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Necati Alkan
- “By the Fig and the Olive”: A Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá in Ottoman-Turkish on the Quranic Sura 95 Session #36 · 2001 For the first time an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Bahá will be presented. The original text appears in a collection of Tablets and Prayers by `Abdu'l-Bahá in Ottoman-Turkish . `Abdu'l-Bahá comments on the verse By …
- The Bab’s Tablet to Sultan Abdulmecid: Some Notes on Early Bábís in the Ottoman Empire Session #42 · 2002 · Lights Vol. 4 · PDF
- Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu’l-Baha Session #48 · 2003 Dream interpretation is an ancient and universal practice. Countless books have been written on the subject since the times of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greeks called it egkoimesis and the Romans incubatio. Duri…
- Baghdad-Periode aus historischer Sicht: Welche politische und soziale. Entwicklungen gab es im Osmanischen Reich wahrend dieser Periode? Session #49 · 2003 · Lights Vol. 1 Zur Person: Necati Alkan studierte Arabischer Philologie, Islamwissenchaften und Geschichte. Derzeit beendet er seine Dissertation ueber die Babis und Bahá'is im Osmanischen Reich gemäß osmanisch-tuerkischer Quelle…
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Writings in Turkish: A Preliminary Survey Session #69 · 2006
- Die Siebenschläferlegende in der christlich-islamischen Tradition und in den Babi-Baha’i-Schriften Session #126 · 2014
- Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i Istintáq (Tablet of the Interrogation) and the Murder of Three Azalís in Akka in 1872 Session #138 · 2016 One of the saddest events in Bahá'u'lláh's life was the murder of three followers of His half-brother Mirza Yahya "Subh-i Azal" in 'Akka in 1872 by seven Bahá'ís. Like their master, Sayyid Muhammad Isfahani, Aqa Jan Kaj-…
- Some Ottoman Documents about Babis and Bahá’ís in the Ottoman Empire Session #138 · 2016 This talk will give an overview of some documents from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul about various topics involving Bábís and Bahá'ís, such as the Bábí disciple and poetess Tahirih "Qurratu'l-'Ayn" in Karbala, the dea…