
The Babi Religion
Edward Granville Browne(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
436 pages
978-1-107-41238-5 (ISBN)
Description
Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926) was a British orientalist renowned for his work on Persia. In this book, which was first published in 1918, Browne provided readers with access to previously unpublished material on the Babi religious movement, which came to prominence in Persia between 1844 and 1852, before continuing in exile in the Ottoman Empire. This material was gathered by the author as a result of the development of personal relationships with key figures in the movement, such as Subh-i-Azal and Baha'u'llah, from 1890 onwards. Prior to publication, it was translated into English, where necessary, and properly organised to increase intelligibility. This is a highly informative text that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of Babism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
521 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-41238-5 (9781107412385)
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The Babi Religion
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The Babi Religion
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01/1920
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Introduction; 1. An epitome of Babi and Baha'i history to AD 1898, translated from the original Arabic of Mirza Muhammad Jawad of Qazwin; 2. Ibrahim George Khayru'llah and the Baha'i propaganda in America; 3. Further notes on Babi, Azali and Baha'i literature, oriental and occidental, printed, lithographed and manuscript; 4. Five unpublished contemporary documents, Persian and English, relating to the Bab's examination at Tabriz in 1848; 5. An Austrian officer's account of the cruelties practised on the Babis who suffered in the great persecution of 1852; 6. Two unpublished contemporary state papers bearing on the removal of the Babis from Baghdad to Turkey in Europe, dated May 10, 1862; 7. Persecutions of Babis in 1888-91 at Isfahan and Yazd; 8. Account of the death and burial of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal on April 29, 1912; 9. List of the descendants of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, the father both of Baha'u'llah and of Subh-i-Azal; 10. Thirty heretical doctrines ascribed to the Babis in the Ihqaqu'l-Haqq of Aqa Muhammad Taqi of Hamadan; 11. Selected poems by Qurratu'l-'Ayn and Nabil; Index; List of other works by the author of this book.