| Biographies |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| A Note on Transliteration |
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| Preface |
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1 The Bab: A Sun in a Night Not Followed by Dawn |
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1 | (69) |
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The Bab Discontinues his Formal Education and Begins his Mercantile Work |
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9 | (6) |
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Epiphany, Piety, and Intuition |
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15 | (3) |
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The Bab's Journey to the Sacred Shrine Cities of' Iraq |
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18 | (4) |
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The Bab's Return to Shiraz and Marriage |
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22 | (3) |
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The Declaration of the Bab's Cause: The Birth of a New Religion |
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25 | (9) |
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After the Declaration of the Bab's Cause |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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The Bab's Eventful Journey to Mecca |
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36 | (7) |
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The Bab's Return from Pilgrimage and the Events of Shiraz |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (3) |
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From Isfahan to Azarbaijan |
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49 | (8) |
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57 | (8) |
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The Return to Chihriq Prison |
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65 | (2) |
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The Execution of the Bab in Tabriz |
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67 | (10) |
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77 | (2) |
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2 The Worldview of the Bab: The Reconstruction of Religion and Society |
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79 | (2) |
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Reconstruction of the Idea of Religion: Dialectical Logic and Historical Consciousness |
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81 | (3) |
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Reconstruction of the Idea of the Human Being and Human Identity |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (12) |
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Equality of the Believers and Canceling of the Authority of the Clerics |
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88 | (1) |
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Centrality of the Word and the Rejection of Miracles |
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89 | (1) |
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Reconstruction of Heaven, Hell, and the Day of Resurrection |
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90 | (1) |
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Reconstruction of the Concept of the Occultation and Return of the Imam |
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91 | (2) |
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Equal Rights, Social Justice, and Ethics |
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93 | (1) |
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Station of Women, Rejection of Patriarchy |
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94 | (1) |
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The Ethical Maxim: For the Sake of God |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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Development and Modernization: Perfection and Refinement |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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3 The Shaping of the Babi Community: Merchants, Artisans, and Others |
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101 | (50) |
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102 | (8) |
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110 | (19) |
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129 | (6) |
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Converts from the Government Ranks |
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135 | (9) |
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The Babi Community: An Assessment |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (3) |
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4 From a Primal Point to an Archetypal Book: Literary Trajectories Through Select Writings of the Bab (1819-50) |
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151 | (84) |
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The Writings of the Bab, Some Preliminary Observations |
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153 | (4) |
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Bayan/Mubin ("Crystal Clear") yet "Abstruse, Bewilderingly Abstruse (sa'b mustasa'b)": Exegetical Clarity and Esoteric Depth in the Writings of the Bab |
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157 | (1) |
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The Shahada (Testimony of Faith) and its Alphabetical Mysteries |
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158 | (2) |
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Esoterica, the Abstruse, Sciences of the Unseen ('ulum al-ghayb) |
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160 | (4) |
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The Style, Grammar, and Syntax of the Bab |
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164 | (4) |
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Personal Letters, "Scriptural Tablets" (Lawh, pi. Alwah) |
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168 | (4) |
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Letters or Scriptural Tablets |
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169 | (3) |
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The Genesis of the New Shari'a (Laws), the Khasa'il-i Sab'a (mid. 1845) |
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172 | (2) |
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The All-Comprehensive Bayan (Exposition) of the Bab |
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174 | (1) |
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The Five Modes of Revelation |
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174 | (3) |
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Devotional Writings of the Bab |
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177 | (6) |
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Tafsir Surat al-Hamd (Praise) or al-Fatiha ("The Opening," Q. 1) |
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183 | (2) |
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"We indeed proffered thee al-Kawthar (The Abundance)." |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (3) |
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Commentaries on Hadith Texts by the Bab |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (2) |
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Khutbas, Literary Orations |
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193 | (2) |
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The Khutba al-Jidda (Literary Oration Nigh Jeddah) |
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195 | (1) |
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The Khutba on `ilm al-huruf' (On the "Science of the Letters") |
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196 | (1) |
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Select Treatises (Risala, pi. Rasa'il), Epistles (Sahifa, pl. Suhuf) and Other Scriptural Communications |
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197 | (1) |
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The Risala fi'l-nubuwwa al-khassa (A Treatise on the Specific Prophethood of Muhammad) |
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198 | (1) |
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Epistles, Treatises, Booklets (Sahifa, pi. Suhuf) |
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198 | (9) |
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The Persian Dala'il-i sab'a (Seven Proofs) |
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207 | (1) |
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The Arabic al-dala'il al-sab'a (Seven Proofs) |
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208 | (1) |
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Kitab al-asma'/Kull shay' (The Book of the Divine Names, the "All Things") |
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209 | (1) |
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Kitab-i panj sha'n (The Book expressive of Five Modes of Revelation) |
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210 | (2) |
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The (Lawh-i) Haykal al-din ("Temple of Religion") (1266/early-mid-1850) |
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212 | (1) |
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The Late Messianism of the Bab |
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213 | (1) |
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The Wasiyyat-nama (Will and Testament) Attributed to the Bab |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (18) |
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5 Interpretation as Revelation: The Qur'an Commentary of the Bab, Sayyid `Ali' Muhammad Shirazi (1819--50) |
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235 | (40) |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (3) |
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245 | (21) |
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245 | (10) |
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255 | (11) |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (7) |
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6 The Social Basis of the Babi Upheavals in Iran (1848--53): A Preliminary Analysis |
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275 | (38) |
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276 | (5) |
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The Shaykh Tabarsi Upheaval: 1848--49 |
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281 | (9) |
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Total Number of Babis at Shaykh Tabarsi |
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283 | (3) |
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Rural/Urban Origin of Babi Participants at Shaykh Tabarsi |
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286 | (4) |
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The Nayriz Upheavals of 1850 and 1853 |
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290 | (4) |
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Occupations of Babi Participants in the Two Nayriz Upheavals |
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291 | (1) |
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Origins of Participants at the Two Nayriz Upheavals |
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292 | (1) |
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Total Numbers of Babi Participants at the Two Nayriz Upheavals |
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293 | (1) |
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The Zanjan Upheaval: 1850--51 |
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294 | (3) |
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Occupations of Babi Participants at Zanjan |
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295 | (1) |
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Origins of Babi Participants at Zanjan |
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295 | (1) |
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Total Numbers of Babi Participants at Zanjan |
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296 | (1) |
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The Tehran Episodes of 1850 and 1852 |
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297 | (2) |
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The Seven Martyrs of Tehran, 1850 |
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297 | (1) |
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The Tehran Executions of 1852 |
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298 | (1) |
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Occupations of the Babis Executed in Tehran in 1852 |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (14) |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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The Social Basis of Babism |
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305 | (8) |
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7 The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848--50 |
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313 | (64) |
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Babi Clashes with the State: Neither Social Protest nor Offensive Holy War |
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316 | (4) |
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Review of the Primary Sources of the Babi Upheavals |
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320 | (3) |
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An Outline of the Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, September 1848--May 1849 |
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323 | (4) |
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The Objectives of the Babis at Shaykh Tabarsi |
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327 | (11) |
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The Calm between Storms: May 1849--May 1850 |
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338 | (4) |
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The Nayriz Conflict of May--June 1850 |
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342 | (5) |
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An Analysis of the Objectives of Vahid and the Babis in Nayriz |
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347 | (6) |
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Hujjat and the `Ulama' of Zanjan |
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353 | (1) |
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The Zanjan Episode of May 1850--January 1851 |
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354 | (9) |
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An Analysis of the Objectives of Hujjat and the Zanjani Babis |
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363 | (7) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (6) |
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8 From Babi Movement to the Baha'I Faith: Some Observations About the Evolution of a New Religion |
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377 | (30) |
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Some General Observations on the Bab's Sacred Law |
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379 | (3) |
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Messianism in the Bab's Writings |
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382 | (3) |
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The Later Development of the Babi Movement |
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385 | (2) |
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Baha'u'llah After the Bab's Martyrdom |
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387 | (2) |
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Babi Messianism and the Question of Leadership |
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389 | (2) |
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Some General Observations on Baha'u'llah's Sacred Law |
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391 | (3) |
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Some Further Observations on the Baha'i Faith's Evolution from the Babi Movement |
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394 | (8) |
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395 | (1) |
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Ritual Impurity (najasah) |
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396 | (2) |
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Holy War and Religious Legitimization of Violence |
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398 | (4) |
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402 | (3) |
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405 | (2) |
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9 "The Hand of God is Not Chained Up": Notes On Two Salient Themes in the Prose Writings of Tahirih Qurratu'L-'Ayn |
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407 | (16) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (7) |
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Love, Friendship, and Forbearance |
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416 | (3) |
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419 | (4) |
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10 Babi-Baha'I Books and Believers in E. G. Browne's a Year Amongst the Persians |
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423 | (26) |
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424 | (3) |
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Terminology and Identifications |
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427 | (1) |
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427 | (3) |
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430 | (7) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (5) |
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437 | (3) |
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440 | (5) |
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445 | (1) |
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The Texts Browne Encountered in Iran |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (2) |
| Index |
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