APPENDIX



  
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LIST OF THE BÁB'S BEST-KNOWN WORKS

    
1. The Persian Bayán    
2. The Arabic Bayán    
3. The Qayyúmu'l-Asmá    
4. The Sahífatu'l-Haramayn    
5. The Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih    
6. Commentary on the Súrih of Kawthar    
7. Commentary on the Súrih of Va'l-'Asr    
8. The Kitáb-i-Asmá'    
9. Sahífiy-i-Makhdhúmíyyih    
10. Sahífiy-i-Ja'faríyyih    
11. Zíyárat-i-Sháh-'Abdu'l-'Azím    
12. Kitáb-i-Panj-Sha'n    
13. Sahífiy-i-Radavíyyih    
14. Risáliy-i-'Adlíyyih    
15. Risáliy-i-Fiqhíyyih    
16. Risáliy-i-Dhahabíyyih    
17. Kitábu'r-Rúh    
18. Súriy-i-Tawhíd    
19. Lawh-i-Hurúfát    
20. Tafsír-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khássih    
21. Risáliy-i-Furú'-i-'Adlíyyih    
22. Khasá'il-i-Sab'ih    
23. Epistles to Muhammad Sháh and Hájí Mírzá Áqásí    
N.B. The Báb Himself states in one passage of the Persian Bayán that His writings comprise no less than 500,000 verses.

   

WORKS CONSULTED BY THE TRANSLATOR

    
1. Lord Curzon's "Persia and the Persian Question" (2 vols.) (Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1892)    
2. A. L. M. Nicolas' "Essai sur le Shaykhisme I" (Librarie Paul Geuthner, Rue Mazarine, Paris, 1910)    
3. A. L. M. Nicolas' "Essai sur le Shaykhisme II" (Librairie Paul Geuthner, Rue Magazine Paris 1914)    
4. A. L. M. Nicolas' "Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad dit le Báb" (Libraine Critique, Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris, 1908)    
5. Comte de Gobineau's "Les Religions et les Philosophies dans l'Asie Centrale" (Les Editions G. Cres et Cie., Paris, Rue de Sevres, 1928)    
6. Lady Sheil's "Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia" (John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1856)    
7. "The Taríkh-i-Jadíd," by Mírzá Husayn of Hamadán, translated from the Persian by E. G. Browne (The University Press, Cambridge, 1893)    
8. M. Clement Huart's "La Religion de Báb" (Ernat Leroue, Rue Bonaparte, Paris, 1889)    
9. "A Traveller's Narrative," translated from the Persian by E. G. Browne (The University Press, Cambridge, 1891)  
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10. "Le Bayán Persan," traduit du Persan par A. L. M. Nicolas (4 vols.)    
11. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889, articles 6, 12    
12. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1892, articles, 7, 9, 13    
13. "Le Livre des Sept Preuves," traduction par A. L. M. Nicolas (J. Maisonneuve, Rue de Mezieres, Paris, 1902)    
14. E. G. Browne's "A Year amongst the Persians" (Messrs. A. and C. Black, Ltd., London, 1893)    
15. E. G. Browne's "A Literary History of Persia" (4 vols.) (The University Press, Cambridge, 1924)    
16. Lieutenant-Colonel P. M. Sykes' "A History of Persia" (2 vols.) (Macmillan & Co., London, 1915)    
17. Clements R. Markham's "A General Sketch or the History of Persia" (Longman's Green and Co., London, 1874)    
18. R. G. Watson's "History of Persia"    
19. Journal Asiatique, 1806, sixieme serie, tomes 7, 8 ("Bab et les Bábís," by Mírzá Kázim Big)    
20. M. J. Balteau's "Le Bábisme" (Lecture faite par M. J. Balteau, membre titulaire, a la seance du 22 mai, 1896. Academie Nationale de Reims. Imprimerie de l'Academie, Reims, N. Monce, Directeur; 24 Rue Pluche, 1897)    
21. Gabriel Sacy's "Du Regne de Dieu et de l'Agneau connu sous le nom de Bábisme" (12 Juin, 1902)    
22. J. E. Esslemont's "Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era" (The Bahá'í Publishing Committee, New York, 1927)    
23. Muhammad Mustafá's "Risaliy-i-Amríyyih" (Imprimerie Sa'adih, Cairo, Egypt)    
24. E. G. Browne's "Materials for the Study of the Bábí Religion" (The University Press, Cambridge, 1918)    
25. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's manuscripts and notes (unpublished)    
26. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's "The Kashfu'l-Ghitá" (Ishqábád, Russia)    
27. M. H. Phelps' "Life and Teachings of Abbás Effendi" (G. P. Putnam's Sons London, 1912)    
28. T. K. Cheyne's "The Reconciliation of Races and Religions" (Adam and Charles Black, 1914)    
29. Sir Francis Younghusband's "The Gleam" (John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1923)    
30. Samandar's manuscript (unpublished)    
31. E. G. Browne's "The Persian Revolution" (The University Press, Cambridge, 1910)    
32. The Christian Commonwealth, January 22, 1913.    
33. G. K. Nariman's "Persia and Parsis," Part I (The Írán League, Bombay, 1925)    
34. Valentine Chirol's "The Middle Eastern Question"    
35. J. Estlin Carpenter's "Comparative Religion"    
36. E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series, vol. 15 (Luzac & Co., London, 1910)    
37. "The Nasikhu't-Tavarikh" (Qajarayyih volume), by Mírzá Taqí Mustawfí, Lisanu'l-Mulk, known as Sipihr (Lithograph edition, Tihrán)    
38. Hájí Mu'inu's-Saltanih's "History" (manuscript)    
39. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's "Kitábu'-Fará'íd" (Cairo edition)    

Works of Bahá'u'lláh:

    
"Kitáb-i-Íqán" (Cairo edition, 1900) Kitáb-i-Íqán  
"Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" (Cairo edition, 1920) Epistle to the Son of the Wolf  
"Ishráqát" (manuscript) Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
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"Tablets to the Kings" (manuscript) The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh: For the Lawh-i-Sultán see vol. 2, ch. 16, and vol. 3, ch. 9. For the Tablet to Napoleon III see vol. 2, pp. 368-9, and vol. 3, pp. 110-15. For the Tablet to Czar Alexander II see vol. 3, pp. 118-23. For the Tablet to Queen Victoria see vol. 3, pp. 123-8.  

Works of the Báb:

    
"Sahifatu'l-Haramayn" (manuscript)    
"Qayyúmu'l-Asmá" [(manuscript)]    
"Persian Bayán" [(manuscript)]    
"Arabic Bayán" [(manuscript)]    
"Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih" [(manuscript)]    

Works of 'Abdu'l-Bahá:

    
"Some Answered Questions" (Bahá'í Publishing Society, Chicago, 1918) Some Answered Questions  
"Memorials of the Faithful" (Haifa edition, 1924)    

N.B. For a general and fuller bibliography, refer to:

    
1. Bahá'í World, vol. iii, part 3    
2. A. L. M. Nicolas' "Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad dit le Báb," pp. 22–53    
3. E. G. Browne's "Materials for the Study of the Bábí Religion," pp. 175–243    
4. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1892, pp. 433–99, 637–710    
5. "A Traveller's Narrative," pp. 173–211

   

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PERSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

    
"There is no fixed principle or permanence in the administrative subdivisions of Persia. Their separation or combination is regulated by the ability or reputation of their governors, and by the scope that may be conceded thereto by the confidence or the fears of the sovereign…. It should further be remarked that no principle, geographical, ethnographical, or political, appears to be adopted in determining the borders and sizes of the various divisions, which vary in extent from a province larger than the whole of England, to a small and decayed town with its immediate surroundings."    

LARGER PROVINCES OR DISTRICTS

    
Administrative Division Capital
Ádhirbayján Tabríz
Khurásán and Sistan Mashhad
Tihrán and Dependencies Tihrán
Fárs Shíráz
Isfahán and Dependencies Isfahán
Kirmán and Persian Balúchistán     Kirmán
Arabistán Shúshtar
Gílán and Talísh Rasht
Mázindarán Ámul
Yazd and Dependencies Yazd
Persian Gulf Littoral and Islands Búshihr

(From Lord Curzon's "Persia and the Persian Question," vol. 1, p. 437.)


    

BRITISH AND RUSSIAN ENVOYS TO THE COURT OF PERSIA, 1814–1855

    
1814 November      Mr. Morier and Mr. Ellis.
1815 July Sir Henry Willock.
1826 September Sir John Macdonald.
1830 June Sir John Campbell.
1835 November Sir Henry Ellis.
1836 August Sir John McNeill.
1842 August Sir Justin Sheil.
1847 October Colonel Farrant (acting).
1849 November Sir Justin Sheil (returned from leave).
1853 February Mr. Taylor Thomson (acting).
1855 April Hon. A. C. Murray.
1817 August General Yermoloff.
1819 April M. Mazarowitch.
1823 January M. Ambourger (acting).
1824 July M. Mazarowitch (returned from leave).
1825 September M. Amboureer.
1826 July Prince Menschikoff.
1828 M. Grebayadoff.
1831 Prince Dolgorouki.
1833 February Count Simonich.
1839 Count Meden.
1846 January Prince Dologorouki.
1854 September M. Anitchkoff.

(From Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., "A General Sketch of the History of Persia," Appendix B. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1874.)

 
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LIST OF MONTHS OF THE MUHAMMADAN CALENDAR

    
Muharram
30  
 days
Safar
29 "
Rabí'u'l-Avval
30 "
Rabí'u'th-Thání
29 "
Jamádiyu'-Avval
30 "
Jamádiy'th-Thání       
29 "
Rajab
30 "
Sha'bán
29 "
Ramadán
30 "
Shavvál
29 "
Dhi'l-Qádih
30 "
Dhi'l-Hijjih 29-30 "

Muharram 1,
1
 AH            July 16,     622 A.D. Friday.
Muharram 1, 1260   " January 22, 1844   "     Monday.
Muharram 1, 1261   " January 10, 1845   "     Friday.
Muharram 1, 1262   " December     30, 1845   "     Tuesday.
Muharram 1, 1263   " December 20, 1846   "     Sunday.
Muharram 1, 1264   " December 9, 1847   "     Thursday.
Muharram 1, 1265   " November 27, 1848   "     Monday.
Muharram 1, 1266   " November 17, 1849   "     Saturday.
Muharram 1, 1267   " November 6, 1850   "     Wednesday.
Muharram 1, 1268   " October 27, 1851   "     Monday.
Muharram 1, 1269   " October 15, 1852   "     Friday.
Muharram 1, 1270   " October 4, 1853   "     Tuesday.

(From "Wüstenfeld-Mahler'sche Vegleichungs-Tabellen," Leipzig, 1926.)

   

GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE PROPER NAMES TRANSLITERATED IN THE NARRATIVE

  
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The "í" added to the name of a town signifies "belonging to"; thus Shírází means native of Shíráz.

N.B. The spelling of the Oriental words and proper names used in this book is according to the system of transliteration established at one of the International Oriental Congresses.