The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days
THE BÁB The Herald of the Day of Days
by H. M. BALYUZI
GEORGE RONALD OXFORD
First published 1973 by George Ronald 46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2DN Reprinted 1973 and 1974 Paper edition 1975 Reprinted 1994
© H. M. BALYUZI 1973
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ISBN 0 85398 054 3
EXTRACTS FROM Nabíl, The Dawn-Breakers Copyright © 1932 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By Copyright © 1944, 1971 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States WORLD ORDER, A Bahá'í Magazine Copyright © 1966 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States
Printed by The Cromwell Press, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8PH
TO THE SHINING MEMORY OF A LONE AND NOBLE WOMAN WHO SUFFERED IN SILENCE FOR FORTY YEARS THIS STORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND IS DEDICATED
H. M. Balyuzi
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Contents
PROLOGUE
I
II
The Call to a New Day
The Conference of Badasht
The Episode of Shaykh Ṭabarsí
The Year 1850
The Episode of Nayríz
The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
The Episode of Zanján
EPILOGUE
FOOTNOTES:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES
Prologue I and II
Chapter 1: All Hail Shíráz
Chapter 2: He Whom They Sought
Chapter 3: Ṭihrán
Chapter 4: The First Martyr
Chapter 5: Pilgrimage to Mecca
Chapter 6: Forces of Opposition Arrayed
Chapter 7: Belief and Denial
Chapter 8: The City of `Abbás the Great
Chapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation
Chapter 10: Where the Aras Flows
Chapter 11: The Grievous Mountain
Chapter 12: That Midsummer Noon
Chapter 13: The Dawn-breakers
Epilogue
Appendix 1: The Siege of Karbilá
Appendix 2: The Martyrdom of the Báb
Appendix 3: Prelude to the Episode of Nayríz
Appendix 4: The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
Appendix 5: The Episode of Zanján
Appendix 6: Lord Palmerston's Enquiry
Appendix 7: Myth-Making
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes:
