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'ABÁ-BASÍR Son of a Zanján martyr and himself decapitated for his faith in that city.
ABHÁ PEN The Pen of the Most Glorious; that is, the power of the Holy Spirit manifested through the Prophet's writings.
'ABDU'L-'AZÍZ        son of
'ABDU'L-SALÁM A famous Muslim ecclesiastic of the Sunni sect.
ÁBÍ-'ABDI'LLÁH Arabic term used in reference to Imám Jaafar Sadiq, the sixth Shí'ah Imám. (83-148 A.H.)
ABÚ-'ALÍ SÍNÁ (980-1037 A.D.) or Avicenna. An Arab physician and philosopher born in Persia, known in the West as the Hippocrates and the Aristotle of the Arabs.
ABÚ-DHAR Abú-Dhar Ghifárí, an illiterate shepherd who became an esteemed disciple of Muhammad.
ABÚ-JA'FAR-I-TÚSÍ     AND
JÁBIR Two Muslims who like Mufaddal handed down traditions from Imám Sadiq.
ABU'L-QÁSIM-I-KÁSHÍ A learned Bábí from Káshán who was murdered in Baghdád by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá.
ABÚ-NASR Abú-Nasr Farabi, Persian philosopher and writer who lived about the 4th Century, A. H.
'ÁD A powerful Arabian tribe, destroyed, like Thamúd, for its idolatry.		184
AKHTAR 'The Star': A Persian reformist newspaper published in Constantinople and influenced by the Azalís.
'AKKÁ The prison city to which Bahá'u'lláh was finally exiled. He arrived there August 31, 1868.
ASHRAF Áqá Mírzá Ashraf of Ábádih martyred in Isfahán, October, 1888.
ASKELON A coast town in Southern Palestine. (Judges 14, 19)
(The) ASSEMBLY That is, the Assembly of the representatives of the people; the Parliament.
'AYNU'L-BAQAR An ancient spring in 'Akká.
'AZÍM A believer to whom the Báb revealed the name and the advent of Bahá'u'lláh. (God Passes By p. 28)
BÁB The Herald of the Faith (1819-1850).
BÁBÍS Followers of the Báb.
BADÍ ("Wonderful") Áqá Buzurg of Khurásán, bearer of the Tablet to the Sháh (See God Passes By p. 199).
BALÁL      'SÍN' AND 'SHÍN' The Ethiopian slave who was one of the very early converts to Islám. The Prophet gave him the task of calling the Faithful to prayer, and he became the first Mu'adhdhin of Islám. As he stammered and mispronounced the Arabic letter 'Shín' as 'Sín', he could not give the call correctly, but the perfection of his heart atoned for the fault of his tongue.
BAYÁN The chief doctrinal work of the Founder of the Bábí Dispensation.		185
BOOK OF FÁTIMIH The book revealed by Gabriel for Fátimih as consolation after her Father's death and believed by Shí'ah Islám to be in the Qá'im's possession. Identified with Hidden Words.
CARMEL The mountain in Israel where Bahá'u'lláh pitched His tent and where the Shrine of the Báb is situated.
CRIMSON ARK Each of the past Dispensations was referred to as an "Ark." This refers to the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh.
CRIMSON BOOK Bahá'u'lláh's Book of the Covenant. See God Passes By, p. 238.
DAYYÁN Title given by the Báb to Asadu'lláh of Khoy, a devoted and distinguished believer. Was the third to recognize Bahá'u'lláh's true station before His Declaration. Murdered in Baghdád by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá. (See The Dawn-Breakers, p. 303.)
DHI'L-JAWSHAN An Arabian term meaning "clad in armor" applied to Mullá 'Abdu'llah the arch-killer of Imám Husayn.
FARMÁN-FARMÁ Title of Prince Firaydún Mírzá, the son of Prince 'Abbás Mírzá, and brother of Muhammad Sháh.
FIRST LEAF OF PARADISE Quotation is from Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet "Words of Paradise" which has eleven numbered sections, each called a "leaf."
HÁDÍ (Same as Mírzá Hádí)		186
HÁJÍ MUHAMMAD-RIDÁ A highly respected Bahá'í of Ishqábád, martyred 1889.
HÁJÍ NASÍR (of Qazvín) A merchant; full name Hájí Muhammad-Nasír; martyred at Rasht in 1300 A.H. (1882-83).
HÁJÍ SHAYKH MUHAMMAD 'ALÍ A Bahá'í merchant from Qazvín, Persia, known as Nabíl Ibn-i-Nabíl; he lived in Istanbul from 1882 and committed suicide in that city on the 9th of Rajab 1307 (March 1, 1890).
SIYYID JAVÁD known as KARBILÁ'Í Brought up in Karbilá, a disciple of Kázim Rashti's, and a friend of the Báb's great uncle, he met the Báb as a child and later through Mullá 'Alí Bastammi [Bastámí] became a Bábí. He recognized Bahá'u'lláh before His Declaration, in Baghdád, and was known because of his sanctity as 'Siyyih-i-Núr'. He passed away in Kirmán, Persia.
HÁMÁN Chief Minister of Pharaoh.
HASAN AND HUSAYN Two brothers, honored and wealthy citizens of Isfahán, Siyyids, who were martyred as Bahá'ís at the instance of the Imám-Jum'ih of that city.
HASAN-I-MÁZINDARÁNÍ Full name, Muhammad Hasan, a believer from the ancestral province of Bahá'u'lláh. He is a son of Mírzá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, a paternal uncle of Bahá'u'lláh.
HAYDAR-'ALÍ A devoted Bahá'í who, under Bahá'u'lláh and then 'Abdu'l-Bahá travelled widely in the service of the Cause and suffered much persecution. Died in Haifa, 1920, A.D. Author of the interesting narrative Bahjatus Sudour [Bihjatu's Sudúr].
HILL AND HARAM Haram means 'sanctuary'. It refers to two areas near the Kaaba in which blood revenge was forbidden, and also to four months in the Arabic Calendar to which the same prohibition applied. Hill means the unprotected area and the unprotected months. The quotation from the poem here made (p. 17) means "the judge has condemned me to death both in Haram and Hill".		187
HISÁMU'S-SALTANIH Title of Prince Murad Mírzá, grandson of Fath-Alí Sháh.
HÚD A prophet sent to the tribe of 'ÁD, which was descended from Shem and was highly civilized. He summoned the people to the worship of One God, but was rejected. (Qur'án 7, 63-70 etc.)
HUSAYN (Son of 'Alí) The third Imám (A.H. 61)
IBN-I-ANAS AND ASBAHÍ Two Arab zealots who directly took part in the murder of Imám Husayn.
IBN-I-MAS'ÚD 'Abdu'lláh Ibn-i-Mas'úd, one of the early Arab Muslims at the time of Muhammad.
IMÁM-JUM'IH OF ISFAHÁN Mír Muhammad Husayn, "the She-Serpent" (successor in this post to his brother Mír Siyyid Muhammad who befriended the Báb--see Dawn-Breakers). He, with "the Wolf," Shaykh Muhammad Báqir, persecuted the Bahá'ís and brought about the death of Mírzá Muhammad Hasan and Mírzá Muhammad Husayn (The King and the Beloved of Martyrs), who were decapitated together.
IMÁMS Title of the twelve Shí'ah successors of Muhammad.		188
ISFAHÁN An important city in central Persia.
KAABA Literally, "a cube." The cube-like building in the center of the Mosque at Mecca, which contains the Black Stone.
KAMÁL PÁSHÁ One of the Turkish dignitaries at the Court of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz.
KÁZIM Mullá Kázim martyred in Isfahán. (See Traveller's Narrative, p. 400 note).
KHIDR Name of a legendary immortal saint. (See Qur'án 18.62 note).
KHUTBIY-I-TUTÚNJÍYYIH Title of a sermon delivered by Imám 'Alí.
KITÁB-I-AQDAS The Most Holy Book, the chief work of Bahá'u'lláh containing His Law and constituting the Charter of His New World. (1873).
KITÁB-I-ÍQÁN The chief religious work of Bahá'u'lláh, revealed in Baghdád, 1862.
LAVÁSÁN A rural district lying to the east of Tihrán.
LAWH-I-FU'ÁD A Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh and addressed to Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar, in which reference is made to Fu'ád Páshá, after his death.
LAWH-I-RA'ÍS Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Grand Vizir 'Alí Pashá.		189
LESSER PEACE The outward Peace which the nations will establish by their own efforts. Distinguished from The Most Great Peace.
LUQMÁN A famous legendary figure noted for his wisdom. (See Qur'án, Súrih 31.)
MA'ÁNÍ A reference to the Imáms as the repositories of the inner meanings of the Word of God.
MASJID-I-SHÁH A great Mosque in Tihrán built by Fath-'Alí Sháh.
MÁZINDARÁN A province in northern Persia.
MÍRZÁ AHMAD Alias, Mullá 'Abdu'l-Karim of Qazvín, a devoted follower of the Báb and of Bahá'u'lláh and amanuensis of the Báb, who before His death sent through him His gifts and effects to Bahá'u'lláh.
MÍRZÁ 'ALÍ-AKBAR A cousin (paternal) of the Báb and intimate friend of Dayyán. Murdered by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá.
MÍRZÁ HÁDÍ DAWLAT-ÁBÁDÍ A noted divine from Isfahán who became a prominent follower of Mírzá Yahyá, later identified as his successor.
MÍRZÁ HUSAYN KHÁN, MUSHÍRU'D-DAWLIH. The Persian Ambassador at the Sublime Porte through whose influence Bahá'u'lláh was transferred from Baghdad to Constantinople. (God Passes By, pp. 146, 159).
MÍRZÁ MÚSÁ A faithful brother of Bahá'u'lláh.		190
MÍRZÁ MUSTAFÁ (of Naráq) One of the followers of the Báb who was executed in Tabriz. (See Memorials of the Faithful, pp. 148-50.)
MÍRZÁ RIDÁ-QULÍ One of Bahá'u'lláh's brothers who could not recognize His station.
MÍRZÁ SAFÁ Hájí Mírzá Hasan-i-Safá, an accomplice of Mírzá Husayn Khán, in active hostility towards Bahá'u'lláh in Constantinople.
MÍRZÁ VAHHÁB-I-KHURÁSÁNÍ Also known as Mírzá Javád, a prominent early believer who lived during the ministry of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
MÍRZÁ YAHYÁ Younger half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh and His implacable enemy.
THE MOSQUE OF AQSÁ The name by which the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem is referred to in the Qur'án.
MUFADDAL A devoted follower of Imám Sadiq, who has handed down many Muslim traditions from the AMAM.
MULLÁ 'ALÍ-JÁN A believer of Mázindarán: martyred in Tihrán. (God Passes By, p. 201)
MULLÁ BÁQIR A native of Tabríz and a man of great learning, became a Letter of the Living. Was with Bahá'u'lláh in Núr, Mázindarán and Badasht. Outlived all other Letters of the Living.
NAJAF-'ALÍ One of the 44 survivors of Zanján who were brought to Tihrán and all of them executed save Najaf 'Alí, on whom an officer took pity. But some years later he was arrested again and beheaded. (See God Passes By, p. 178)		191
NAYRÍZ A town in southern Persia, near Shíráz.
NÍYÁVARÁN A village in which there is a royal residence.
PEOPLE OF BAHÁ Followers of Bahá'u'lláh.
PRINCE SHUJÁ'U'D-DAWLIH A Persian Prince attached to the Embassy at Istanbul during reign of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz.
QÁ'IM Lit. 'He Who shall arise.' The Promised One of Islám.
QÁRÚN A cousin of Moses, who having believed in Moses, turned against Him and with his fellow-rebels was destroyed by the wrath of God. (See Numbers Ch. 16).
QAYYÚM-I-ASMÁ Explanation of the "Súrih of Joseph": the first work written by the Báb.
RASHT A city in the Province of Gílán in northern Persia.
SÁD-I-ISFAHÁNÍ Refers to Sadru'l-'Ulamá of Isfahán, a follower of Mírzá Yahyá.
SADRAH Reference to the Sadratu'l-Muntahá or the Burning Bush: 'Him Who taught it,' i.e., God Himself.
SADRATU'L-MUNTAHÁ The name of a tree planted by the Arabs in ancient times at the end of a road to serve as a guide. As a symbol, a Manifestation of God.		192
SÁLIH An Arabian prophet of later date than Húd, who gave a similar summons. He, too, was cast out by the people.
SALVÁN (SILOAM) A spring in Mecca.
SARDÁR 'AZÍZ KHÁN He was present with the Sháh's troops attacking Bábís at Zanján. (See Traveller's Narrative, p. 181 note.) During his tenure as governor of Tabríz several believers were executed in that city.
SHAYKH "The Son of the Wolf," Shaykh Muhammad Taqí, known as Aqa Najafi, a priest of Isfahán whose father had caused the death of the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of the Martyrs.
SHAYKH-I-AHSÁ'Í Shaykh Ahmad, precursor of the Báb.
SHÍ'IH One of the two great sects of Islám, which is dominant in Persia.
SHIMÍRÁN (gate of) A district in the northern section of Tihrán.
SINAI The mountain where the Law was revealed by God to Moses
SIYYID (OF FINDIRISK) A noted Persian poet and thinker better known as Mír-Abu'l Qásim Findiriski, who lived in the 16th Century, A.D.
SIYYID ASHRAF-I-ZANJÁNÍ Martyred with 'Abá Básir (See God Passes By, p. 199 and Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 135)		193
SIYYID IBRÁHÍM Surnamed 'Khalil' by the Báb; a deeply trusted disciple of the Báb from the earliest days. Later in Baghdád recognized the true station of Bahá'u'lláh, Who protected him against Yahyá's designs.
SIYYID ISMÁ'ÍL A believer from the time of the Báb, who sacrificed his life for love of Bahá'u'lláh, and was given the title of 'Zabih'.
SIYYID MUHAMMAD 'The Anti-Christ of the Bahá'í Revelation' who instigated the villainies of Mírzá Yahyá.
SÚRATU'L-HAYKAL A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, at the end of which followed The Tablets to the Kings, the whole being written in the shape of a five-pointed star, the symbol of man.
SÚRIH OF TAWHÍD The name of the first Súrih of the Qur'án; in which the oneness of God is explained.
TABARSÍ A shrine lying 14 miles southeast of Bárfurúsh, where Quddús Husayn and many leading Bábís suffered martyrdom.
THAMÚD An ancient idolatrous tribe of Arabs, who dwelt in caves, (Qur'án, 7.71, 9.71).
TIHRÁN The capital city of Persia and birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh.
TOWA A holy vale in Sinai. (Qur'án 20; 10, 11, Exod. 3; I Kgs. 198.)
ZAMZAM (well of) A well in Mecca regarded by the Muslims as sacred.		194
ZANJÁN A town in western Persia, the scene of the martyrdom of 1800 Bábís led by Mullá Muhammad 'Alí, surnamed Hujjat.
-Prepared by George Townshend (with the help of Bahá'í scholars in Persia)