Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation - Bahá'u'lláh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
A lengthy dialogue between Bahá'u'lláh (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven (a personification of “the Most Great Spirit”).
Article mirrored from bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. See also the article accompanying this translation, Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dove (symbol); Holy Spirit; Iraq; John Hatcher; Maid of Heaven; Mysticism; Poetry; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice: Commentary and Translation - Buck,Christopher; Masumian,Adib (Baha'i Studies Review, 2014)
The tablet Riḍvānu’l-‘Adl, "Paradise of Justice," shows how the concept of justice — which encompasses both faith and action — is the essence of the Baha’i concept of salvation, both individual and societal.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Faith and works; Jihad (Holy war); Justice; Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice); Paradise; Ridván; Salvation

Bahá'u'lláh's passport, with translation - Ghassempour,Mehran, translator (Baha'i World, 1945)
Bahá'u'lláh's passport at the time of His exile from Iran, 1853, with translation of text.
Keywords: 1853; Bahá'u'lláh; Relics

Bahá'u'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863 - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Overview of the mystical early writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 1852-1863. Includes extensive bibliography, and a brief summary of each of the major works from this period.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #104, Center for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto Italy (July 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/104/savi_persian.
Keywords: 1852; 1863; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Iraq; Kurdistan; Lover and the Beloved; Mysticism; Poetry; Separation and reunion; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways re-capitulated each other.
See also the table excerpted from this article as Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Archetypes; Bahá'u'lláh; Buddha; Buddhism; Báb, The; Christianity; Epics; Exile (banishment); Hinduism; Holy Spirit; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Krishna; Manifestations of God; Meditation; Messianism; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Opposition; Precursors; Prophecies; Qiblih; Return; Tablets to kings and rulers; Unity of religion; Zoroastrianism

Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan - Ma'sumian,Bijan (Deepen, 1993)
Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Bahá'u'lláh's life.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Cosmology; Iraq; Kurdistan; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Mountains; Mysticism; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Naqshbandi sufis; Poetry; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sar Galu Mountain (Iraq); Seclusion; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Developmental Psychology: Toward a Conception of Spiritual Development - Hatala,Andrew R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2011)
Through the lens of the Seven Valleys, this paper creates a dialogue between theories of developmental psychology and Bahá’í philosophical perspectives, explores the evolution of the "self," and examines spiritual striving in human phylogeny and ontogeny.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/150.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Michael Karlberg; Philosophy; Psychology; Self

Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih - Hatcher,John S.; Hemmat,Amrollah; Hemmat,Ehsanollah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Bahá'u'lláh in His letters.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. See the provisional translation accompanying this article, and see also The Maid of Heaven: A Personal Compilation (2020).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Station of; Gender; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; God, Gender of; God, Names of; Holy Spirit; Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); John Hatcher; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Literature, Persian; Love; Lover and the Beloved; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Separation; Most Great Spirit; Mysticism; Poetry; Progressive revelation; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Ridván; Sufism; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen); Symbolism; Symbolism; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Veils; Veils (spiritual)

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah: Parallels to Bahá'í Teachings by Native American Messengers of God - Addison,Donald; Buck,Christopher (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Compilation of writings from Native American traditions and analogous texts from Bahá'í scripture.
This document was first posted as an appendix to An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán by Christopher Buck and Donald Addison, hence the page numbers at the bottoms of the scans.
Keywords: Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity; Bádí’u’lláh; Native Americans

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib: Introduction and provisional translation - Neshati,Ramin (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #34, Bosch Bahá'í School, (May 18-20, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/34/neshati_manikji. Also available as an updated, corrected Microsoft Word document (prepared by M. Thomas, 2022). This tablet was also partially translated by E.G. Browne, "Three Epistles to the Zoroastrians," in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 24 (1892).
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Manikchi Limji Hataria; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Zoroastrianism

Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality - Lample,Paul, compiler (Palabra Publications, 1996)
The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the soul and humanity’s spiritual education.
From bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Advancement of civilization; Analogies; Animals; Arts and crafts; Atoms; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Basics; Betterment; Betterment of the world; Body; Calamities and catastrophes; Certitude; Change; Character; Charity and relief work; City of Certitude; Creation; Death; Decline and renewal of religion; Deeds; Detachment; Divine Assistance; Dreams and visions; E-books; Education; Emotions; Ethics; Evil; Evolution; Faith (general); Faith and works; Fate, destiny and predestination; Finality; Free will; God; God, Kingdom of; God, Nearness to; God, Will of; God, Word of; God, Worlds of; Gold; Heart; Heaven and hell; Holy Spirit; Human nature; Illusion; Imitation; Independent investigation of truth; Intercession; Interpretation; Introductory; Jesus Christ; Journey (spiritual); Kingdoms, Physical; Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Light; Living the life; Love; Manifestations of God; Material means; Material means; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Meditation; Metaphors and allegories; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Mirrors; Nature; Paul Lample; Peace; Philosophy; Prayer; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Protection; Psychology; Purity; Purpose of life; Purpose of religion; Rain; Reason; Religion (general); Revelation; Sacrifice; Science; Self; Service; Shortcomings; Soul; Spirit of faith; Spirituality; Spring; Suffering; Sun; Superstition; Tests and difficulties

Baha'u'llah's Unity Paradigm: A Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue on a Global Ethic? - Schaefer,Udo (Dialogue and Universalism, 1996)
The mystic unity of religions and the concept of progressive revelation.
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Progressive revelation; Udo Schaefer; Unity of religion

Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (George Ronald, 1963)
Two long essays on the life of Bahá'u'lláh, published in conjunction with the Bahá'í Centennial (1963): "Bahá'u'lláh: A Brief Life," followed by an essay on the Manifestation, "The Word Made Flesh."
This book is an early version of what was later published as Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory.
Keywords: 1892; 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Hasan Balyuzi

Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of (May 29) - Buck,Christopher (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: 1892; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Holy days

Baha'u'llah, birth and ascension of - Melton,J. Gordon (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: 1892; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, Birth/Ascension of - Buck,Christopher; Melton,J. Gordon (Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010)
Keywords: 1892; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, Festival of the Birth of (November 12) - Buck,Christopher; Melton,J. Gordon (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, The Liberator of the Oppressed - Norozi,Mohammad, compiler and editor (2024)
Brief compilation of accounts of two Ethiopian slaves in Iran; African servants in Bahá'u'lláh's household; Tablets in honour of Mubarak (a servant of Bahá'u'lláh's father) and Mas'ud (a servant in Akká); prohibition of slavery in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
Also available in original PowerPoint format.
Keywords: Hájí Mubarak; Mas'ud (servant); Slavery

Baha'u'llah, the Messenger of God: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Short biography of Bahá'u'lláh with scriptural excerpts.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Introductory

Baha'u'llah, The Promised One: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Introductory

Bahá'u'lláh: His Call to the Nations: A Summons to World Order - Braun,Eunice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1967)
On the irreversible movement toward the interdependence of all peoples and nations, a Bahá'í perspective on history, and Bahá'u'lláh's summons to the rulers.
Keywords: Introductory

Bahá'u'lláh: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an - Mustafa,Muhammad (1993)
Meanings of some of the verses of the Qur'an, as viewed from the perspective of the Writings of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also an updated version prepared by Mike Thomas, in PDF or Microsoft Word format (2024).
Keywords: Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); God, Throne of; Hour (prophecy); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Miracles; Prophecies; Quran; Resurrection; Seal of the Prophets; Throne; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Twin Manifestations

Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (George Ronald, 1980)
Bahá’u’lláh's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who accompanied Him to Constantinople and into Akká, the marriage of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and the closing months of His life at Bahjí. Mirrored from other online sources.
Mirrored from bahairesearch.com. Also available in French translation. See also the Bahaipedia.org article. See also the original, shorter biography Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life. This book is online here as minimally-formatted text lacking the many illustrations of the published version (first posted elsewhere online in 2005), rather than a high-quality scan with images, to encourage readers to purchase a hard-copy from grbooks.com.
Keywords: 1892; 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Biography; Exile (banishment); Hasan Balyuzi

Bahá'u'lláh: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
A very brief introduction to the Person of Bahá'u'lláh and some of His teachings.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Basics; Introductory

Bahai - Glasenapp,Helmuth von (Non-Christian Religions A to Z, 1963)
Two-page overview of Bahá'í history.
See also German original from a similar publication by the same author, Die Fünf Grossen Religionen.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Introductory

Bahai: A Documentary on Lotus Temple - QED Communications (2012)
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=YOHDPnrtBc4.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, New Delhi

bahailib.com Website Archive - Various (2021)
Archive of all PDF files (mostly in Persian, with some exceptions in Arabic) from the expired website bahailib.com, including Excel table-of-contents. There are 1740 files named sequentially, 1.pdf ... 1742.pdf, totaling 13GB.
This archive is a temporary solution. Other developers are working on a better permanent home for these files, with a proper interface. See also مصابیح هدایت (Masabih-i-Hidayat), اسرار الآثار (Asraru'l'Athár), and تاريخ ظُهور الحق (Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq).
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í Writings; Bahá'í studies; Indexes and catalogues; Libraries; Persian language; Ruhi Institute

Bahaism - Author unknown (Vassar Miscellany, 1913)
Early Western report on the Bahá'í Faith, notable because it's one of the first references to Bahá'u'lláh being "the tenth avatar of Vishnu," prior to the Guardian's indication of the "tenth avatar... of Krishna" in God Passes By.
From books.google.com. See also news.hrvh.org/veridian and google online e-book. The Professor Hill who presented this paper was possibly Prof. William Bancroft Hill, professor of biblical literature at Vassar College, 1902-1921. He seems to have taken much of his information from Christian missionary sources.
Keywords: Mentions

Bahaism - Sell,Edward (Christian Literature Society for India, 1912)
An early book-length overview, by a Christian for a missionary audience.
Posted at scribd.com.

Bahaism and Christianity: or, The Religion of 'The Splendour of God' - Gordon,T. Crouther (Expository Times, 1927)
Sympathetic overview of the Faith, and impressions from a visit to Haifa.
Available for purchase from journals.sagepub.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Haifa, Israel

Bahaism and Ecumenism in the Context of Recent Sociocultural Trends - Melikova,Leyla (The Caucasus & Globalization, 2008)
Some of the current sociocultural specifics of two religious phenomena — the Bahá'í Faith and ecumenism — and their place in the republic’s public and religious life.
Mirrored from cyberleninka.ru and academia.edu.
Keywords: Azerbaijan; Christianity; Ecumenism; Interfaith dialogue

Bahaism in Azerbaijan - Melikova,Leyla (The Caucasus & Globalization, 2007)
History of the Bahá'í Faith in northern Azerbaijan, and the Faith's present and future in the context of the relations between the state and society in Azerbaijan.
Mirrored from cyberleninka.ru and academia.edu.
Keywords: Azerbaijan; Bahá'í history by country

Baháʼí Houses of Worship: A Visual Overview - Anonymous, compiler (2020)
A collection of collages, exterior and interior images of Baháʼí Houses of Worship constructed, under construction, or planned worldwide.
Images have been taken from , edited by Arjen Bolhuis.
Keywords: Apia, Samoa; Ashgabat; Australia; Battambang, Cambodia; Bihar Sharif, India; Cambodia; Chile; Colombia; Congo, Democratic Republic of; Germany; Illinois, USA; India; Kampala, Uganda; Kenya; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Langenhain, Germany; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Matunda Soy, Kenya; New Delhi, India; North Caucasus; Panama; Panama City, Panama; Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Santiago, Chile; Statistics; Sydney, Australia; Tanna, Vanuatu; Turkmenistan; Uganda; United States (documents); Vanuatu; Visuals; Western Samoa; Wilmette, IL

Bahāʾ Allāh - Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2024)
Online at britannica.com/biography/Baha-Allah.
Keywords: 1892; Bahá'u'lláh; Biography

Bahāʾī Faith - Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2024)
Online at britannica.com/topic/Bahai-Faith. See also the Britannica Book of the Years The Bahá'í Faith: World Religious Statistics
Keywords: Administration; Bahá'í history; Introductory; Practices

Bahá'í Consultation and the Transformation of Society - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Overview of consultation in the Bahá'í Faith, from its introduction in the Aqdas and first implementation in Iran in the 1870s, and ways in which successive Bahá'í leaders promoted it in the community and for transformation of society.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/118/momen_consultation.
Keywords: 1870s; Consultation

Bahá'u'lláh and the Luminous Mind: Bahá'í Gloss on a Buddhist Puzzle - Faber,Roland (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
Non-duality is of central importance to Buddhist thought and experience; on monism and non-dualism as reflected in Asian religious expressions, including Hinduism's Advaita Vedanta.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/faber_luminous.
Keywords: Buddhism; Dualism; God; God, Knowledge of; Hadith; He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord (Hadith); Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Hinduism; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist; Philosophy, Hindu; Relativism; Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Sufism; Vedanta

Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf, in the Guardian's handwriting - Shoghi Effendi (1932)
A hand-written tribute to Bahiyyih Khanum, a daughter of Bahá'u'lláh.
Submitted and introduced by Brent Poirier.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Khanum,Bahiyyih (Bahá'í World Centre Publications, 1982)
A compilation from Bahá'í sacred texts and writings of the Guardian of the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum's own letters.
Also available as an updated Microsoft Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography

Baker, Euphemia Eleanor - Hassall,Graham (Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 14: 1940-1980, 1996)
Short biography of an early Australian Bahá'í.
See also Hassall's full-length book Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker.
Keywords: 1880; 1968; Biography; Effie Baker

Baker, Richard Edward St. Barbe - Momen,Wendi; Voykovic,Anthony A. (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the world-famous environmentalist, founder in 1922 of Men of the Trees, the first global conservation movement, author of many books and articles.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: 1889; 1982; Biography; Environment; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Trees

Balágí, Muhammad Jawád (anti-Bahá'í activist) - Kohlberg,Etan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/balagi-mohammad-jawad-b.
Keywords: 1865; 1933; Biography; Criticism and apologetics

Balance hath been Appointed, The: Some Thoughts on the Publication of the Kitab-i-Aqdas - Schaefer,Udo (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Significances of the Aqdas and the possible impact of its publication (1992) upon its Western audience.
Keywords: Culture, Western; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Obedience; Philosophy; Udo Schaefer

Balance in life, and pioneering versus getting an education - Universal House of Justice (1994)
Achieving balance and planning in "each important area of one's life," including balancing the need for education and a profession and pioneering.
Keywords: Balance; Decision making; Education; Higher education; Life (general); Pioneering; Work

Balyuzi, H. M. - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/balyuzi-hasan-mowaqqar-b.
Keywords: 1908; 1980; Biography; Hasan Balyuzi

Balyuzi, Hasan M. - Francis,Richard (1998)
Brief bio of this "Hand of the Cause of God, the Treasure of All Humanity."
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: 1908; 1980; Bahá'í scholars (English-language); Biography; Hands of the Cause; Hasan Balyuzi

Barághání, Muhammad Taqí - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baragani-molla-mohammad-taqi-qazvini-sahid-e-ale-an-important-shiite-alem-of-qazvin-d.
Keywords: 1847; Biography

Barbados - Paccassi,Patricia (1995)
Article written in the mid-nineties for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, posted with permission at bahaihistorycaribbean.info. See also photos and history.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Barbados; Caribbean; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Keith Ransom-Kehler; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad; Windward Islands

Barbara Senn Hilty Ehrsam - Herrmann,Duane L. (1997)
Ehrsam (1848-1924) was a religious seeker who was instrumental in the establishment of the first Bahá'í group in Kansas, USA.
A shorter version of this bio was included in Early Bahá'ís of Enterprise, by Duane Herrmann (Topeka: Buffalo Press, 1997).
Keywords: 1848; 1924; Barbara Ehrsam; Biography; Kansas, USA

Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific - Fotos,Sandra S. (ABS North America Bulletin, 2003)
Two memorial articles for Barbara Sims, Pioneer to Japan from 1953-2002, biographer of Agnes Alexander, and author of many histories of Bahá'ís in eastern Asia.
See also entire ABS North America Bulletin 82.
Keywords: 1953; 2002; 20th century; Barbara Sims; Biography; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Japan

Bárfurúshí, Muhammad `Alí - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from iranicaonline.org/articles/barforusi-molla-mohammad-ali.
Keywords: 1849; Biography; Quddús

Barney, Alice Pike - Chastain,Catherine McNickle (American National Biography Online, 2000)
Barney (1857-1931) was an American artist and arts patron, and mother of prominent early Bahá'í Laura Dreyfus-Barney.
Excerpted from anb.org. Also available in PDF.
Keywords: 1857; 1931; Alice Pike Barney; Biography; Cincinnati, OH; Laura Clifford Barney; Ohio, USA; United States (documents); Washington, DC, USA

Baron Rosen's Archive Collection of Bábí and Bahá'í Materials - Ioannesyan,Youli A. (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
Baron V. R. Rosen's unpublished materials relating to Bábí and Bahá'í studies, including his correspondence with A. G. Tumanski and E. G. Browne, and official reports of Russian diplomats.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #72, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 6-9, 2006). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/72/ioannesyan_rosen
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í studies; Baron Rosen; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Irfán Colloquia; Manuscripts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Barstow Collection: Contents, Index, and Compiler's Notes - Lovejoy,Thellie (2000)
Introduction to and contents list of the 478 translated tablets and other English documents from the library of American collector Dwight Barstow.
See the documents at bahai-library.com/dwight_barstow_collection. See also Lovejoy's overview in the 1999 Yerrinbool report.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Deepening; Dwight Barstow Collection; Los Angeles, CA; Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Studying; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Base Espiritual de la Igualdad, La - Bahá'í International Community (1985)
Declaración preparada para distribución en el Foro ONG ‘85, organizado en conjunto con la Conferencia Mundial para el Estudio y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio para la Mujer de la ONU. Nairobi, Kenia, 10-19 de julio de 1985.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Equality; Gender; Statements; Women

Basic Bahá'í Chronology, The, by Glenn Cameron, and Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith, by Hugh Adamson: Review - Collins,William P. (Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
Keywords: Chronology and timelines; Dictionaries; Encyclopedias; Reference works

Basics of the Bahá'í Faith - Shahrokh,Darius; Shahrokh,Grace (Windows to the Past, 1994)
Comprehensive summary of Bahá'í history and teachings, distributed by Images International as a 35-page booklet. Transcript available in both English and Persian.
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: Basics; Introductory

Basisvertrouwen - Peterson,Phyllis K. (1998)
Over hoe vertrouwen in de bahá'í-gemeenschap kan worden gecreëerd, met bahá'í-geschriften als richtlijn. We hongeren naar vertrouwen, wat een voorwaarde is voor vriendschap en een sleutelbeginsel bij onderricht.
Gepubliceerd met toestemming van de auteur. In het Nederlands vertaald door Wil van der Kooij, (2001 ongeautoriseerd). Dit is een conceptversie die later werd uitgebreid en gepubliceerd als boek, "Seeking Intimacy in a Diverse Community" (George Ronald, 2013). Zie ook "Healing the Wounded Soul" van de auteur (US Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2005). Zie ook de oorspronkelijke Engelstalige versie.
Keywords: Trust

Bausani, Alessandro - Scarcia Amoretti,Biancamaria (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2008)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is a brief excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bausani-alessandro-prolific-italian-orientalist.
Keywords: 1921; 1988; Alessandro Bausani; Bahá'í scholars (English-language); Bahá'í studies; Biography

Bayán - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bayan-declaration-elucidation-term-applied-to-the-writings-of-the-bab.
Keywords: Bayan; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

Bayán (Bayán-i-Farsí): Questions on - MacEoin,Denis (1998)
Answers to a number of questions relating to the Bab and the Bayan, inspired by MacEoin's translation of the Persian Bayan.
When Denis MacEoin sent parts of his English translation of the Persian Bayan to listserver Talisman 1, one listmember wrote to him with a number of questions. Because this discussion was on an email listserver, the tone is conversational and informal. The blockquotes below are from the text of the Bayan. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity - Bahá'u'lláh (Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 1939)
Well-known passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library. See complete book. Bahá'u'lláh quotes this passage in "Epistle to the Son of the Wolf", pp. 93-94. See also Abid Taherzadeh's comments on this text.
Keywords: Basics; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Living the life; Virtues

Because Baha'u'llah said so: Dealing with a non-starter in moral reasoning - Abizadeh,Arash (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Discusses a popular but misleading versus more philosophically responsible approaches to revelation.
Keywords: Ethics; Laws; Philosophy; Teachings

Becoming a Bahá'í - Jordan,Daniel C.
What kind of beginning is it, when one becomes a Bahá'í? What does it mean, and what to expect?
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Dan Jordan; Introductory

Becoming a Bahá'í - What Do I Need to Know?: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2012)
An aid to inviting people to enrol, explaining very simply what they need to know before joining the Bahá'í community.
Keywords: Basics; Introductory; Membership

Becoming Attuned to Reality: Presuppositions and the Power of Learning in Action - Smith,Todd (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
The learning mode of action, reflection, consultation, and study encourages investigators to attend to six "interplays" which work together to facilitate collaborative readings of reality in the search for truth.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Action; Consultation; Learning; Reality

Becoming Champions of Justice - Lample,Paul (2007)
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: Justice; Paul Lample

Becoming Hospitable and Uplifting Holding Environments for Humanity's Griefs: Depression and the Bahá'í Community - Mustakova,Elena (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
What depression and anxiety-related conditions can teach us about creating healing spiritual communities; the Bahá'í message can help encourage us toward healing and uplifting communities, to embrace humanity’s griefs and point the way forward.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/223. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Grief; Health and healing; Psychology

Becoming Physicians to the World: Transforming "Non-Involvement in Politics" - Dale,John T. (dialogue magazine, 1988)
Looking at this issue from the perspective of positive human rights and cross-cultural communication to devise a better message than "non-involvement" as the basis for Bahá'í relations with the world around us, and recasting it as a message of unity.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Human rights; Politics; Protest; Unity

Becoming Your True Self - Jordan,Daniel C. (World Order, 1968)
The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation.
Originally published in World Order and then reprinted as a stand-alone booklet. This document was typed from the fifth printing (1978). See also Jordan's audio lecture on this same topic, Your True Self. Also available in Dutch, jordan_zichzelf_worden.pdf (trans. unknown, 1976; originally posted at texel.bahai.nl/read/zichzelf_worden, website no longer active nor archived).
Keywords: Acceptance; Alienation; Anxiety; Behavior; Character; Children; Community (general); Cultural diversity; Dan Jordan; Disunity; Education; Encouragement; Estrangement; Faith (general); Fear; God; God, Word of; Growth; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Happiness; Ignorance; Institutions; Integration and disintegration; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Knowledge; Learning; Living the life; Love; Mental health; Moderation; Peace; Prejudice; Prejudice; Psychology; Purpose of life; Relationships; Religion (general); Science; Self-knowledge; Service; Social action; Social change; Spirituality; Support; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Tolerance; Transformation; Unity; Unknown; Violence; Virtues; War

Before Abraham Was, I am - Chase,Thornton (1902)
Open letter to a new Bahá'í summarizing the Bahá'í revelation through a Christian perspective.
Text taken from Ocean: Free Reference Library.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Teachings; Thornton Chase

Begin with the Village: The Bahá'í Approach to Rural Development - Hanley,Paul (Baha'i World, 2019)
About the focus on rural areas, the role of farmers and villages in achieving sustainable development, establishing community institutions, social action and public discourse.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Agriculture; Charity and relief work; Education; Institute process; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Local; Paul Hanley; Public discourse (discourses of society); Rural development; Social action; Social and economic development; Training Institutes; Villages; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Watauga County, North Carolina - Parker,Audrey Mike (1988)
Beginnings of the Faith in a mountain community. Less an historical account, this is more an overview of the efforts of Bahá'ís to establish a community within a southern Appalachian county. Includes biographical interview with Janie Winebarger Dougherty.
See page 43 of the PDF below for the interview of J. W. Dougherty at the Mountain House, conducted by Audrey Parker on January 25, 2019.
Keywords: 1960s; 1970s; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; North Carolina, USA; United States (documents); Watauga County, NC

Behá 'U'lláh (the glory of God) - Kheiralla,Ibrahim George (I. G. Kheiralla, publishers, 1900)
A lengthy proclamation of the new Manifestation, written in a theological, comparative, and historical approach.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. The PDF copies below have been stripped of blank pages. The text versions have not been fully corrected. Volume #1 was OCRed by two different people, and both versions are provided; the Google version is newer. This book is not "covenant-breaker material," in that it doesn't actually dispute the covenant, and it was written before Khayru'lláh broke with Abdu'l-Bahá.

Behaism - Peeke,Margaret B. (Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1908)
Short entry on the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and Bahá'í practices.
Keywords: Introductory

Behaism: In Reply to the Attack of Robert P. Richardson - Kheiralla,Ibrahim George (The Open Court, 1915)
A defense of the Bahá'í Faith, with reference to fulfilled prophecy. Followed by the journal's short response to Bahá'í requests not to include advertisements for Kheiralla's book (which one is not named, could be O Christians). Not yet proofread.
This essay was written in response to Richardson's The Persian Rival to Jesus, and His American Disciples. See the letter from the editor re advertising Kheiralla's book at end. This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Prophecies; United States (documents)

Behind Iranian Lines - Simpson,John (Fontana, 1989)
7-page discussion of the history of Bahá'í persecutions in Persia, alleged ties to British imperialism, anti-Bahá'í conspiracy theories, and personal stories of Bahá'ís in Iran in the 1980s.
Keywords: 1980s; Persecution, Iran

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East - Hume-Griffith,M. E. (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909)
Three-page history of the Bab and his execution, with reference to the persecutions in Yazd.
This document is online at gutenberg.org.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Tabríz, Iran; Yazd, Iran

Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus - Cole,Juan (Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1997)
Bahá'u'lláh's lessons from the Judeo-Christian experience for founding a new, post-Islamic religion; invoking Christ to illuminate contemporary situations within Babi-Bahá'í history; implications for his relations with Middle Eastern Christians.
Also available as PDF with original formatting, cole_behold_man.pdf.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Bible; Celibacy; Christianity; Corruption of texts; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Laws; Magi (priests); Miracles; Monasticism; Precursors; Resurrection; Return

Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus, by Juan Cole: Review - Buck,Christopher (1997)
See original article, "Behold the Man: Bahá'u'lláh on the Life of Jesus."
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ

Behold!: A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb - Perry,Anne Gordon (2019)
A fictionalized script of Bahá'í notables commenting on the 200th anniversary of the Bab's birth in 1819, based on passages from Robert Weinberg’s compilation The Primal Point: A selection of testimonials and tributes to the Báb and His followers.
See also the author's audio books at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha.
Keywords: Báb, Birth of; Báb, The; Drama

Being A Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Short introduction to Bahá'í religious obligations.
Keywords: Basics; Introductory; Living the life; Membership

Being a Spiritual Revolutionary: A talk given at the 1988 International Youth Conference - Henderson,Robert C. (1988)
Permission to post given to, and transcribed from an audio tape by, Ehsan Bayat.
Keywords: 1988; Conferences, Bahá'í

Being and Becoming: A Photographic Inquiry with Bahá'í Men into Cultures of Peace - Egerton,Chuck (2020)
How Bahá’í men experience and perform their masculinities as told through their stories and photographs; the theories of Bourdieu's habitus, the mirror of visual introspection through photography, and indigenous "Sacred Relationship"; conflict resolution.
PhD thesis for the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba. Mirrored with permission from lib.umanitoba.ca. Contact the author at caegerto[at]@uncg.edu.
Keywords: Conflict resolution; Gender; Photography

Being and Becoming: The ANISA Theory of Development - Kalinowski,Michael F.; Jordan,Daniel C. (World Order, 1973)
To provide children with experience and knowledge, enabling them to direct their own spiritual evolution, we need a theory explaining the nature of "becoming" and development. ANISA is a blueprint for a comprehensive educational system.
Mirrored with permission from edpsycinteractive.org/anisa.
Keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; Anisa Educational Model; Dan Jordan; Education; Philosophy; Process philosophy

Being Human: Bahá'í Perspectives on Islam, Modernity, and Peace, by Todd Lawson: Review - Buck,Christopher (Reading Religion, 2021)
Mirrored from readingreligion.org.
Keywords: Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Modernity; Peace

Bernard Leach, Potter: A Biographical Sketch - Weinberg,Robert (Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
The life and work of the potter Leach (1887–1979), the 'Father of British studio pottery', and a Bahá'í.
Keywords: 1887; 1979; 20th century; Arts and crafts; Bernard Leach; Biography; Cornwall, England; Japan; St. Ives, England; United Kingdom

Bertha: An Early American Bahá'í Stalwart - Herrmann,Duane L. (Herald of the South, 1991)
Brief profile of an early pioneer in Bahá'í publications and education (and sister of Mabel Hyde Paine). Many of the Guardian's letters on education were written to her as secretary of the Louhelen School Committee.
Keywords: 1948; 1974; Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick; Biography; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

Betty Becker, Valiant Servant Pioneer - Redman,Earl (2017)
The story of a Bahá’í from Kansas who moved first to Alaska to spread the Bahá’í Faith there and then to Chile. Link to document offsite.
Keywords: 1887; 1974; Alaska, USA; Betty Becker; Biography; Chile; Pioneers; United States (documents)

Between Karbalá' and Tabríz: Contested Martyrdom Narratives - Momen,Moojan (Martyrdom in the Modern Middle East, 2014)
On two models of martyrdom in the time after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, that of the ruling elite and that of the Bahá'is. The Bahá'í narrative is closer to the traditional Shiite, whereas modern Shiism is designed to foster the revolutionary spirit.
Mirrored from nomos-elibrary.de. Download complete issue, dehghani_martyrdom_middle_east.pdf.
Keywords: Martyrdom

Beyond Brotherhood - Anderson,Elizabeth (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Thoughts on achieving racial equality, in light of the continuing injustices against African-Americans in the United States.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.

Beyond Death's Grey Land - Morrison,Sidney Edward (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Reflections from a Bahá'í perspective on the Vietnam War, the nature of war, dehumanizing humanity, and being a soldier.
See also David Langness' "Revisiting Vietnam: A Case for Reading 'Those War Books'" in dialogue 1:3, and a recent (2013) retrospective overview of the Vietnam War, Nick Turse's Kill Anything that Moves. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Ethics; Military; Vietnam; Violence; War

Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls - Bahá'í International Community (2006)
Statement on the epidemic of violence against women around the world, as perpetuated by social norms, religious fanaticism, and economic and political exploitation; necessary educational objectives and legal frameworks.
Mirrored from bic.org, where it is also available in Arabic, German, and Spanish.
Keywords: Abuse; BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Children; Education; Equality; Family; Gender; Statements; Violence; Women

Beyond Pluralism - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Brief thoughts on the Bahá'í Faith as a "metareligion."
Written in a conversational style because posted as a response to a discussion on the listserver Talisman 1.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Pluralism; Unity of religion

Beyond Red Power: The Alternative Activism of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis - Horton,Chelsea (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
Aboriginal activism of the 1960s-1970s, which promoted native spirituality and culture, fostered cross-cultural understanding, but now "Red Power" must encompass both the grassroots and the spiritual realms.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: 1960s; 1970s; Aboriginal people; Activism; Canada; Native Americans; Politics

Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm - Schaefer,Udo (Zero Palm Press; Zero Palm Press, 1998)
Religious pluralism and associated issues: diversity and unity of religions, absoluteness, relativity of truth, New Age thought, and interfaith dialogue
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com. Also available online in French, and can be ordered in German.
Keywords: God; Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; New Age; Progressive revelation; Relativism; Salvation; Udo Schaefer; Unity of religion

Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, by Udo Schaefer: Review - Barer,Burl (One Country, 1996)

Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, by Udo Schaefer: Review - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
This document is also available as PDF of the original issue.

Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, by Udo Schaefer: Review - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
See also original book.

Beyond the Culture of Contest: From Adversarialism to Mutualism in an Age of Interdependence, by Michael Karlberg: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 2004)
Mirrored with permission from www.onecountry.org/e163/e16316as_Review_Contest.htm. See also The Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest (Karlberg, 2003).
Keywords: Collaboration and cooperation; Contest; Michael Karlberg

Beyond the "Seal of the Prophets": Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude - Buck,Christopher (Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, 2007)
The Bábí background of the Iqán, the nature of interpretation and exegesis, and the place of Muhammad.
From the proceedings of a symposium held at Copenhagen University, May 2002. Posted by publisher; full book is online at royalacademy.dk/Publications/Low/2085_.pdf.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Finality; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Seal of the Prophets

Beyond Welfare: A Preliminary Bahá'í Normative Framework for Economic Rights and Responsibilities - Taefi,Vargha (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2022)
The conceptual underpinnings of a Bahá’í approach to economic growth and disparity, mapped onto an applied framework of economic rights and responsibilities, give rise to economic justice and individual and institutional rights and responsibilities.
Issue date 2021, published 2022 January. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/305. See also the complete issue "Walking the Mystic Path with Practical Feet". [PDF]
Keywords: Economics; Ethics; Philosophy

Bhagavad-Gita and the Bahá'í Faith - Sarwal,Anil; Sreenivasan,M. M. (2008)
A discussion on the most important aspects of human life in Srimad Bhagawat Gita and the Bahá'í Faith, by Dr Srinee of Malaysia and Prof. Sarwal of India, with full references and quotes from the Holy Scriptures of both the Faiths. (Offsite.)
Abstract quoted from archive.org.
Keywords: Bhagavad Gita; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue

Bibi Tuba, the Sister of the Martyr Varqá - Theophilus,Vedad (2021)
One-page translation and abridgment of a passage from a Persian Bahá’í history book published by the father of Adib Taherzadeh, about the daughter of Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-‘Atri, and sister of Mirza Ali-Muhammad (Varqá).
Shared by B. Handal, whose researched mentioned below can be found at at bahai-library.com/handal_varqa_ruhullah_stories and elsewhere. He notes: "As part of my research on the Varqá family, I have received the following document entitled 'Bibi Tuba, the sister of the martyr Varqá,' written by Vedad Theophilus, a member of the family." [-B.H. 2021]
Keywords: Bibi Tuba; Biography; Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad

Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance - Anonymous, compiler (2021)
Bahá'í interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. Last updated 29 November 2021. Related material at Bahai9.com. See also 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity (1913 interview with Pasteur Monnier), Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith (Townshend, 1939), Christianity from a Bahá'í Perspective (Stockman, 1998), The Ten Plagues of the Exodus in Light of the Bahá'í Writings (Borovicka, 2015), and The Scriptural symbols of dryness and drowning (Poirier, 2010 - off-site). Further reading: Borovicka, JoAnn (2016). Light of the Kingdom: Biblical Topics in the Bahá'í Writings. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette, US.
Keywords: Abraham; Adam and Eve; Baptism; Bible; Christianity; Clouds; Devil (Satan); Egypt; Evil; Exile (banishment); Fasting; Holy City; Holy Spirit; Holy of Holies; Interfaith dialogue; Isaac (Bible); Ishmael (Bible); Islam; Israel; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of; Job (Bible); Jonah (Bible); Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Moses; New Jerusalem; Noah (Bible); Opposition; Quran; Sin; Some Answered Questions (book); Torah; Trinity

Bible, Preferred English Translation of - Universal House of Justice (1996)
While Shoghi Effendi recommended the use of the King James translation of the Bible, Bahá'ís are yet welcome to use any translation they wish.
See also Translations of the Bible Used by Abdu'l-Bahá. Transmitted by email, from recipient.
Keywords: Bible; Bible translations; Christianity; Research Department, Questions and answers; Translation

Biblical discrepancies in God Passes By - Universal House of Justice (1993)
Citation errors for quotations from Ezekiel in God Passes By.
Posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Discrepancies; God Passes By (book); Quotations from the Bible

Biblical Questions, Interpretation of: Ezekiel 10:19, Jeremiah 49:38 and Micah 7:12 - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Can certain passages from the Hebrew Bible be taken as prophetic references to the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths?
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient. Transmitted by email.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interpretation; Prophecies; Quotations from the Bible; Research Department, Questions and answers; Some Answered Questions (book); Speculation

Biblical References in Baha'i Writings - Lippitt,Marian (1955)
Correlation between verses of the Bible and references to these verses in Bahá'í literature, including published pilgrim notes. In Excel format.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Cross-reference; Excel files; God, Worlds of; Interfaith dialogue; J. Michael Kafes; Marian Crist Lippitt; Pilgrims notes; Quotations from the Bible

Biblical References in Tablets of the Divine Plan - Borovicka,JoAnn M. (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
Knowledge of the Bible is now at an all-time low; a study of the contexts of four biblical references found in Tablets of the Divine Plan, to demonstrate the value that biblical literacy brings to the study and implementation of these Tablets.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/borovicka_biblical.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Deepening; Interfaith dialogue; Quotations from the Bible; Tablets of the Divine Plan

Biblical Verses, Interpretation of - Universal House of Justice (1986)
Interpretation of Biblical verses. Includes chart showing all references in the Bahá'í writings to verses in the Book of Revelation.
Posted by son of recipient; name retained with permission.
Keywords: 144,000; Beast (Bible); Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Decline and renewal of religion; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Number of the beast; Prophecies; Quotations from the Bible; Speculation

Bibliographie des ouvrages de langue française mentionnant les religions babie ou baha'ie (1844-1944) - Linard,Thomas, compiler (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Bibliography of French works mentioning the Bábí or Bahá'í Religions, 1844-1944.
Keywords: 1844; 1944; Bibliography; France

Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh: Key to sources and full citations - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
This document has been superseded by Abbreviations of the Bahá'í Writings. See also: Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1853-63 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1863-68 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1868-77 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1877-92
Keywords: Abbreviations (acronyms); Bibliography

Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1853-1863 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Baghdad period".
Prepared by Jonah Winters for the Wilmette Institute. See also:Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1863-68Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1868-77Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1877-92Key to sources and full citations
Keywords: 1853; 1863; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bibliography

Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1863-1868 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Adrianople period".
Prepared by Jonah Winters for the Wilmette Institute. See also:Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1853-63Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1868-77Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1877-92Key to sources and full citations
Keywords: 1863; 1868; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bibliography

Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1868-1877 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Akka period".
Prepared by Jonah Winters for the Wilmette Institute. See also: Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1853-63 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1863-68 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1877-92 Key to sources and full citations
Keywords: 1868; 1877; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bibliography

Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1877-1892 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Bahji period".
Prepared by Jonah Winters for the Wilmette Institute. See also: Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1853-63 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1863-68 Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh 1868-77 Key to sources and full citations
Keywords: 1877; 1892; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bibliography

Bibliography of Bábí-Bahá'í studies in non-Bahá'í academic sources, 1998-2000 - Author unknown, compiler (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Partially annotated English language bibliography of Bahá'í studies in non-Bahá'í academic sources, as of 2001.
This is a partial listing of papers in academic periodicals, chapters and books that focus on or make significant reference to the Bábí-Bahá'í religions. Prepared by the editors of BSR with assistance from Will Hanley, William Collins, and Graham Hassall.
Keywords: 1998; 2000; Bahá'í studies; Bibliography; Bábísm

Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985, by William Collins: Review - Dahl,Roger M. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/56. See also original scan.
Keywords: 1844; 1985; Bahá'í literature; Bibliography

Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community - Hoonaard, van den,Will C., compiler (1998)
Current only through 1998.
Keywords: Anthropology; Bibliography; Sociology

Bibliography of Works on Bahá'í Metaphysics in the English Language - Velasco,Ismael, compiler (2004)
List of books and articles related to metaphysics, 1880-2001.
This list is only current through 2001.
Keywords: Bibliography; Metaphysics

Bicentenaire de Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'í International Community (1992)
French translation of the Bahá'í International Community's 1992 Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, updated for the 2017 bicentennial of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh.
This French translation only available in .doc and .epub formats. See English original.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Biography; E-books (articles); Introductory; Statements

Billie Marie (Tuttle) Brackett - Francis,Richard (2003)
Tuttle Brackett (1921-2000) was an American Bahá'í from Reno, Nevada and niece of Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas.
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: 1921; 2000; Billie Marie (Tuttle) Brackett; Biography; Leroy Ioas; United States (documents)

Biografía de Clemencia Pavón Mejía - Zuleta,Miriam (2022)
Biografía de Pavón Mejía (1931-2020), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador.
Ver también la biografía de Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón. Shared by, and posted with permission of, Oficina Nacional Bahá'í del Ecuador.
Keywords: 1931; 2020; Biography; Ecuador

Biographical letter from a Hindu villager - Malviya,Daya Ram (1974)
A glimpse into the life of an Indian convert to the Faith.
See also Bahá'í Faith in India: A Developmental Approach and Bahá'í Bhajans.
Keywords: 1960s; Biography; Hinduism; India; Malwa, India

Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi - Taherzadeh,Adib; Lamie,Dariush; Cole,Juan (1998)
Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas.
See also two tablets to Burujirdi, one by Bahá'u'lláh and one by Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Biography; Covenant-breakers (individuals); Covenant-breaking; Exemption; Freedom and liberty; Illumination; Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Lutfullah Mohebat

Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney - Barney,Laura Clifford; Shoghi Effendi (1928)
A biography of the first French Bahá'í, followed by telegrams and letters from Shoghi Effendi to Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Hippolyte's sister Mrs. Yvonne Meyer-May.
Here is an article that Laura Dreyfus-Barney intended for The Bahá'í World. It was in Laura Dreyfus-Barney's papers in the French Bahá'í National Centre. It had no title. I gave it the title Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney. The text had the form of a typed article with manuscript corrections, which I included in the article I'm posting here. I also changed the transliteration for the Persian words (Bahá'í for Bahai, &c.) as well as for Chinese words (in Pinyin). Two crossed passages seemed interesting. I left them between [ ]. -Thomas Linard
Keywords: 1928; Biography; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney

Biography of Jináb Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972) - Shafipour,Adel (2007)
Biography and bibliography of a famed Persian scholar.
See also Ishraq Khavari's Books and Publications.
Keywords: 1902; 1972; Biography; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún) - Author unknown (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1999)
Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets.
Identity of author ("H.G.E.") not known; see original Encyclopedia Britannica. Now online at britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-III-emperor-of-France. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read comments pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 1873; Bahá'í history; Biography; Europe; France; History (general); Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Napoleon III; Tablets to kings and rulers

Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp) - Author unknown (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1999)
Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
Identity of author not known; see original Encyclopedia Britannica. Now online at britannica.com/biography/Pius-IX. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: 1878; Bahá'í history; Biography; Christianity; History (general); Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); Pope Pius IX; Popes; Tablets to kings and rulers; Vatican City

Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih) - Author unknown (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1999)
Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
Identity of author not known; see original Encyclopedia Britannica. Now online at britannica.com/biography/Victoria-queen-of-United-Kingdom. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Queen Victoria; Tablets to kings and rulers

Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus) - Author unknown (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1999)
Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
Identity of author not known; see original Encyclopedia Britannica. Now online at britannica.com/biography/Alexander-II-emperor-of-Russia. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 1881; 19th century; Bahá'í history; Biography; History (general); Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II); Russia; Tablets to kings and rulers; Tsar Alexander II

Biography of Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain - Winters,Jonah, compiler (2013)
Compilation of documents about an early feminist and peace advocate who received a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá in 1908.
Bain's middle name is alternately given as Sherrif, Sherriff, and Sherif. See Bain's 1913 newspaper article "Bahaism Today."
Keywords: 1900s; 19th century; Biography; New Zealand

Bioprospecting and Indigenous Knowledge in Australia: Implications of Valuing Indigenous Spiritual Knowledge - Hunter,John; Jones,Chris (2006)
Co-authored/painted paper by Aboriginal and 'Western' authors primarily focusing on spiritual issues in law.
Originally presented at Washington University, International Conference, April 2003, "Biodiversity and Biotechnology and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge". Mirrored at Wash. Uni. Law School: law.wustl.edu/centeris/Confpapers/
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Australia; Cultural diversity; Dreamtime; Environment; Health and healing; Indigenous people; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Knowledge

Bios of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan and Kaushal Kishore Bhargava - Khianra,Dipchand (Baha'i World, 1986)
"One Kind Deed," a bio of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan, and "Kaushal Kishore Bhargava: An Appreciation."
See index to Bahá'í World vol. 18, and bibliography of obituaries.
Keywords: 1896; 1940; 1974; Biography; India; Iran (documents); Jaipur, India; Kaushal Kishore Bhargava; Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan; Yazd, Iran; Zoroastrianism

Birds of Diverse Feathers Consult Together - Jordan,Daniel C.; Honaker,Doug (1972)
25-minute film strip with audio narration, written by Jordan and illustrated by Honaker. Originally accompanied by a booklet that had photos of all the images and the narrative.
Permission to post this video at bahai-library.com for non-commercial use granted by the copyright holder, the United States Bahá’í Publishing Trust.
Keywords: Consultation; Dan Jordan; Humor

Birth and Call of Jesus Christ: A Bahá'í-inspired retelling - Merrick,David (2010)
The story of the birth of Jesus and his call to the world of humanity.
See images of the Holy Land, at bottom.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of

Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah - Merrick,David (2008)
Childhood and Early Life of Bahá'u'lláh, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
See also nicely-formatted printable version of this document.
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Bahá'u'lláh, Childhood of; Biography; Dreams and visions; Puppet shows; Stories; Stories; World is an illusion or play

Birth and Childhood of the Bab - Merrick,David (2007)
Childhood and Early Life of the Bab, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
Keywords: Báb, Birth of; Báb, Childhood of; Báb, The

Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab - Saiedi,Nader (2010)
A talk on an invited topic (the origin of humankind) from a scholar known for his unique familiarity with the works of The Bab.
See a published version of this paper, The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity. Presented at "Shoghi Effendi and World Civilisation," a 6-day conference in Watford, London, organised by the Baha’i Arts and Literature Society. Audio posted to archive.org on 2011-01-08 by J.-M. Nau, with permission of author, under CC license. Video from youtube.com.
Keywords: Animals; Bábísm; Evolution; Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Human nature; Modernity; Philosophy; Science; Spiritualization

Black and Beautiful: Skin Color in the Biblical Song of Songs - Brownstein,Ted (2023)
Racial biases can be found in several translations of the biblical Song of Solomon; a look at the original Hebrew from the perspectives of morphology and syntax can give insights into a contextually accurate translation of these controversial passages.
Keywords: Beauty; Bible; Bride (metaphor); Christianity; Hebrew language; Judaism; Love; Metaphors and allegories; Race; Song of Songs (Song of Solomon); Translation

Black Pearls: Notes on Slavery - Momen,Moojan; Afnan,Abu'l-Qasim; Lee,Anthony (Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, 1988)
Editor's note, foreword, preface, and introduction to two editions of Black Pearls; brief overview of the institution of slavery.
See also the complete book, and a review by J. Armstrong-Ingram. Posted with permission; order a copy at kalimat.com.
Keywords: Báb, The; Diaspora, African; Fezzeh Khanum; Hájí Mubarak; Iran (documents); Servants; Slavery

Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh - Afnan,Abu'l-Qasim (Kalimat Press, 1988)
Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history. Preface by Moojan Momen.
Posted with permission; order a copy at kalimat.com. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2022). See also prefaces and forewords by A. Lee and M. Momen, and a review by J. Armstrong-Ingram.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Báb, The; Diaspora, African; Fezzeh Khanum; Hájí Mubarak; Servants; Slavery

Black Pearls: The African Household Slaves of a Nineteenth Century Iranian Merchant Family - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (2003)
The African slave trade to Iran in the 1800s, and the lives of household slaves of one specific merchant family from Shiraz, that of The Báb, as described in the narrative of Abu'l-Qasim Afnan.
Conference paper presented at the International Conference "Slavery, Islam and Diaspora," at the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, Department of History, York University, Toronto, October 24-26 2003. As of 2012, the original conference information is still online: see abstracts and program. This paper is also abstracted in the annual bibliographical supplement of the journal Slavery & Abolition. [Research and contribution by Steve Cooney.] See also the complete book, and a prefaces and forewords by A. Lee and M. Momen.
Keywords: 19th century; Báb, The; Diaspora, African; Fezzeh Khanum; Hájí Mubarak; Iran (documents); Servants; Slavery

Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History - Hoonaard, van den,Will C.; Echevarria-Howe,Lynn (1994)
Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Bahá'í community, and statistical information.
Keywords: African Americans; Bahá'í history by country; Canada; Canada

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
An examination of covenant-breaking in the Bahá’í Faith in terms of the Biblical reference to blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #83, Center for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 3-6, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/83/momen_blasphemy.
Keywords: Blasphemy; Covenant-breaking; Holy Spirit; Irfán Colloquia; Some Answered Questions (book)

Blogging and the Bahá'í Faith: Suggestions and Possible Approaches - Bahá'í Internet Agency (2006)
Guidance on blogging and the 5-year plan, finding an audience, possible topics, placement and promotion, and podcasting.
This document is included in a collection of guidelines from the Bahá'í Internet Agency at bcca.org/bia, mirrored at bia_internet_guidance.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Internet; Social media

Bobeism, Bobe [The Bab], His Doctrine, His Personal Appearance - Daniel,Mooshie G. (Modern Persia, 1897)
An early sympathetic overview of the Báb and Bahá'ís.
This book is online in a variety of formats at gutenberg.org/ebooks/21512. Scans are at gutenberg.org/...p145.png, p146.png, etc.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Báb, The; Bábí history

Body of God: A Reader's Guide to Bahá'u'lláh's Surih of the Temple, by John Hatcher: Review - Lysaght,Tom (2023)
Review of John Hatcher's book about Bahá'u'lláh's Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple).
Keywords: God; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; Haykal (temple); Integration and disintegration; Metaphors and allegories; Social action; Society building; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Tablets to kings and rulers; Temples

Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit - Khursheed,Anjam (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
The Bahá'í view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these three elements exist both in the Semitic religions and in the Far Eastern ones; Western dualist and Eastern monist traditions are in fact all tripartite.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 3. See also the Wikipedia articles "Rūḥ", "Nafs" and " 'Aql " (and the related term "Qalb") for the background of these terms in Islam and Sufism.
Keywords: Aql; Body; Buddhism; Christianity; Dualism; Flatland (Abbot); Hinduism; Human nature; Judaism; Life after death (afterlife); Literature; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist; Philosophy, Greek; Philosophy, Hindu; Philosophy, Islamic; Soul; Spirit (general); Theory of relativity; Translation

Bonds that Sustain: Bahá'í Community-Building Efforts Through the Lens of Disaster Response - Dugal,Bani (Baha'i World, 2019)
On disaster response in the Bahá'í community, systems of human resource development, community-building capacity, coordination, communication, collective action, and spiritual needs.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Bani Dugal; Charity and relief work; Social action

Book Search: Jump to any page of the Sacred Writings or Primary Literature - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2005)
Jump to any page in any book of the Sacred Writings. See also Random page.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online; Bahá'í Writings; Bahá'í studies; Cross-reference; Software

Bouddhisme et foi bahá'íe: Un rapprochement ontologique - Kluge,Ian (2011)
Le bouddhisme c’est l’une des Révélations divines historiques; c’est aussi l’une des religions de nos voisins que nous voulons mieux comprendre; une étude nous fera mieux comprendre l’affirmation bahá’íe que toutes les religions sont unes par essence.
See English original.
Keywords: Buddhism; Philosophy, Buddhist

Bounded Religious Communities' Management of the Challenge of New Media: Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet - Campbell,Heidi A.; Fulton,Drake (Social Media and Religious Change, 2012)
An outsiders' perspective of the Bahá'í approach to fluid, open networks in the face of its bounded social structure and its system of hierarchical gatekeepers. Includes overview of the Bahá'í Internet Agency.
See also Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List. Article extracted from complete book, which was posted by its editor to academia.edu. Note: the following article is informed by the writings and views of Juan Cole. While accurate, they are also somewhat one-sided, e.g. in Cole's and this article's perception that the Bahá'í Administration actively suppresses dissent. By contrast, the Baha'i Library Online has never been asked to remove any item for doctrinal reasons. (-J.W., 2023)
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums

Bourgeois, Jean-Baptiste Louis (1856-1930) - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (1997)
Short biography of the architect and designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois.
Originally prepared as an encyclopedia article; never published. Adapted from h-net.org/~bahai/notes/bourgeoi.htm.
Keywords: 1856; 1930; Biography; Louis Bourgeois; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

Breastfeeding and the Bahá'í Faith - Setrakian,Haig V.; Rosenman,Marc B.; Szucs,Kinga A. (Breastfeeding Medicine, 2011)
The Writings reference breast-feeding literally and symbolically, and provide guidance as to its practice. As the ideal form of infant nutrition, breastfeeding women are exempted from fasting, and it is linked to childhood moral development.
Online at liebertpub.com and elsewhere.
Keywords: Breast and breastfeeding; Children; Education; Women

Breathe Not the Sins of Others: A Tale of Suspense - Dighton,Stephen D. (Xlibris Corporation, 2000)
Features Bahá'ís and their Faith in situations many will recognize as mirroring their own spiritual battles.
Mirrored with permission from schoolmarmwood.org, and available for purchase at amazon.com.
Keywords: E-books; Fiction; Tests and difficulties

Bridge over Troubled Waters: The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories - Maimon,Ehud (Strange Horizons, 2012)
Brief mentions of the temple of the Bab and the terraces, and the place of Haifa and Mt. Carmel in some contemporary Israeli fiction. Includes photos.
See also articles by Lavie Tidhar. Mirrored from strangehorizons.com [archived].
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Fiction; Haifa, Israel; Israel; Literature; Science fiction; Stories

Brief Analysis of the features of Bábí Resistance at Sheikh Tabarsi - Manuchehri,Sepehr (1998)
The unique features of the Bábí Resistance in Sheikh Tabarsi; how it compared to other militia movements in terms of numbers, membership, social status, military training and leadership.
Presented at the Bahá'í Studies Conference in Sydney, Australia, October 1998. Original paper was presented in Persian. English translations are attempted by the author and are only intended to convey the general message. Some of the footnotes in this paper have been found to be inaccurate, and it is possible the paper may contain other errors. Use with caution. [-J.W., 2015]
Keywords: Shaykh Tabarsí siege

Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings - Brown,Keven (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1990)
Neoplatonic concepts in Bahá'í metaphysics.
Keywords: Cosmology; God, Will of; Neoplatonism; Philosophy; Primal Will

Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith - Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Boise, Idaho, compiler (1996)
Chronology of major events in Bahá'í history from 1844 to 1996.
Keywords: 1844; 1996; 19th century; 20th century; Chronology and timelines; Introductory

Brilliant Proof, The, by Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: Review - Stewart,Devin (Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 2002)
Mirrored with permission from arizona.edu.
Keywords: Brilliant Proof (book); Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání

Bringing Rights Home: Human Rights and the Institution of the Family - Layor,Chichi (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
The role of family rights in contemporary human rights discourse, Bahá’í principles relating to family rights, and relevant provisions in present-day human rights legal instruments.
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.
Keywords: Family; Human rights

British influence in Persia in the 19th century - Amanat,Abbas (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2003)
Includes various mentions of the Bábí context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/great-britain-iii.
Keywords: 19th century; History (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history; United Kingdom

Brittingham, Isabella - Stockman,Robert (1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/brittingham-isabella.
Keywords: 1852; 1924; Biography; Isabella Brittingham; United States (documents)

Broad Contours of the Canadian Baha'i Community - Hoonaard, van den,Will C.; Hoonaard, van den,Deborah K. (1994)
Historical and sociological overview of the Canadian Bahá'í community.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Canada; Canada

Brothers and Sisters: Buddhism in the Family of Chinese Religion - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2000)
The endurance of Confucianism for 2,000 years is partly because Buddhism and Taoism were content to play a subordinate role and not infringe upon the "Chinese Great Tradition"; implications of Buddhism's role in relation to new religions in China.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 5.
Keywords: Buddhism; China; Chinese religion; Confucianism; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese; Taoism

Browne and the Babis - Arberry,Arthur J. (Shiraz: Persian City of Saints and Poets, 1960)
Brief history of the Babis and E. G. Browne's relations with them.
The title "Browne and the Babis" was made up for this set of online excerpts; it does not appear in the original book.
Keywords: Arthur Arberry; Bábí history; E. G. Browne; Iran (documents); Shíráz, Iran

Browne's Mirza Yahya, Before and After His Second Visit: Tarikh-i-Jadid vs. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion - Gonzales,Grover (2019)
E. G. Browne visited Yahya, Subh-i-Azal, in 1890 and 1896. He wrote about Azal with a positive tone in New History (1893) and a disillusioned tone in Materials (1918). This is a brief history of Browne's shifting perspective of the Azalis.
Keywords: 1890; 1893; 1896; 1918; E. G. Browne; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Taríkh-i-Jadíd (New History)

Browne, Edward Granville - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Short biography of an English orientalist and famous scholar of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths.
Article written for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, a project of the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly. It has not been edited and will not appear in the Encyclopedia in its present form; posted here with permission.
Keywords: 1862; 1926; Biography; E. G. Browne; Scholarship

Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm - Cole,Juan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1990)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/browne-edward-granville.
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; E. G. Browne; Scholarship

Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career - Wickens,Michael (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1990)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is a brief excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/browne-edward-granville.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; E. G. Browne

Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement - Ekbal,Kamran (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1990)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/browne-edward-granville.
Keywords: 1900s; 19th century; E. G. Browne; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Reform

Buda: Profeta de Dios - Witzel,Donald R. (La Luz Brilla en Cualquier Lampara, 1957)
Una de las primeras contribuciones bahá'ís al estudio del Budismo.
Traducido y publicado por primera vez en Español en 1957 por la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá'ís de Colombia, este trabajo es el resultado de una de las primeras investigaciones sobre Budismo producida por bahá'ís. Also available as formatted PDF: witzel_buda_profeta_dios.pdf.
Keywords: Buddha; Buddhism

Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
A compilation on the status of Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and other figures.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Asian Prophets; Authenticity; Buddha; Buddhism; Confucius; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Krishna; Laozi (Lao-Tse); Prophecies; Sabaeanism; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Article written for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, a project of the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly. It has not been edited and will not appear in the Encyclopedia in its present form; posted here with permission.
Keywords: Buddhism; Ethics; Illusion; Interfaith dialogue; Metaphysics; Prophecies; Suffering; World is an illusion or play

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith - Conner,Daniel (World Order, 1971)
Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different emphases placed on ethics vs. metaphysics; aspects of social control.
Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: Buddhism; China; Christianity; Confucianism; Ethics; God; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Prophecies; Reincarnation; Unity of religion

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Review - Winters,Jonah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Issues raised by Momen's attempt to show that both religions are compatible, that the manifestation of Bahá'u'lláh fulfills the prophecies of the Buddha on the coming of a future Maitreya Buddha, and Bahá'í re-interpretations of Buddhist theology.
See also original scan.
Keywords: Buddhism; Interfaith dialogue; Moojan Momen

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2002)
An overview of similar Bahá'í and Buddhist teachings.
Keywords: Buddhism; Interfaith dialogue

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
The Bahá'í Faith and Buddhism are two different and apparently incompatible religions, but they share fundamental ontological principles. Thus, their analyses of reality and what it means 'to be' are largely compatible.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #72, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 6-9, 2006) and at the 2006 ABS Conference (see program and abstract). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/72/kluge_buddhism. See an extension of this paper, "The Baha’i Writings and the Buddhist Doctrine of Emptiness: An Initial Survey" (2013/2019). Voir aussi traduction en français.
Keywords: Buddhism; Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist

Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá'í Faith and the New Age Movement - Dodenhoff,Paul (1999)
The juxtaposition between the 'New Age' movement in the United States and Britain and the Bahá'í Faith.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #15, Wilmette (August 9-10, 1997). See irfancolloquia.org/15/dodenhoff_paradigm.
Keywords: New Age

Building Creative Communities: Approaching the arts as social & economic development through professionalizing, training, and networking internationally - Chandler,Robin M. (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
On the Global Arts Training Institute, a model for building professionalism in the arts which can be implemented in Bahá’í communities and incorporated into teaching plans to develop the next generation of artists.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Social and economic development; Teaching

Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History - Horton,Chelsea (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
Bridging Bahá'í communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy, and was especially fraught for native believers, who also confronted tensions of intercultural understanding and sometimes outright racism.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/208. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Canada; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Native Americans; United States (documents); Unity

Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth - International Teaching Centre (2003)
Guidance for the Bahá'í world in advancing the process of entry by troops. Part 3 of a series, following "Training Institutes" (1998) and "Training Institutes and Systematic Growth" (2000).
Keywords: Building Momentum (document); Growth; Institute process; International Teaching Centre; Training Institutes

Bulletin Board Archive 1997-2003 - Various (1997)
The first Forum on the site.
For posts 2004-2022, see the archived forum at web.archive.org/web/20231004040701/https://bahai-library.com/forum.
Keywords: 1997; 2003; Archives; Bahá'í Library Online

Burial, Baha'i - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Extracts from writings on Bahá'í burials, cemeteries, and funerals, specifying the type of ring, shroud, coffin, and prayer plus the position of a body in a grave.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also Bahá'í Burial and Related Laws. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Burial (funeral); Death; Prayer; Rings

Burial: in Bahá'í Communities - Rafati,Vahid (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1990)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/burial-v.
Keywords: Burial (funeral)

Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education - Sonda,Nozomu (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Bahá'í perspective on moral education.
Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: 1900; Buddhism; Bushido; Christianity; Confucianism; Cultural diversity; Education; Equality; Ethics; Gender; History (general); Interfaith dialogue; Japan; Martial arts; Materialism; Moral education; Philosophy; Philosophy, Eastern; Samurai; Shintoism; Sports; Traditions; Virtues; Women

Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia - Ahmed,Syed Shakeel (Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, 1995)
Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible early mentions of the Báb.
Keywords: 1840s; 1850; British Residency records; Bushihr, Iran; Báb, The; Bábí history; Mentions; Persecution

Bushrú'í, Mullá Muhammad Husayn - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1990)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bosrui-molla-mohammad-hosayn.
Keywords: 1849; Biography; Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í

Bushrui, Hasan Foadi - Vahman,Fereydun (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2015)
Brief excerpt of a bio of the head of Bahá'í schools in Iran and Turkmenistan, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at iranicaonline.org/articles/foadi-boshrui-hasan>
Keywords: 1899; 1936; Ashgabat; Imprisonments

Business, Development, and the Bahá'í Funds - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (1993)
Compilation by the Office of the Treasurer on the challenge for America, business ventures and development, dependencies of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, fundraising, safeguarding contributions, and earmarking. Includes many supplemental letters from the UHJ.
All of the content of this compilation has either been made public already or is not private information. However, one section has been removed: "Appendix 3: Letters and Policies of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States" is not included in this online version. If you need this section, email us.
Keywords: Auditing; Business; Economics; Funds; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; Social and economic development; United States (documents)

Búsqueda de la Santidad, La - Velasquez,Walter (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
¿Es fácil ser un santo?, cada uno tiene la respuesta, pero no podemos negar que es un reto emocionante y a la vez necesario si queremos transformar y mejorar el mundo.
Author note: Profesor de Educación Secundaria. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de Lima. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.

"By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95 - Alkan,Necati (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Bahá: his commentary on the Quaranic Sura of the Fig (#95).
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36, London School of Economics, England (July 13-15, 2001), online at irfancolloquia.org/36/alkan_fig. See also translation of this Tablet. This article is also available as a formatted PDF, as published in BSR: alkan_fig_olive_bsr10.pdf.
Keywords: Alam-i-Mithal (World of images); Arc of ascent and descent; Barzakh; Bible; Christianity; Commentaries; Cosmology; Fig (symbol); God, Worlds of; Hurqalya (imaginal realm); Ibn Arabi; Intermediary realm; Islam; Israel; Jerusalem, Israel; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Medina, Saudi Arabia; Metaphors and allegories; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Muhammad (Prophet); Olive (symbol); Paran (Mount); Perfect Man (Sufism); Philosophy; Quran; Saudi Arabia; Shaykhism; Soul; Sufism; Tree (metaphor); Turkey; Turkish language; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

By Thy Strengthening Grace: The First One Hundred Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Topeka: 1906-2006 - Herrmann,Duane L. (Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Topeka, 2006)
An initial survey of the first century of the Topeka, Kansas Bahá'í community. Includes a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá unpublished for 100 years.
Keywords: 1906; 2006; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

Cairo to Persia and Back - Tweedy,Owen (Jarrolds Publishers, 1933)
Mention of Tabriz, and the execution of the Báb.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Bábísm; Mentions; Tabríz, Iran

Calendar, Bahá'í, and Rhythms of Worship - Buck,Christopher; Melton,J. Gordon (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Calendars (general)

California Digital Newspaper Collection: Unformatted Partial Archive 1872-2017 - Various (1872)
9,851 uncorrected OCR-ed clippings from the California Digital Newspaper Collection, in Excel or HTML format.
Uncorrected OCR from cdnc.ucr.edu. See also 50,000 Newspaper Clippings from newspapers.com.
Keywords: 1872; 2017; Archives; California, USA; Indexes and catalogues; Newspaper articles

Call into Being: Introduction to a Bahá'í Existentialism - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
An existential approach to the Writings and their Aristotelian substratum provides a bridge between an abstract understanding and the actual exigencies of daily life.
Article also available as formatted PDF. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #44, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October 11-14, 2002). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/44/kluge_being.
Keywords: Irfán Colloquia; Philosophy

Call of the Divine Beloved - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World Centre, 2019)
Seven Tablets revealed before 1863, including a retranslation of the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, the poem Rashh-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above) revealed in the Síyáh-Chál, and four other newly translated Tablets on the mystic journey.
All links below point to bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/call-divine-beloved. Also available as PDF, and as a formatted Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2023). Read a news article about this publication at news.bahai.org/story/1309. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Ama (cloud); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Clouds; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)