry.
I take the 1740s as the starting point for the themes discussed here in a prose-poetic fashion. Shaykh Ahmad, one of the two critical precursors to the Babi-Bahá'í messianic experience of the 19th century, was born at this time. In some ways the Babi-Bahá'í story goes back to the life of Shaykh Ahmad. At least it did for Nabil in his account, and it does in my variegated poetic tableaux of the arts. By 2015 I had retired from all FT, PT and casual paid-employment, and had re-created myself as a writer and author, poet and publisher, editor and researcher, reader and scholar, online blogger and journalist. In the year 1742 Handel's Messiah was first performed in Dublin and one could list many events from the first decades of this story of the arts since this first performance. Readers will find poetic and prose accounts of various types of artistic, musical and intellectual experience in the last two-and-three quarters of a century integrated into a Bahá'í and a personal perspective, 1740 to 2015. The events and the themes discussed within these fields of the creative and performing arts continue until 1992, an auspicious juncture in the history of the Bahá'í community, the Holy Year commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892. These events then continue on (a) to the opening of the Terraces and the Arc on Mt. Carmel in 2001: the opening of the 21st century, the opening of the third millennium in the main calendar of western civilization, and (b) to the present, to 2016, as a new Bahá'í culture of learning and growth had been developing for two decades. There is no attempt to be comprehensive, sequential or authoritative. For the most part what follows is a serendipitous and prose-poetic rendering of my own experience and interests as well as my little knowledge of the burgeoning fields of the arts and the Bahá'í Faith over the period in question up to this year: 2016.
Keywords: Ron Price

35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith - Bridging Beliefs (2018)
Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Bahá'í Faith and against religion in general.
Transcript auto-generated by Youtube, copied from youtube.com/watch?v=vU6rQou9ryA. Several of the mentioned topics are discussed in subsequent videos on the same YouTube channel. Not edited or formatted. See also complete list in PDF (archived copy).
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Administrative Order; Apocalypse; Consultation; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; Dualism; Economics; Elections; Enlightenment (spiritual); Evolution; Exclusivism; Faith and works; False prophets; God; Gods and Goddesses; Huqúqu'lláh; Infallibility; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; LGBTQ; Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Politics; Progressive revelation; Progressive revelation; Proofs; Prophecies; Psychology; Punishment; Qiblih; Reason; Reincarnation; Religion (general); Resurrection; Return; Salvation; Science; Seal of the Prophets; Syncretism; Trinity; Unity of religion; Unity of religion; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Utopias and dystopias; War; World order

50,000 Newspaper Clippings from newspapers.com - Kolins,Steven, compiler (2023)
Excel files with OCRed text, and PDF files with thumbnail image clippings linked to newspapers.com, of tens of thousands of articles from 1748-2023.
Compiled by Steven Kolins et al., OCR and Excel conversion by Stephen Scotti. See also Oregon Newspaper Archive, Chicago Defender: Newspaper Archive 1910-1975, and California Digital Newspaper Collection 1872-2017.
Keywords: Archives; Indexes and catalogues; Newspaper articles; United States (documents)

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights - Bahá'í International Community (2008)
Bahá'í International Community’s Statement on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
From bic.org/statements/60th-anniversary-universal-declaration-human-rights.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; Statements; United Nations

75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 1996)
Papers from the proceedings from the 1995 National Bahá'í Studies Conference, Australia.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Australia; Bahá'í history by country; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies

A Babi Pamphlet - Rice,W. A. (The Church Missionary Intelligencer, 1902)
Review of an unnamed booklet sent to E.G. Browne, a "little manuscript book of 118 small pages, written in the beautiful Persian character," which was "originally composed before Behaullah’s death in 1892."
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Christianity; E. G. Browne; Iran (documents); Prophecies; Shíráz, Iran; W. A. Rice; ‘Andalíb

A Bábí Theology in Poetry: The Creative Imagination of Táhirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn - Lee,Anthony (Religions, 2023)
Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, most of which broke with Islam's traditional theology in favor of a revolutionary new doctrine. Link to article (offsite).
This article first posted here in 2017, with author's permission, as "Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems." Later published in 2023 in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/3/328, where it is also available in epub format. First presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #137, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 26–30, 2016), online at irfancolloquia.org/137/lee_tahirih.
Keywords: Biography; Gender; Iran (documents); Poetry; Theology; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

A Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam - Fazel,Seena; Fananapazir,Khazeh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1993)
Survey of the terms "prophet" and "seal," and a Bahá'í reconciliation of these terms with progressive revelation.
See also a formatted PDF. See also a Persian translation of the article [PDF], and a French translation by Louis Henuzet [free Kindle e-book at amazon.com].
Keywords: Finality; Hadith; I am all the Prophets (phrase); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Progressive revelation; Seal of the Prophets; Seals

A Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Uniqueness and Exclusivity in Christianity - Fazel,Seena; Fananapazir,Khazeh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
Differing interpretations of scriptural passages about exclusivity have caused conflicts between denominations. A Bahá'í approach, focussing on the Gospels and on progressive revelation, can reconcile these disagreements.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue

A Bahá'í Critique of Human Rights: State Sovereignty as Smokescreen or Necessary Partner in Securing Human Rights? - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
The Bahá’í critique of the current international human rights system focuses on the extent and centrality of state sovereignty; the importance of the international protection of human rights by the United Nations; systemic challenges.
This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2MB]. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's Books for the World license.

A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá’í International Community, 1947)
The source of human rights is the endowment of qualities, virtues and powers which God has bestowed upon humankind without discrimination of sex, race, creed or nation; an ordered society can only be maintained by moral beings.
Keywords: BIC statements; Human rights; New York, USA; Statements; United States (documents)

A Bahá'í Glossary - McMillan,Neil; Didier,Brian (2016)
A glossary of Bahá'í principles and concepts, as derived from hundreds of messages of the Universal House of Justice.
Mirrored with permission from susangammage.com/a-bahai-glossary (archived).
Keywords: Basics; Glossaries; Institute process; Terminology; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

A Bahá'í Glossary and Pronunciation Guide - Banani,Amin (1967)
How to pronounce Persian and Arabic names and terms in Bahá'í literature, and discussion of linguistic history and transliteration.
Audio originally posted in 2001, with permission of author, at bahaistudy.org, and reposted to archive.org under CC license. See also glossary of common Bahá'í terms, people, and places, a Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation, and a glossary with audio recordings of pronunciation at bahaiglossary.org [glossary.bahaiq.com; archived 2018].
Keywords: Amin Banani; Glossaries; Pronunciation; Terminology

A Bahá'í Litmus Test for Egypt - Bashir,Dwight (Cairo Review of Global Affairs, 2012)
A brief history of Bahá'í persecution in Egypt and three myths propagated by state media, by a director for Policy and Research at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Mirrored from www.aucegypt.edu. See a collection of documents about the situation in Egypt (as of 2007) at bahai.org/persecution/egypt/update, some newer items at news.bahai.org/archive.php?category=490, and an article in The Commentator.

A Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Bulletin on Narcotics, 1991)
Article from the publication of the International Drug Control Programme and distributed as a BIC document.
See also the author's book Substance Abuse: A Bahá'í Perspective. Article by A. M. Ghadirian, then professor at McGill University (Montreal, Canada), published in Bulletin on Narcotics and later distributed as a semi-official statement by the BIC. Mirrored from www.bic.org/statements/bahai-perspective-drug-abuse-prevention.
Keywords: BIC statements; Children; Drugs; Prevention; Statements

A Bahá'í Perspective on International Human Rights Law - Lepard,Brian D. (Juxta Publishing Co., 2013)
Overview of the evolution of modern "secular" systems of international human rights law and their limitations, principles in the Bahá’í Writings relevant to such laws, and implications of these principles for reform of the contemporary legal order.
From the series "Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights"; see also Volume 1. Mirrored with permission from, and HTML version available at, perspectives.juxta.com.

A Baha'i Perspective on the Meaning of Work and Values - Razavi,Taffini (2003)
The concept of work in the Bahá'í scripture vis-à-vis contemporary definitions of work-ethics and values, and the ways Bahá'í teachings develop and alter these definitions.
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, November 25 2003. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm. Author affiliation: University of Southampton
Keywords: Ethics; Values; Work

A Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter - Brown,Keven (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
The origin of matter is spiritual. Science sees that, at its most fundamental level, reality is not particular materials or structures, but probabilities and transformation. The four elements, three-fold structure of being, and balance are also examined.
Also available in Word format.
Keywords: Creation; Elements; Ether (concept); God, Word of; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Science; Will

A Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Uzzell,Charles (2000)
Contemporary notes about a pilgrimage in 2000, with photographs of Dr. Varga and 'Ali Akbar Furutan.
Keywords: 2000; Bahá'í World Centre; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

A Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Holt-Fortin,Cher (1998)
Contemporary notes about a pilgrimage in 1998.
Mirrored with permission from lehnherr.com [archive.org].
Keywords: 1998; Bahá'í World Centre; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

A Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Manvell,Chris (1996)
Contemporary notes and photographs of a pilgrimage in 1996.
Author notes: These observations are, of course, very personal – every individual has a different experience of Pilgrimage – but I hope that by sharing them, I can give just a glimpse of what this most wonderful experience meant to me. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk/pilgrim/
Keywords: 1996; Bahá'í World Centre; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

A Baha'i Pontiff in the Making - Suthers,A. E. (The Moslem World, 1935)
A polemical article, published in what was originally a missionary-oriented journal, which is useful in that includes a fairly extended glimpse of Shoghi Effendi through the eyes of a non-Bahá'í contemporary observer.
Small font sizes of selected text as in original.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Shoghi Effendi

A Baha'i Temple for Canada - Khodarahmi-Bron,Susanna A. (2003)
Proposed design for a future possible temple in Markham, Ontario; characteristics of Bahá'í temples; overview of symbolism and sacred place; influences on design of Canadian culture and architecture.
Master’s thesis for to the faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary; first posted to ucalgary.ca.
Keywords: Architecture; Canada; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Toronto; Ontario, Canada; Toronto, ON

A Bahá'í Understanding of Reincarnation in Relation to the World's Faiths - Bayat,Sateh; Bayat,Vafa (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
Concepts of reincarnation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the Bahá'í religion's rejection of the idea of reincarnation; its model of a spiritual progress which continues after death.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #53, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 27-30, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/53/bayat_reincarnation.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Heaven and hell; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Judaism; Life after death (afterlife); Reincarnation; Return; Soul

A Bahá'í View of the Bible - Dibdin,Colin (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
From a Bahá'í viewpoint, the Bible is a reliable source of divine guidance and salvation, but is not necessarily historically accurate, nor can the words of its writers, although inspired, be strictly defined as 'The Word of God'; biblical scholarship.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation

A Bahá'í Viewpoint - Munje,H. M. (The World Religions Speak on The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World, 1970)
Short essay on Bahá'í principles, presented along with other "leaders of the world's great religions" at the First Spiritual Summit Conference in Calcutta, October 1968.
Keywords: India; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Kolkata, India

A Bahá'í's View of Disability - Booth,Paul (1999)
Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk/paulbooth/bahai1.htm.
Keywords: Autism; Depression; Disability; Health and healing; Isolation and loneliness; Mental health; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

A Basic Bahá'í Chronology - Cameron,Glenn; Momen,Wendi (George Ronald, 1996)
Front-matter and index of the book. The rest of the content, the Chronology itself, is at bahai-library.com/chronology where it has been greatly expanded and modified since original publication.
This book can be purchased online at grbooks.com. Posted here with permission. The published version includes extensive notes and photographs, which are lacking in this online version. However, this online Chronology is larger and contains different content and metadata. As well, it contains Cameron's updates to his published manuscript: events since 1996. See also a scan of the published version. Great thanks to G. Cameron for sharing his dataset, GR for permission to post it, and B. Lyons for proofreading/formatting. A debt of gratitude is owed to Arjen Bolhuis for his continuing work as editor and manager of the Tags (work in progress). Thank you Arjen.
Keywords: Abbreviations (acronyms); Basic timeline, Expanded; Basics; Bibliography; Chronology and timelines; Reference works

A Bird's-Eye View of the World in the Year 2000 - Harper,Orrol L. (Star of the West, 1924)
A fanciful and optimistic vision of life in the Twenty-first Century.
See also Stanwood Cobb, "The Unity of Nations"
Keywords: 2000; Communal harmony; Funds; Future; Taxation

A Brief Account of My Visit to Acca - Lucas,Mary L. (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1905)
Detailed notes of a visit to Haifa, January-February 1905, and Abdu'l-Bahá's interpretations of several passages from the Bible.
Also available as a PDF scan of the original book, a cleaned version of that scan by Mike Thomas (2022), and a Microsoft Word version by M. Thomas. First scanned and proofread by D. Troxel; separately scanned and proofread by A. Masumian; both versions difference-compared and formatted by J. Winters (2012), latest versions optimized and proofread by M. Thomas (2022).
Keywords: 1905; Akka, Israel; Bible; Christianity; Interpretation; Miracles; Music; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Movement - Rosenberg,Ethel J. (The Priory Press, 1911)
An early overview of the Bahá'í Faith and its teachings, with compilation of quotations, published as a 28-page booklet.
See also Word document, rosenberg_account_bahai_faith.doc. Another version of this document has been scanned by Afnan Library.
Keywords: Ethel Rosenberg; Introductory

A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement - Fisk,Archie C. (Journal of the Knights of Labor, 1910)
Short profile of the Faith's history and teachings.
Publication of this article is briefly mentioned in Bahá'í News 1:18 (1911 Feb. 7), see the bottom of page 9 at bahai.works. Read more about the author at bahaipedia.org/Archie_C._Fisk_and_Mary_D._Fisk.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Báb, The; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Tehran, Iran

A Brief Biography of 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani - Sulaymani,Koumarth (2007)
Overview of the life and publications of a prominent Iranian scholar (1901-1985) who wrote on history, philosophy, and theology, and was especially known for his biographies of 99 Bahá'ís in the ten-volume series Masabih-i-Hidayat.
See also مصابیح هدایت (Masabih-i-Hidayat).
Keywords: 1901; 1985; Azizullah Sulaymani; Biography; Scholarship

A Brief Course on the Bahá'í Faith - Bahá'í World Centre, compiler (Bahá'í Publishing Agency, 1993)
Basic themes and beliefs of the Bahá'í Faith, explained succinctly, with glossary and study questions.
This book was prepared by a study group at the Bahá’í World Centre and published by the Bahá’í Publishing Agency in Kenya in 1993. Later republished by Juxta, 2001. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/ebooks/a-brief-course-on-the-bahai-faith/. See publisher's electronic distribution license.
Keywords: Deepening; Glossaries; Introductory; Study guides; Teaching

A Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith in Guyana - Author unknown (2009)
Short overview of Bahá'í activities in this part of South America, since the first visit by Leonora Armstrong in 1927.
Mirrored with permission from the NSA of Guyana's website. Prepared on behalf of the National Spiritual Assembly of Guyana by a group of authors.
Keywords: 1927; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Guyana

A Brief Introduction to Millennial Zeal in the Nineteenth Century - Manvell,Chris; Sparey-Gillies,Carolyn (1997)
Joseph Wolff, William Miller, and millennial zeal in early 19th-century America; biblical proofs of the return of Christ; the appearance of the Báb in Iran.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk/zeal/.
Keywords: 1260; 1844; 19th century; Adventism; Calamities and catastrophes; Christianity; Expectations; Falling stars; Great Disappointment; Millennialism; Prophecies; Return; Signs; Solar eclipses; Speculation; William Miller

A Brief Sketch of the Life of Hugh Chance: Thirty-year member of the Universal House of Justice - Herrmann,Duane L. (1994)
Biography partly based on personal interviews with Chance over Thanksgiving weekend, 1994.
Keywords: 1911; 1994; Biography; Interviews

A Call of Attention to the Behaists or Babists of America - Stenstrand,August J. (1907)
Propaganda materials by an early follower of Ibrahim Kheiralla and self-professed Azali.
A former member of the "Society of Behaists" founded by Ibrahim Kheiralla, August Stenstrand was voted out of that group in 1906 and became the only self-professed Azali in America. He published at least five of these booklets from 1907 to 1917. [-Juan Cole] See also A Fourth Call of Attention and A Fifth Call, at h-bahai.

A Case on Conscientious Objection - Author unknown (1972)
In 1972, a Bahá'í — previously convicted of failing to submit to induction (the draft) — was acquitted on appeal.
Text taken from "Westlaw," a commercial database published by the West Publishing Company. To comply with copyright law, any annotations have been deleted, leaving the original public-domain text. Hanson failed to follow the policy of the US National Spiritual Assembly in two respects. First, as he admits, Bahá'ís are expected to apply for I-A-O classification (noncombatant military service), rather than I-O (civilian alternative service). Second, Bahá'ís are expected to accept combatant service if their applications for noncombatant status are rejected. [-R.D.W.]

A Celestial Burning: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - McLean,Jack (Baha’i Publishing Trust of India, 2012)
Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of Hegel; the military metaphor; the language of interpretation; history of the apostolic age.
Please order a copy from bds-canada.com or bahaipublishingtrust.in. Mirrored with permission of author and publisher from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Bahá'í history; Dawn-Breakers (book); Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Edward Gibbon; English language; Ethics; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; God; God Passes By (book); Heroism; History (general); Interpretation; Language; Literature; Metaphors and allegories; Military; Philosophy; Promised Day is Come (letter); Rhetoric; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Style (Writings); Theology; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

A Century of Revolution: Social Movements in Iran - Foran,John, editor (UCL Press, 1994)
Passing mentions of anti-Bahá'í movements in 1924 and the 1960s.
Keywords: 1924; 1960s; 20th century; Iran; Social change

A Change of Culture - Momen,Moojan (2003)
An overview of the process of cultural change in the Bahá'í community.
A first draft of this paper appeared on an e-mail list in February 2003. It was later published in Living Nation and translated and published in a few languages. This version revised July 2011.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bahá'í history; Growth; Institute process; Learning

A Charter for Bahá'í Schools - Waite,Stephen; National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India (Baha'i National Review, 1990)
Basic principles which may guide the development of Bahá'í schools and other educational projects
Also published in American Bahá'í 11.
Keywords: Bahá'í schools; Education; Social and economic development

A Chaste and Holy Life - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Alcohol; Chastity; Deeds; Drugs; Ethics; Freedom and liberty; Life (general); Moderation; Morality; Sexuality; Virtues

A Chaste and Holy Life - Grossmann,Hartmut (2006)
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru.
Keywords: Chastity

À Chiraz au printemps - Spierckel,Pierre (2025)
Un poème pour le quarantième anniversaire des dix martyres de Chiraz, en hommage. Présenté dans une exposition à Paris en commémoration de leur martyre.
Keywords: Martyrs, Shiraz 1983; Shíráz, Iran

A Cold Winter in North Africa: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Egypt - Kourosh,Naseem (International Law News, 2012)
Contemporary history of the Egyptian government's refusal to issue identification cards to Bahá'ís.
Mirrored with permission of author from americanbar.org.
Keywords: Egypt; Human rights; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt; Persecution, Other

A Collection of Songs for Children's Class Teachers - Ruhi Institute (2021)
Links to audio recordings and song book with tablature of 24 songs that appear in Ruhi lessons for Grade 1, and some for children in later years. (Documents offsite.)
Audio recordings, and PDF of songbook in Spanish, French, and Tagolog, online at ruhi.org/en/songs-for-childrens-classes. Some can be found on Youtube, e.g. We Are Drops.
Keywords: Childrens classes; Music; Ruhi Institute; Songs

A Commentary on the Saying "Knowledge is Twenty-Seven Letters" - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl (Letters & Essays 1886-1913, 1985)
An explanation of a saying of Imám Ja'far as Sádiq, which was quoted in the Kitáb-i-Iqán, about the Promised One bringing the remaining 25 letters of knowledge.
Keywords: Civilization; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Knowledge; Knowledge is twenty-seven letters; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání

A Common Language for Postmodern Political Theologies - McGlinn,Sen (2006)
Delivered to the Society for the Study of Theology 2006 Annual Conference, 3-6 April 2006.

A Comparative of Dynamics in Navajo Ceremonial and the Bahá'í World Faith - Author unknown
Short summary of religious practices, chants, and dances of the Navajo and the Pueblo peoples.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Health and healing; Indigenous people; Native Americans; Navajo people; United States (documents)

A Comparison between the Commentary and Interpretation of an Islamic Tradition by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ayatu'llah Khomeini - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
On different interpretations of the hadith regarding taqlíd, "to follow (legal interpretations)," as given by Shi`i clerics like Ayatu’llah Khomeini vs. the interpretation of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #138 (Acuto, 2016). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/138/momen_khomeini.
Keywords: Hadith; Interpretation; Islam; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Shia Islam (Shiism)

A Compilation on All of Humanity Embracing the Bahá'í Faith - Poirier,Brent, compiler (2022)
Also available in Word format.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Growth

A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith: Review - McCloughan,Edwin (Solas, 2001)
An invaluable reference book for Bahá'í scholars.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 1.
Keywords: Encyclopedias

A Conqueror for St. Helena: A Tribute to Catherine Huxtable - Huxtable,W. G. (Baha'i News, 1974)
Huxtable, member of the LSA of Toronto, traveled from Canada to fulfil various pioneering goals, all while suffering from muscular dystrophy.
Later reprinted June 1990. See also A Love that Could Not Wait.
Keywords: 1932; 1967; Biography; Catherine Huxtable; Disability; Health and healing; Muscular dystrophy; Pioneers; St. Helena

A Consideration of the Bahá'í religion, its Tenets, the Character of its Followers, and the Possibility of its Spread - Murray,W. Smith (1925)
Lengthy report back to the US State Department by Murray, who was then in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on the Bahá'ís in the Middle East, the "Imbrie affair," the character of the Bahá'ís, and the possibility of the Faith's spread in Persia.
On July 18, 1924, American Vice Consul Robert Whitney Imbrie was beaten to death in Tehran. Initially the Bahá'ís were accused as the murderers, but follow-up reports showed the attack to have been the result of a mob uprising. This report was researched in the U.S. State Department Records, Near East Affairs Division, by Robert Stauffer. Regarding the "Imbrie affair," see also New York Times articles, Vice Counsel Robert Imbrie's report to the U.S. Secretary of State, a personal interview with a witness to the attack, and two essays in Journal of the American Foreign Services Association.
Keywords: Robert Imbrie; Tehran, Iran

A Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople - Yerolimpos,Alexandra (Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre, 1993)
Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period of Bahá'u'lláh's stay there. No mention of Bahá'ís.
Originally posted to archnet.org [archive.org].
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Edirne, Turkey; History (general); Maps; Turkey

A Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature - Salisbury,Vance (1997)
Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Bahá'ís suppress or distort historical texts. Includes tables of changes made in different editions of four popular Bahá'í books.
Keywords: 20th century; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Guardianship; Publishing, Review

A Cup of Tea - White,Roger (Another Song, Another Season: Poems and Portrayals, 1979)
Monologue from the point of view of a fictitious character who meets 'Abdu’l-Baha. Upper class and prejudiced, she does not believe she can change her life sufficiently to embrace the Faith, but has a life-changing experience meeting the Master.
Download an audio production of this monologue at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha, and see a video version at youtube.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Fiction; Roger White; `Abdu'l-Bahá

A Democracy Built on Communicative Action: Bahá'í Political Practice as a Prefigurative Resource for Institutional Effectiveness, Accountability, and Inclusivity - Sabet,Michael (Frontiers in Sociolology, 2023)
Habermas' mode for coordinating society grounded in deliberation; the critical role of prefigurative politics; the Bahá'í community demonstrates effective norms and practices;
Article is online in HTML, XML, EPUB, and PDF formats under open-access copyright at frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.965428.
Keywords: Administration; Consultation; Democracy; Institutions

A Difficult Case: Beyer's Categories and the Bahá'í Faith - McGlinn,Sen (Social Compass, 2003)
Beyer considers that a religious movement which seeks to have religious norms enshrined in legislation has adopted the 'conservative option' in response to globalisation. Is this a useful categorisation for a global stage?
Posted by author at scribd.com and academia.edu. See also Beyer's "New Religious System for Contemporary Society."
Keywords: Church and state; Criticism and apologetics

A Discourse on Bahá'í Theology: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation - Davudi,Ali Murad (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2021)
Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed by a translation of a treatise on the transcendence of God, apophatic theology, knowledge of God, emanation and manifestation, and divine attributes.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/298. See also the complete issue "Studying the Revealed Word". [PDF]
Keywords: 1922; 1979; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Biography; God; Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Revelation; Theology; `Alí Murád Dávúdí

A Discussion with Farida Vahedi, Executive Director of the Department of External Affairs, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India - Bodakowski,Michael; Marshall,Katherine (2011)
Overview of Vahedi's life and work, history of the Faith in India and development projects, the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity, and issues regarding migration and protection of women and girls.
Mirrored from berkleycenter.georgetown.edu.
Keywords: Biography; Communal harmony; Communalism; Conflict resolution; Equality; Ethnic divisions; Gender; India; Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP); Public discourse (discourses of society); Social action; Social and economic development; Women

A Dress for Mona: Abridged one-act version - Perry,Mark (5th Epoch Press, 2002)
The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
See the full play, including extensive supplemental material, at www.adressformona.org.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Dreams and visions; Iran (documents); Martyrdom; Martyrs, Shiraz 1983; Mona Mahmudnizhad; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Plays

A European Strategy for the Elderly: The Irreplaceable Role of Community Life - Bahá'í International Community (2023)
Statement envisioning the elderly as invaluable contributors to community life, emphasizing their role as active participants in shaping a cohesive and vibrant society.
Mirrored from bic.org, where it is also available in PDF format. See also BIC Brussels: Reimagining the elderly’s role in society (BWNS, December 2023, off-site).
Keywords: Aging; BIC statements; Belonging (community); Community (general); Family; Isolation and loneliness; Participation; Social change; Support

A Experiment in Race Relations - Powers,Robert P. (Baha'i World, 1952)
An early program in race tolerance, preceding the Civil Rights movement, as described by a prominent Chief Law Enforcement Officer in early 20th-century California.
Powers was a well-known police officer, holding various posts 1922-1947, promoting Bahá'í ideals and contributing to the Guide to Race Relations for Peace Officers. See more at Wikipedia.
Keywords: California, USA; Race; Richmond, BC; Robert P. Powers; United States (documents); Unity

A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran - Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC, 2006)
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center's account of persecutions of Bahá'ís of Iran (2006).
Mirrored from www.iranhrdc.org. See also Community Under Siege: The Ordeal of the Bahá’ís of Shiraz and Crimes Against Humanity: The Islamic Republic’s Attacks on the Bahá’ís.
Keywords: 1955; 1977; 1979; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

A Few Distinctive Aspects of the Bahá'í Faith - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Talk at the Bahá'í Center in St. Petersburg.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.

A Few Reminiscences about Shoghi Effendi Taken from Pilgrim Notes of January 1955 - Robarts,John (The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, 1993)
Various memories of the Guardian, his thoughts on Africa and Canada, pioneering, initial impressions upon meeting him, and his thoughts on the evolution of the Faith, and an aside on Musa Banani.
See also audio, likely from this conference.
Keywords: 1955; Bechuanaland; Músá Banání; Shoghi Effendi

A Flame of Fire: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Conqueror of Hearts, 1967)
Biography of the recipients, both called Ahmad, of the Persian and Arabic Tablets titled Lawh-i-Ahmad.
First published in Bahá'í News, March and April 1967 [bahai.works], combined in one PDF here. Also available in Spanish.
Keywords: 1905; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Ahmad of Kashan; Ahmad of Yazd; Biography; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

A Flame with Us - Nakhjavani,Ali
Discussion of the persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran and the need for Bahá'ís to be transformed and enlightened. Delivered in the early 1980s in Canada.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Iran (documents); Persecution, Iran; Transformation

A Gift of Love: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (1982)
Booklet on various topics related to the life of Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-1932), dedicated as a gift of love to her memory on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of her passing
Also available in updated Microsoft Word version, prepared by M. Thomas (2022).
Keywords: 1846; 1932; 19th century; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Biography; Shoghi Effendi

A Glimpse of Glory: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Anecdotes about some early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, and the circumstances of his own life.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Pilgrims notes; Stories

A Glimpses into the Life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney - Khademi,Mona (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
The life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney (1879-1974), a prominent early American Bahá’í, compiler of Some Answered Questions, and wife of the French Bahá'í writer Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney.
See also An Interview with Laura Dreyfus-Barney. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #83, Center for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 3-6, 20080. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/83/khademi_barney1.
Keywords: 1879; 1974; 20th century; Biography; Irfán Colloquia; Laura Clifford Barney; Some Answered Questions (book)

A Grammar of the Divine: Translation, Notes, and Semi-Critical Edition of the Báb's Risāla fī al-naḥw wa al-ṣarf - McCants,William F. (A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb, 2012)
A critical edition of the Bāb’s "Treatise on Grammar" including the Arabic original, English translation, and notes; Shaykh Ahmad’s metaphysical grammar; the operation of God's will in the created world.
Developed from a paper first presented at Irfan Colloquia, 2002. Later posted at hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Later published in A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb. This is an early, unedited draft of the article and is not identical to the version later published in A Most Noble Pattern.
Keywords: Barzakh; Báb, Grammar of; Báb, Writings of; Grammar; Language; Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar); Two seas

A Guide to Pronunciation - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Pronunciation of Persian and Arabic words, clearly explained and enunciated for a non–Persian-speaking audience.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: Arabic language; Persian language; Pronunciation

A Half Million Years - Paxson,Dana (2021)
Exploring the 500,000-year Bahá’í cycle asserted by Shoghi Effendi, in two versions: academic-style essay form, and story-narrative form.
See also Explanation of a Zoroastrian Prophecy: Length of the "Bahá'í Cycle" (Karl Weaver, 2017).
Keywords: Astrology; Astronomy; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'í Cycle; Biology; Báb, Station of; Calendars (general); Chemistry; Covenant; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Day-year principle; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Extraterrestrial life; Fiction; Future; Future Manifestations of God; Geology; Huruf (letters); Knowledge is twenty-seven letters; Physics; Prophecies; Science; Science fiction; Stories; Time; Zodiac; Zoroastrianism

A Heavenly Feast: Some Utterances of Abdul-Baha to Two American Pilgrims in Acca, Syria - Haney,Charles; Haney,Miriam (1909)
Notes taken verbatim stenographically by Mariam Haney, from interpreter Dr Ameen U Fareed, during nine days in Akka.
Mirrored from Afnan Library. PDF below optimized by Mike Thomas; see also the original scan [10MB]. Also available in a formatted, proofread Word document prepared by M. Thomas (2022).
Keywords: 1909; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

A Heavenly Vista: The Pilgrimage of Louis G. Gregory - Gregory,Louis G.; Abdul-Bahá (R. L. Pendleton, 1911)
The journal of Gregory's visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911, including statements of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, stories of the believers in the Holy Land, and Gregory's experiences at the Shrines. Followed by a selection of tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed to him.
See obituary of Gregory (1874-1951) in Bahá'í World, volume XII, p. 666. See also To Move the World: Louis G. Gregory and the Advancement of Racial Unity in America. Gayle Morrison (Bahá'í Publishing Trust: Wilmette, 1982). Microsoft Word document and the PDF generated from it, below, prepared by Mike Thomas, who notes: "Names and words in the text document have been transcripted to replace old and very inaccurate words, many only occurring in this publication. Document has been paginated, formatted and quotes have been referenced. The Word document is based on an image copy -- i.e. paragraphing and pagination are as per the original document. Transcription has been updated, all quotes have been referenced and some errors have been corrected." (2023)
Keywords: 1911; Louis G. Gregory; Pilgrims notes

A History of Islamic Societies - Lapidus,Ira (Cambridge University Press, 1988)
Two passing references, in the context of the ulama vs. the state.
Keywords: Mentions

A History of Persia from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Year 1858 - Watson,Robert Grant (Smith, Elder and Co., 1866)
A review of the events that led to the establishment of the Qajar dynasty, with discussion of the Babis.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as a Microsoft Word document, watson_history_persia_1858.doc.
Keywords: 1858; 19th century; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Qajar dynasty

A History of Protestant Missions in the Near East - Richter,Julius (Fleming H. Revell Company, 1910)
Mention of the Church Missionary Society establishing a station at Akka in 1890 to "reach the leaders of the Babist movement"; lengthy section on Bábí history and background, teachings, and practices; the rise of Mírzá Yahyá.
Keywords: 1890; Church Missionary Society

A History of Religion - Gowen,Herbert H. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1934)
Summary of the Bahá'í Faith as an example of a "syncretistic" religion.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

A History of the Kenosha Bahá'í Community 1897-1980 - Dahl,Roger M. (Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1992)
Overview of the long history of the Bahá'ís of Kenosha, Wisconsin, visited by Abdul-Baha in 1912.
See also Kenosha, 1893-1912: History of an Early Bahá'í Community in the United States (W. Collins, 1982).
Keywords: 1897; 1980; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Kenosha, WI; Stoyan Krstoff Vatralsky; United States (documents); Wisconsin, USA

A History of the Sacramento Bahá'í Community, 1912-1991 - Caton,Margaret (Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1992)
History of the Bahá'í community of Sacramento, including a detailed account of Abdul-Baha's visit to California, and the later rapid expansion of the community during the 1960s and 1970s.
Keywords: 1912; 1991; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; California, USA; Sacramento, CA; United States (documents)

A Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí) - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
A ghazal, a mystical song of love about The Beloved, meaning God or a Manifestation. One of eight Persian poems Bahá'u'lláh signed "Dervish" and revealed in Kurdistan, circa 1854-1856.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #125, Acuto, Italy (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/125/savi_cup-bearer. See also the author's translation of the quasidih "At Dawn the Friend came to my bed”: An early fruit of the Supreme Pen.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Iraq; Kurdistan; Lover and the Beloved; Mysticism; Poetry; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

A Journalist in the Holy Land: Glimpses of Egypt and Palestine - Copping,Arthur E. (Religious Tract Society, 1913)
A visit to the Akka and its surroundings in 1913; no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: 1913; Akka, Israel; Israel; Mentions; Travelogues

A Journey through the Seven Valleys - Bayat,Ghasem (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
An epistle revealed in an eloquent language and composed in a masterful style, with beauty and brevity, its poems, traditions, words of wisdom, and stories that can be traced throughout the writings of mystics.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #26, Bosch Bahá'í School (November 26-28, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/26/bayat_seven.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Irfán Colloquia

A la Conferencia de los Cuerpos Continentales de Consejeros: 28 de diciembre de 2010 - Universal House of Justice (2010)
Keywords: 2010; Counsellors; Growth; Institute process; Learning; Plans

A Leaf of Honey and the Proverbs of the Rainforest, by Joseph Shepperd: Review - Poyer,Lin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Keywords: Africa; Cameroon; Cultural diversity; Travelogues

A Lethal Encounter in Tehran: The Attack on U.S. Vice Consul Robert Imbrie and Its Aftermath - Zirinsky,Michael (The Foreign Service Journal, 2022)
Almost a century ago, an American diplomat died overseas at the hands of a mob. The implications of this tragic incident reached far beyond Iran’s capital city.
Online at afsa.org/foreign-service-journal. See also all Mentions of the Faith in the Journal of the American Foreign Services Association.
Keywords: Robert Imbrie; Tehran, Iran

A Letter from Bahiyyih Khanum: To the Friends of the Lord and the Handmaids of the Merciful throughout the West - Khanum,Bahiyyih (1924)
Letter to Bahá’ís in the West, urging love and steadfastness; Shoghi Effendi's grief over disunity and his efforts to guide the community; true faith requires action, harmony, and embodying Bahá'í principles to advance the cause of God.
Original letter from the Emma Maxie Jones Collection contained two inaccuracies compared with the original of that letter, which is held in the Archives at the World Centre, and which was provided by the Bahá'í World Centre in Microsoft Word format (email on file).
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf)

A Lifetime with 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Reminiscences of Khalíl Shahídí - Rabbani,Ahang, editor and translator (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2008)
Extensive recollections of four decades with the Holy Family in the time of Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Includes appendices on the next Manifestation, Bahá'í holy days, avoidance of tobacco, penmanship, and observations on daily life of the time.
Keywords: 1890s; 1900s; Akka, Israel; Chanting; Future Manifestations of God; Haifa, Israel; Holy days; Iran (documents); Khalil Shahidi; Lawh-Istiqamat (Tablet of Constancy); Persepolis, Iran; Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi; Soul; Twin Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of

A Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh - Ashchi,Aqa Husayn (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2007)
One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
See Persian text (offsite). Also available at archive.org. See some background of this text at rabbani_mcglinn_memories_ashchi.
Keywords: 19th century; Akka, Israel; Aqa Husayn Ashchi; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Biography; Edirne, Turkey; Iraq; Istanbul, Turkey; Pilgrims notes; Turkey

A Liminal Moment: Shaykhi Millennialism and the Irruption of Modernity - Velasco,Ismael (2013)
On the end-times theology of the last great philosophical school to have developed integrally within Islam, its context vis-a-vis Western modernity, and its place in Bahá'í thought.
Keywords: Millennialism; Modernity; Shaykhism

A Logical Proof of the Existence of God - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2003)
See also A Scientific Proof of the Existence of God. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: God; Philosophy; Proofs; Science

A Lonely Road to Native Title Determination - Waia,Walter (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
A personal account of the Saibai Island Native Title Claim: a story of an Indigenous Australian who "walked a learning road to fulfill his obligations to his family, his clan and to the community."
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: 1980s; 1990s; Aboriginal people; Australia; Biography; Indigenous people; Islands; Saibai Island; Torres Strait Islands

A Look at Harmony and Unity as Common Principles in the Confucian System and the Bahá'í Faith - Olshin,Benjamin (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2014)
Confucianism and the Bahá'í Faith represent complex and multi-faceted systems of philosophy, practice, and belief that resonate strongly with each other. The goal of both is for human beings to live in a society characterized by harmony and ethics.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: China; Confucianism; Ethics; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy

A Lost History of the Baha'i Faith, by Eric Stetson: Review - Gonzales,Grover (2016)
Critical review of a book about the history of some covenant-breaker groups.
For more on the writings of Covenant Breakers, please see this compilation.
Keywords: Covenant-breaking

A Love of Iran - Ghanooni,Iraj (2022)
Philosophical reflections on how fundamentally our homeland shapes our reality, and how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s deep love of His own homeland of Iran went far beyond a particularistic sentiment of nationalism and was in fact one of "universal patriotism."
Originally published as "Mihr-i-Írán" in Ayda Haghtalab (ed.), ‘Abdu’l-Bahá dar Anjuman-i-‘Álam (2021) (see Persian original). Features several new provisional renderings of passages from ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's talks and Writings. [-A.M. 2022]
Keywords: Iran (documents); Love; Patriotism; Philosophy; Unity; Unity of humanity; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

A Love That Could Not Wait: The Remarkable Story of Knights of Baha'u'llah Catherine Heward Huxtable and Clifford Huxtable - McLean,Jack (One Voice Press, 2016)
The story of the Canadian Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, Catherine Heward Huxtable and husband Cliff Huxtable, who opened the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia to the Bahá'í Faith in October, 1959.
Please order a copy from bahaibookstore.com. Mirrored with permission of author and publisher from jack-mclean.com. Also available in Word format. See also A Conqueror for St. Helena: A Tribute to Catherine Huxtable.
Keywords: 1932; 1959; 1967; 20th century; Albert Vail; Biography; British Columbia, Canada; Canada; Catherine Huxtable; Clifford Huxtable; Disability; Gulf Islands, BC; Interviews; Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Muscular dystrophy; Nine Year Plan (1964-1973); Pioneers; Regina, SK; Salt Spring Island, BC; Saskatchewan, Canada; St. Catharines, ON; St. Helena; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Toronto, ON; University of Toronto

A Maronite Physician's Encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká - Handal,Boris (2021)
Brief notes from the autobiography of Lebanese doctor Shakir El Khoury on meeting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when he was working as a physician in ‘Akká (date unknown, circa 1870). Scan of original Arabic included.
Also available in Word format. See also Dr. Khoury's autobiography, Majma’ al-Masarra, at archive.org.
Keywords: 1870s; Biography; Shakir El Khoury; `Abdu'l-Bahá

A Message from Abdu'l-Baha, Head of the Bahá'ís - Author unknown (New York Times, 1912)
News article of Abdu'l-Bahá's tour. Includes scanned image of various newspaper clippings and photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Note: the image accompanying this article, as originally posted at uga.edu/bahai/News, does not match the text of the article. I do not know the source of the image. Some parts of original are illegible, and are marked with "[....]".
Keywords: Newspaper articles; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

A Modern Wayfarer in Persia - Alexander,Constance M. (Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd., 1931)
Two-page overview of Bábí history, and passing mention of the Bahá'ís in Tabriz.
Keywords: Bábí history; Tabríz, Iran

A More Constructive Encounter: A Bahá'í View of Religion and Human Rights - Leith,Barney (Does God Believe in Human Rights? Essays on Religion and Human Rights, 2007)
Relationship between religion and human rights, and the work of the Bahá’í community in wholeheartedly supporting the theory and practice of universal rights.
This chapter was excerpted from the complete file, which is online at scribd.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; United Nations

A Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind: A Pictorial Essay - Savi,Julio (Baha'i World, 2020)
Introduction to the life of the Báb, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artist Simina Boicu Rahmatian.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, where this article is also available in mobile-device and PDF formats.
Keywords: 1840s; Arts and crafts; Báb, Declaration of; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Báb, The; Bábí history; Centenaries; Dawn-Breakers (book); Iran (documents); Photographs; Visuals

A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb, `Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850) - Lawson,Todd, editor; Ghaemmaghami,Omid, editor (George Ronald, 2012)
Sixteen essays by many of the leading specialists on the sometimes very difficult and challenging writings of the Báb. Includes link to audio recordings of a descendant of the Báb reading from his works.
Only a few of the essays in this book are online, and those are in unedited, pre-publication draft form. Order the book from George Ronald.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Colors; Hidden Imam; Imams; Muhammad Sháh; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Taqiyyah (dissimulation); Twelfth Imam

A Necessary History: Teaching On and Off The Reservations - Covey,Linda S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
On the early Bahá’í literature directed toward Native Americans; history of Bahá’í conversion activities with Indigenous populations; and the work conducted by the Central States Regional American Indian Teaching.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/207. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Conversion; Cultural diversity; Native Americans; Prophecies

A New and Effective way to Study the Kitab-i-Igan - McCormick,Marjorie (1958)
One-page subject index prepared as a suggested guide for study, prepared for Geyserville Bahá'í School, July 1958.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: God; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Outlines and summaries

A New Creation: The Power of the Covenant in the Life of Louis Gregory - Morrison,Gayle (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Louis Gregory's achievements, focussing on his promotion of the oneness of humankind, teaching the Bahá’í Faith, and administering its affairs. Gregory became both a herald of the Covenant and an enduring example of its transforming power.
Note: the date on the PDF below says "1994" but the correct date is 1999: see journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/8, or the citation in 1999 Report on Scholarship. [-J.W., 2011]
Keywords: Covenant; Louis G. Gregory; Race; Race unity

A New Cycle of Human Power: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists - Weinberg,Robert (Baha'i World, 2021)
On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a society undergoing rapid, radical change.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (part of the collection Arts, Culture & the Media).
Keywords: Agnes Alexander; Alain Locke; Alice Buckton; Appreciations; Arts and crafts; Bernard Leach; Budapest, Hungary; Canada; Christine Duncan; Dane Rudhyar; Edinburgh, Scotland; Europe; Ezra Pound; Fanindra Nath Bose; France; Frank Edwin Scott; George Bernard Shaw; Gertrude Kasebier; Gertrude Stein; Guillaume Apollinaire; Horace Holley; Hungary; Japan; Jessie Redmon Fauset; John Duncan; Juliet Thompson; Kahlil Gibran; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Laura Clifford Barney; Literature; London, England; Marie Curie; Marion Jack; Mark Tobey; May Maxwell; Michael Sadler; Modernism; Natalie Clifford Barney; New York, USA; Paris, France; Patrick Geddes; Percy Wyndham Lewis; Raymond Duncan; Remy de Gourmont; Robert Nadler; Scotland; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom; United States (documents); W. E. B. Du Bois; Wellesley Tudor Pole; William Sutherland Maxwell; Women; Yone Noguchi; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

A New Development in the Bahá'í Community - Mehrabkhani,R. (2008)
On the three stages in the growth of each religion, and the new instruments for the correct implementation of the Bahá'í plans, the Cluster and its Reflection Meetings, and the Ruhi course.
Shared with permission of author via A. Rabbani in 2008. This version posted to www.scribd.com/doc/18564111/A-New-Development-in-the-Bahai-Community.

A New Evolution: Religious Bonding for World Unity - Ruhe,David S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
America's spiritual destiny; world forces conducive to the unity of humankind; post-Darwinian evolution; bonding of humankind for a golden age; Bahá’ís as authentic saviors of the world.
H. M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Ruhe, former member of the Universal House of Justice at Harvard Law School on August 13, 1994, on the occasion of the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for Bahá'í Studies; later published as "A New Evolution: Religious Bonding for World Unity" in JBS 6.4 (1995) See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/394. See also original scan.

A New Framework for Global Prosperity - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá’í International Community, 2006)
Bahá'í International Community's submission to the 2006 Commission on Social Development on the review of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
Keywords: BIC statements; Economics; Prosperity; Statements; Sustainable development; Wealth and poverty

A New Race of Men and the meaning of "Tread Under" - Universal House of Justice (2013)
The meaning of the phrase "A race of men ... will tread under all who are in heaven." Includes compilation on the topic.
Posted with permission of recipient; original on file. See original PDF of compilation, compilation_new_race_men.pdf.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); New race of men (phrase); Prophecies; Race; Transformation; Words and phrases

A New Religion, Babism - Carus,Paul (The Open Court, 1904)
Overview of early Bahá'í history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi (1903), and a review of Ibrahim Kheiralla's book Beha Ullah (1900).
Published in two parts, in June and July 1904, which are here combined in one document. To see the photographs, download the second and third PDFs. Also available as a Word document, open-court_new_religion_babism.docx. From archive.org: part 1 and part 2. While the author is not identified other than as "editor," it is confirmed to be Paul Carus by Arthur Pillsbury Dodge in a subsquent issue, in which Dodge corrects some errors in the articles below.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Criticism and apologetics

A New Skin For An Old Drum: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling - Echevarria-Howe,Lynn (Northern Review, 2008)
On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá’ís: how do people put together stories to construct their contemporary Bahá’í identity?
Mirrored from journals.sfu.ca/nr/index.php/nr/article/view/109 with Creative Commons permission.
Keywords: Canada; Christianity; Cultural diversity; Culture, Western; Dreams and visions; Indigenous people; Native Americans; Prayer; Prophecies; Sociology; Stories; Yukon, Canada

A New Wave of Bahá'í Intellectual Thought: The Impact and Contributions of World Order Magazine - Fazel,Seena (Religions, 2023)
The main themes and papers in World Order, interviews with editors, listing of the number of articles by topic, and summary of available information on the most cited (from Google Scholar) and downloaded (from Bahá'í Library Online) World Order papers.
Mirrored with permission of author from mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/497. Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/765, where it is also available in HTML and epub formats.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online; Bahá'í studies; Frank Lloyd Wright; World Order magazine

A New Work Ethic - Emerson,Dale (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
There is a need for a new work ethic which encompasses motivation and a belief system that “we are serving a higher purpose and the greatest good” and are expressing the best that is within us; companies should empower their workforce.
Unedited transcript of a conference lecture. Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Ethics; Work

A Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran - Dugal,Bani (Religion, Hateful Expression and Violence, 2023)
International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Bahá'í persecution; connections between media, propaganda, and violence; reactions and responses to hate speech from the United Nations and the global community.
This book is offsite, posted under Open-Access Copyright at toaep.org/ps.
Keywords: Balkans; Bani Dugal; Buddhism; Christianity; Hate Speech; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Intolerance; Iran (documents); Islam; Israel; Japan; Laws; Media (communication); Myanmar; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Philosophy; Religion (general); United Nations; Violence

A Note on Babi and Baha'i Numbers in Iran - Smith,Peter (Iranian Studies, 1984)
Estimates, sources, and bibliography for early Bábí and Bahá'í populations.
Keywords: Diaspora, Persian; Iran (documents); Iranian revolution (1979); Statistics

A Pan-Islamist in Istanbul: Jamal ad-Din Afghani and Hamidian Islamism, 1892-1897 - Sever,Aytek (2010)
A study of a Turkish Islamic political theorist in the nineteenth century. Includes numerous passing mentions of the Babis and Bahá'ís. Link to thesis (offsite).
Thesis for Master of Science in Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey).
Keywords: 1890s; 1892; 1897; Istanbul, Turkey; Siyyid Jamalud-Din Afghani

A Passage from the Kitáb-i-Badí' on Ostensible Contradictions in the Writings - Bahá'u'lláh (2024)
Using an example from the Bahá’í Writings, Bahá’u’lláh rejects the idea that sacred texts contain contradictions, instead emphasizing their fundamental coherence and unity, and affirming that any perceived contradictions stem from our limited capacity.
Mirrored with permission from adibmasumian.com, which includes a typescript of the original Persian and Arabic text. See also a provisional translation of a short statement on page 62 of the same book here.
Keywords: Contradictions; Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

A Pause to Reflect on Dustbins: Records of [A.L.M. Nicolas] Found amongst a Pile of Thrown-Away Writings - Rouh-ol-Amini,Mahmoud (Ganjineh Asnad, 2001)
Brief discussion in Persian of papers of Nicolas found in the trash in Paris, with reflections on things discarded, written by Mahmoud Rouholamini. Includes background by Yves Monteil, who discovered the papers (1998) and scanned the later article (2001).
The original Persian title's English translation as given on the cover, below, is: "A Pause on 'Dustbins': The records found amongst a pile of thrown-away writings." I have given a more accurate translation, with feedback from Persian readers. The article is a reflection on things thrown away, along with a few reproductions from the papers appended to the article, but does not go into depth about the Nicolas documents themselves.
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Archives

A Persian Journey, Being an Etcher's Impressions of the Middle East - Richards,Fred (Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1932)
Passing mentions of the Citadel at Tabriz, and the 'City of Bast' near Tehran where the Shah was almost assassinated and for which the Babis were blamed.
Keywords: Drawing, etching; Tabríz, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Travelogues

A Persian Reformer's View of Art - Thompson,Juliet (The Art World, 1917)
Personal recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá's words on art and inspiration. Includes the portrait Thompson painted of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Online at www.jstor.org/stable/25587814. Also available as RTF.
Keywords: 1910s; Arts and crafts; Juliet Thompson; Painting; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits

A Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism - Boyce,Mary (Oxford University Press, 1977)
Brief mention of Bahá'í converts to Zoroastrianism in Yazd.
Keywords: Conversion; Iran (documents); Yazd, Iran; Zoroastrianism

A Personal Consideration of the Four Year Plan and its Legacy from an Irish Bahá'í Perspective - Corvin,Brian (Solas, 2001)
A frank and detailed assessment and retrospective of the response to the Four Year Plan (1996-2000) in the Republic of Ireland. Though highly personal and at times polemical, the author offers the paper as a socio-historical analysis with suggestions.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 1. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ireland

A Personal Journey toward Reconciliation - Verge,Patricia (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/209. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Biography; Canada; First Nations, Canada; Indigenous people; Journey (spiritual); Native Americans; Reconciliation; United States (documents)

A Philosophical Basis for the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology - Staudt,Lawrence D. (Solas, 2003)
Nature of the physical world, the principle of sustainability, the present energy situation, options for Ireland, a vision for the use of renewable energy in Ireland, and the role of the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Tech (CREDIT).
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 3. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Environment; Ireland; Philosophy; Sustainable development

"A Phoenix Schedule" for the Dewey '200s', Suggested in particular for Bahá'í Libraries - Gerard,Paul (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
On the structure and limitations of the Dewey Decimal Scheme, with a detailed expanded subset for Bahá'í material.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Archives; Classification (library); Dewey Decimal Classification; Libraries

A Pilgrim's Note of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Words: "Love, love, love. Love attracts the hearts, love captivates the souls…" - Faydi,Muhammad-'Ali (Khuláṣi'í az Kháṭirát-i-Jináb-i-'Abdu'l-Mítháq Mítháqíyyih, 1920)
The importance of love in teaching the Faith, urging believers to demonstrate love through deeds and conduct.
Mirrored from adibmasumian.com/translations/abu0993, which includes a typescript of the original Persian and Arabic text of these pilgrim’s notes.
Keywords: 1920; Character; Deeds; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise); Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Love; Religion (general); Spirituality; Teaching; Virtues; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

A Pilgrim's Note on Teaching and Administration - Ashton,Beatrice (Baha'i News, 1952)
Statements made to the National Spiritual Assembly after Ashton's return from pilgrimage to Haifa, which ties the Tablet of Carmel to the Guardianship.
Mrs. Ashton presented to the US NSA the Guardian's overview of the development of the appointed and elected arms of the Administrative Order and their relationship to teaching activities as preparation for the Ten Year Crusade. At the request of the NSA, she wrote up her presentation for the Bahá'í News.
Keywords: 1952; Administration; Pilgrims notes; Teaching

A Pilgrimage Excerpt from the Story of Jeanne Kranen - Kranen,Jeanne (2013)
See a mention of Kranen in Memoirs of Frances Bradford (Jones) Edelstein. See also Shoghi Effendi: Recollections, by Ugo Giachery (1973), which includes examples of strings used by Shoghi Effendi]
Keywords: 1955; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Cyprus; Haifa, Israel; Humor; International Bahá'í Archives; Jeanne Kranen; Netherlands; Shoghi Effendi

A Pilgrimage to Haifa, November 1919 - Winckler,Bahiyyih Randall (1941)
Winckler's parents were Bahá'ís; she met 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to America when He visited her mother in 1912, and was bestowed the name Bahiyyih when she went on pilgrimage in 1919 at age twelve.
See more at bahaipedia.org. First published by the US Bahá'í Publishing Trust in 1941, then as A Pilgrimage to Haifa, November 1919 (Memories of a Young Girl of 12 Years Old) in 1995, then republished as an expanded 104-page book with photographs in 1996. The illustrated republication is not being provided here, as it has a newer copyright; contact us if you need a copy for research use.
Keywords: 1919; Bahiyyih Randall Winckler; Durban, South Africa; Gifts; Green Acre Bahá’í School; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Relics; Ruth Randall; South Africa; United States (documents); William Harry Randall; `Abdu'l-Bahá

A Place Apart - Stitt,Susan (dialogue magazine, 1988)
A chapter from Mango Joy, a book of poetry and reflections about pioneering in Vanuata and the culture of the South Pacific.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Pioneering; Vanuatu

A Place in the Woods - Herrmann,Duane L. (Summer Shorts II: Best Kept Secrets, 2014)
A young man has just achieved his life's goal, yet now he has an opportunity for professional advancement and must choose between the two. He gets confirmation of his choice from an unexpected place which confirms another decision.
Keywords: Fiction; Stories

A Plan of Unified Action to Spread the Bahá'í Cause: Throughout the United States and Canada January 1 1926 - December 31 1928 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada (1925)
The first of two plans of systematic activity in Bahá'í history, followed by "A new plan of unified action to complete the Bahá'í temple and promote the cause in America 1926-1930."
The model for plans later organized by Shoghi Effendi, an important turning point in American Bahá'í history, representing the ascendancy of those who supported the centralizing of authority over those who desired a more amorphous organization, or none at all (see Loni Bramsen's Plans of Unified Action: A Survey).
Keywords: 1926; 1928; Canada; Plans; Teaching; United States (documents)

A Pocketful of Meaning: Compilation of Terms, Phrases and Symbols as Used in the Sacred Writings of all Faiths in the World - Takkenberg,Romane (2019)
A compilation from the Bahá'í Writings explaining the meaning of terms and symbols used in the sacred texts of the world's faiths, from "acme" to "Zion." All links point offsite.
Also available in epub and pdf formats.
Keywords: Basics; Glossaries; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Some Answered Questions (book); Symbolism; Words and phrases

A Portal of God's Grace: Passages on Life after Death in the Baha'i Writings - McCants,William F., compiler (2020)
This fleeting life; death as a portal of joy and grace; the nature of the next life and other worlds; actions in this life and recompense in the next; spiritual progress; sanctified souls. Includes some new provisional translations.
Mirrored from kashkul.org/life-after-death.
Keywords: Life after death (afterlife); Soul

A Post-Competitive Human Image - Karlberg,Michael (Beyond One, 2010)
Science is now challenging old simplistic models of human nature. Attitudes, behaviors, and institutional structures must shift to translate holistic self-understanding into new, interdependent social modes in family, education, and government.
While this essay is about Bahá'í principles, it does not directly mention the Bahá'í Faith. Invited commentary, mirrored with permission from Beyond One online magazine.

A Post-Quranic Religion Between Apostasy and Public Order: Egyptian Muftis and Courts on the Legal Status of the Baha'i Faith - Pink,Johanna (Islamic Law and Society, 2003)
On how Egypt has adapted and responded to the Bahá'í Faith; legal issues for Muslim jurists and the courts; personal and employment status of Bahá'ís in Egypt; issues raised by a post-Quranic religious minority.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Court cases; Egypt; Human rights; Islam; Laws; Opposition; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Egypt

A Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much - Sobhani,Mary A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Nakhjavani’s historical novel includes metaphors that underscore a link between the secular and the sacred through the material and metaphysical act of reading; cf. McClure’s Partial Faiths: Postsecular Fiction in the Age of Pynchon and Morrison.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/172.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Historical fiction; Literature; Metaphors and allegories; Reading; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

A Preliminary Survey of Hermeneutical Principles Found within the Baha'i Writings - May,Dann J. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The multiple meanings contained within religious texts; symbolic and mythological nature of religious language; the role of science in interpreting sources; progressive and relative nature of truth; essential aspects of all religions; personal biases.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Hermeneutics; Interpretation; Metaphors and allegories

A Preliminary Survey of the Bahá'í Community of Iran during the Nineteenth Century - Momen,Moojan (Iran im 19. Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Baha'i Religion, 1998)
On the early growth and consolidation of the Bahá'í community in Iran; its membership and social and geographical composition; persecution; institutional developments; communications with Bahá'u'lláh; the conversion of Jews and Zoroastrians; women.
Published in Iran im 19. Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Bahá'í Religion (ed. Christoph Burgel and Isabel Schayani) Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1998, pp. 33-51. The version published here corrects some of the copy-editing and typographical occurs that are in the published version. The published version has footnotes on each page. Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'í history by country; Communication; Equality; Gender; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Persecution; Social and economic development; Women

A Price for Remaining Bahá'í - Jahanian,Shahriar (2022)
Summary overview of current restrictions on Bahá'ís in Iran, state-sponsored persecution, and loss of homes.
Mirrored with permission from shahriar-jahanian.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-price-for-remaining-bahai.html. See other related essays at shahriar-jahanian.blogspot.com.
Keywords: Persecution, Iran; Rowshan Kúh, Iran

A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies - Velasco,Ismael (Baha'i Studies Review, 2004)
On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential Islamicists of the 20th century, whose work is uniquely relevant in understanding the philosophical context for the emergence of the Bábí Faith.
First presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36 (2001).
Keywords: 19th century; Alast (Primordial Covenant); Alchemy; Bahá'í studies; Biography; Bábísm; Colors; God, Worlds of; Henry Corbin; Interfaith dialogue; Intermediary realm; Iran (documents); Islam; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; Muhammad Iqbal; Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic; Philosophy, Shaykhi; Progressive revelation; Scholarship; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Sufism; Twelfth Imam; `Alí Murád Dávúdí

A Prophet in Modern Times - Nicolas,A.L.M. (2008)
Partial translation of A.L.M. Nicolas' Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab, with extensive notes and explanations.
This publication includes the chapters of Nicolas' Seyyed Ali Mohammed that pertain to the Báb: chapters 1, 2, 7 and 8. Chapter 8 was reprinted in A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb as "Concealment and Burial of the Báb" (2012). Chapters 4 and 12, on Tahirih, were published in Tahirih in History: Perspectives on Qurratu'l-'Ayn (2004). Read the book in its original language online, and see also The Báb's Seven Proofs.
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm

A Propos de Deux Manuscrits "Babis" de la Bibliotheque Nationale - Nicolas,A.L.M. (Revue de l'histoire des religions, 1903)
Regarding the correct titles/classification of two versions of the manuscript "Histoire de la secte des Bâbis" from the library of Comte de Gobineau.
From jstor.org/stable/23661735, also online at www.h-net.org/~bahai.
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Bábísm; Comte Arthur de Gobineau

A Question of Gender: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law - Maneck,Susan; Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani; Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson; Lee,Anthony (dialogue magazine, 1987)
Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, marriage, and feminism raised by John and Linda Walbridge's article "Bahá'í Laws on the Status of Men" (World Order 1984).
Includes responses by the Walbridges and Steven Scholl, from dialogue 2:2-3 (1988). See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Context, Taking verses out of; Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Marriage; Sociology; Theology; Women

A Quiet Exodus - Cameron,Geoffrey (Literary Review of Canada, 2013)
Recent history of immigration law and practice in Canada, and the Bahá'í community's involvement in governmental change. Includes addendum from Bahá'í News Canada.
Mirrored from reviewcanada.ca/essays/2013/07/01/a-quiet-exodus/.
Keywords: Canada; Iran (documents); Migration; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Refugees

A Reading of Sona Farid-Arbab's Moral Empowerment: In Quest of a Pedagogy - Filson,Gerald (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2018)
On the central goal of education and how it can address our evolving need to learn about both the physical and social world at a time when knowledge and information are accumulating at such an incredible pace.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/226. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Capacity building; Curriculum; Education; Empowerment; Moral education; Religion (general); Science

A Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings - Brown,Keven (2002)
Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá referred to the 'hidden craft' of alchemy as part of divine philosophy, but which would only be used wisely and properly appreciated after the attainment of human maturity; some Bábí and Bahá'í references to alchemy.
Alchemy is more than about transmutation; as a "divine philosophy," its goal is to reproduce and mirror the process of creation itself in order to embody spirit in matter.
Keywords: Active force and its recipient; Alchemy; Creation; Elixir; Emerald Tablet; God, Word of; Gold; Hermes Trismegistus; Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary); Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I (Tablet on Alchemy I); Lawḥ-i-Kímíya III (Tablet on Alchemy III); Maturity of humanity; Philosophers Stone; Philosophy; Prophecies; Purity; Science; Soul; Spiritualization; Transformation; Transmutation of elements

A Report to Abdul Baha of the Bahá'í Activities in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida - Remey,Charles Mason (1919)
Diary of travel-teaching March-April 1919. Includes letter to the members of the Bahá'í Board of Teaching in America about successful techniques.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. The PDF copy below has been stripped of blank pages. While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this journal he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.
Keywords: 1919; Biography; Florida, USA; Georgia, USA; North Carolina, USA; South Carolina, USA; Teaching; United States (documents)

A Report to the Shah from Akka - Alaul-Mulk (World Order, 2000)
Brief report from the Iranian ambassador to Istanbul on the activities of the Bahá'ís in Turkey, 1901.
Keywords: 1901; Akka, Israel; Turkey

A Revolution without Rights?: Women, Kurds and Baha'is searching for equality in Iran - Cameron,Geoffrey; Danesh,Tahirih (Foreign Policy Centre, 2008)
Discussion from the Foreign Policy Centre in London on the religious, legal, and social obstacles to equality faced by women, Bahá'ís, and Kurds in Iran; comparing the experiences of these groups; evaluating actions of the Iranian government (91 pages)
Mirrored from fpc.org.uk/events/revolution-without-rights-iran [archive.org].
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Human rights; Iran (documents); Media (communication); Persecution; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran; Prejudice; Reform; Women

A Sacrifice to Fidelity: The senseless, brutal slayings of Enoch Olinga, his wife and children - Author unknown (Baha'i News, 1980)
An account of the murder of Enoch Olinga in 1980.
These extracts are from a letter dated January 11, 1980, from the Hands of the Cause of God residing in the Holy Land to the Hands of the Cause of God throughout the world, and published in the May 1980 Bahá’í News. See other bios of Olinga at francis_olinga_biography and memoriam_bw_18.
Keywords: 1980; Biography; Enoch Olinga; Murders; Uganda

A Scientific Proof of the Existence of God - Hatcher,William S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1993)
Whenever scientists encounter a phenomenon that exhibits an evolution towards order, but without any observable reason for such movement, they suspect the cause to be an unseen force. Evolution presents a persistent movement from disorder towards order.
See also A Logical Proof of the Existence of God. Also available as a Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2022). See also commentaries and responses by Gordon Dicks and Philip Belove (1994) and Arash Abizadeh and Ross Woodman (1997). Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Evolution; God; Philosophy; Proofs; Science; Tablet to Auguste Forel

A Shining Light from Persia - Vail,Albert Ross; Vail,Emily McLellan (Heroic Lives in Universal Religion: A Manual for Religious Instruction in Junior Grades, 1917)
Overview chapter from a religious-studies textbook, written by a sympathetic outsider. This excerpt, from a "teacher's edition" of the book, contains an additional 7 pages of commentary not included in the regular edition.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Introductory

A Short Chapter in the History of Bâbeeism in Persia - Wright,Austin (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, 1853)
Letter to the American Oriental Society recounting the continuation of Bábísm and attack on the Shah. Follow-up to Wright's first report on Bábí history, from June 1851.
On Wright, see Wikipedia's Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina: 1865 and Bahá'í Faith in Greater Boston: Austin_Wright and Wright's previous letters, to the American Oriental Society (1851) and to the Missionary Herald (1852).
Keywords: Austin Wright; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Newspaper articles

A Short Chronological List of the Báb's Writings - Saiedi,Nader (Gate of the Heart, 2024)
Overview of some of the major, or more frequently mentioned, works of the Báb in chronological order.
Adapted (2024) from an annotated listing in Saiedi's book Gate of the Heart (2008), Partial Inventory ID's are not included in the book.
Keywords: Báb, The; Báb, The (chronology); Báb, The, Basic timeline; Báb, Writings of; Báb, Writings of (first stage); Báb, Writings of (second stage); Báb, Writings of (third stage); Chronology and timelines; Gate of the Heart (book); Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of

A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith - Smith,Peter (2013)
Summary prepared for the Virginia Commonwealth University website on religious movements. Includes short history, doctrines and beliefs, Bahá'í practices, issues and challenges, and references.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Basics; Chronology and timelines; Introductory

A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith - Momen,Moojan (Oneworld, 1997)
An introduction to the teachings, beliefs, practices, and history of the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored from northill.demon.co.uk/bahai (archived).
Keywords: Basics; Introductory

A Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár: An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations - Lewis,Frank (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
Three alternative renderings of a translation of one of Baha’u’llah’s early poems, writing during his sojourn in Kurdistan; comments on his poetic work.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lewis_burqa.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá (title); Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Iraq; Irfán Colloquia; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Kurdistan; Mysticism; Poetry; Reed pens; Rumi (Mevlana); Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa (The Cup-bearer from the Eternal Unseen); Style (Writings); Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Takhallus (pen name); Translation; Translation, Parallel; Wine (metaphor)

A Singular Room: An Exploration of Bahá'í Houses of Worship - Shodjai,Sama (2023)
Overview of the design principles followed in building the Bahá'í temples, and the intricacies and considerations involved in their design, using Canada as a case study. (Link to document, offsite).
Thesis for School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, posted with CC permission at library.ubc.ca/.../1.0439885.
Keywords: Apia, Samoa; Architecture; Ashgabat; Australia; Battambang, Cambodia; Bihar Sharif, India; Cambodia; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Congo, Democratic Republic of; Cultural diversity; Germany; Illinois, USA; India; Kampala, Uganda; Kanchanpur, Nepal; Kenya; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Langenhain, Germany; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Toronto; Matunda Soy, Kenya; Mwinilunga, Zambia; Nepal; New Delhi, India; North Caucasus; Panama; Panama City, Panama; Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Santiago, Chile; Sydney, Australia; Tanna, Vanuatu; Toronto, ON; Turkmenistan; Uganda; United States (documents); Vanuatu; Visuals; Western Samoa; Wilmette, IL; Zambia

A Slice of Persia in the Heart of Israel: Followers of the Baha'i Faith Are Persecuted at Home but Welcomed Abroad - Afshari,Reza (Wall Street Journal, 2021)
Brief reflections by a Muslim professor of history on the experience of visiting the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, and on the plight of Bahá'ís in Iran.
Mirrored from, and see comments at, wsj.com/articles/a-slice-of-persia-in-the-heart-of-israel-11613690556.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

A Spiritual Approach to Microcredit Projects - Zahrai,Michel P. (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 1998)
Spiritual considerations that should guide the elaboration and implementation of microcredit schemes and measure their success.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business; Economics; Family; Microfinance; Social and economic development; Wealth and poverty; Women

A Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1976)
A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly: some of the blunders, some of the problems; how certain types of people fit better into one office and others into another."
Keywords: Administration; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Consultation; Consultation; Courtesy; Disunity; Drama; Elections; Equality; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Plays; Prayer; Race; Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains (play); Tests and difficulties; Unity

A Statement on Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í International Community, 1992)
Introduction to the life and work of Bahá'u'lláh, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his death, at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
Prepared by the BIC Office of Public Information.
Keywords: 1992; BIC statements; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í history; Basics; Biography; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Introductory; Manifestations of God; Statements

A Study Guide to The Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh - Bogie,Arline J. (2018)
This book-length study guide was the life's work of Arline Bogie, who recently passed (April 2020). It is shared here for the deepening of others, and to honor her legacy.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Study guides; Words and phrases

A Study of Architectural Monuments in South-East Zone of Nigeria: Evolving Appropriate Listing Criteria - Okechukwu,Nduka Emmanuel (2013)
Overview of the architecture, design considerations, and construction of the Lotus Temple in India (excerpted from a longer thesis on other topics).
Thesis for PhD in architecture, University of Nigeria. The PDF below is excerpted from the full document. See the complete original, okechukwu_architectural_monuments_nigeria_original.pdf [217 pages, 18MB].
Keywords: India; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, New Delhi; Nigeria

A Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians, by Michael Sours: Review - McLean,Jack (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
See also original scan.
Keywords: Beatitudes (Bible); Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

A Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2000)
Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophecy and the status of Subh-e Azal.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #22, London, England (August 27-29, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/22/momen_amr.
Keywords: Amr (word); Baghdad, Iraq; Cause (word); Criticism and apologetics; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); E. G. Browne; Iraq; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Prophecies; Quran; Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Words and phrases