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The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN AND EDITED BY SHOGHI EFFENDI
BAHÁ'Í PUBLISHING TRUST WILMETTE, ILLINOIS 1970
COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ'ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE
PART ONE: PRE-REVELATION DAYS CHAPTER I: THE MISSION OF SHAYKH A
H
MAD-I-AHSÁ'Í
FACSIMILE OF THE BÁB'S AUTOGRAPH
TABLETS ADDRESSED TO THE LETTERS OF THE LIVING AND TO BAHÁ'U'LLÁH
INTRODUCTION
PERSIA'S STATE OF DECADENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
A. THE QAJAR SOVEREIGNS
B. THE GOVERNMENT
C. THE PEOPLE
D. THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER
CONCLUSION
BAHÁ'U'LLÁH'S TRIBUTE TO THE BÁB AND HIS CHIEF DISCIPLES
EXTRACTS FROM THE KITAB-IQAN
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF
SH
Í'AH ISLÁM
GENEALOGY OF THE PROPHET
MU
H
AMMAD
THEORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
KEY TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE BÁB
THE QAJAR DYNASTY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
--THE TRANSLATOR.
THE DAWN-BREAKERS
CHAPTER I THE MISSION OF SHAYKH A
H
MAD-I-AHSÁ'Í
CHAPTER II THE MISSION OF SIYYID KAZIM-I-RASHTI
CHAPTER III THE DECLARATION OF THE BÁB'S MISSION
CHAPTER IV MULLA
H
USAYN'S
JOURNEY TO TIHRÁN
CHAPTER V BAHÁ'U'LLÁH'S JOURNEY TO MAZINDARAN
CHAPTER VI MULLA
H
USAYN'S
JOURNEY TO KHURASAN
CHAPTER VII THE BÁB'S PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA
CHAPTER VIII THE BÁB'S STAY IN SHIRAZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER IX THE BÁB'S STAY IN SHIRAZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE (Continued)
CHAPTER X THE BÁB'S SOJOURN IN ISFAHAN
CHAPTER XI THE BÁB'S STAY IN KASHAN
CHAPTER XII THE BÁB'S JOURNEY FROM KASHAN TO TABRIZ
CHAPTER XIII THE BÁB'S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF MAH-KU
CHAPTER XIV MULLA
H
USAYN'S
JOURNEY TO MAZINDARAN
CHAPTER XV TÁHIRIH'S JOURNEY FROM KARBILA TO KHURASAN
CHAPTER XVI THE CONFERENCE OF BADA
SH
T
CHAPTER XVII THE BÁB'S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF CHIHRÍQ
CHAPTER XVIII EXAMINATION OF THE BÁB AT TABRIZ
CHAPTER XIX THE MAZINDARAN UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XX THE MAZINDARAN UPHEAVAL (Continued)
CHAPTER XXI THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF TIHRÁN
CHAPTER XXII THE NAYRÍZ UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XXIII MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁB
CHAPTER XXIV THE ZANJAN UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XXV BAHÁ'U'LLÁH'S JOURNEY TO KARBILA
CHAPTER XXVI ATTEMPT ON THE
SH
ÁH'S LIFE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX LIST OF THE BÁB'S BEST-KNOWN WORKS
WORKS CONSULTED BY THE TRANSLATOR
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PERSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
LARGER PROVINCES OR DISTRICTS
LIST OF MONTHS OF THE MUHAMMADAN CALENDAR
APPENDIX
IN THE NARRATIVE
GLOSSARY
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