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The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation

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• Nabil

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• US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932 edition
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• 676

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[Frontispiece] TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 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 QÁJÁR SOVEREIGNS B. THE GOVERNMENT C. THE PEOPLE D. THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER CONCLUSION BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S TRIBUTE TO THE BÁB AND HIS CHIEF DISCIPLES DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SHÍ’AH ISLÁM GENEALOGY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD THEORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY KEY TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE BÁB THE QÁJÁR DYNASTY ACKNOWLEDGMENT [Introductory Note] THE DAWN-BREAKERS CHAPTER I: THE MISSION OF SHAYKH AHMAD-I-AHSÁ’Í CHAPTER II: THE MISSION OF SIYYID KÁZIM-I-RASHTÍ CHAPTER III: THE DECLARATION OF THE BÁB’S MISSION CHAPTER IV: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO TIHRÁN CHAPTER V: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S JOURNEY TO MÁZINDARÁN CHAPTER VI: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO KHURÁSÁN CHAPTER VII: THE BÁB’S PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA CHAPTER VIII: THE BÁB’S STAY IN SHÍRÁZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE CHAPTER IX: THE BÁB’S STAY IN SHÍRÁZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE (Continued) CHAPTER X: THE BÁB’S SOJOURN IN ISFÁHÁN CHAPTER XI: THE BÁB’S STAY IN KÁSHÁN CHAPTER XII: THE BÁB’S JOURNEY FROM KÁSHÁN TO TABRIZ CHAPTER XIII: THE BÁB’S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF MÁH-KÚ CHAPTER XIV: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO MÁZINDARÁN CHAPTER XV: TÁHIRIH’S JOURNEY FROM KARBILÁ TO KHURÁSÁN CHAPTER XVI: THE CONFERENCE OF BADASHT CHAPTER XVII: THE BÁB’S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF CHIHRÍQ CHAPTER XVIII: EXAMINATION OF THE BÁB AT TABRIZ CHAPTER XIX: THE MÁZINDARÁN UPHEAVAL CHAPTER XX: THE MÁZINDARÁN UPHEAVAL (Continued) CHAPTER XXI: THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF TIHRÁN CHAPTER XXII: THE NAYRÍZ UPHEAVAL CHAPTER XXIII: MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁB CHAPTER XXIV: THE ZANJÁN UPHEAVAL CHAPTER XXV: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S JOURNEY TO KARBILÁ CHAPTER XXVI: ATTEMPT ON THE SHÁH’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 BRITISH AND RUSSIAN ENVOYS TO THE COURT OF PERSIA, 1814–1855 LIST OF MONTHS OF THE MUHAMMADAN CALENDAR APPENDIX: GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE PROPER NAMES TRANSLITERATED IN THE NARRATIVE GLOSSARY

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