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Mark Towfiq
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)