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Sholeh Quinn
- Markiz al-Marakiz: Qazvin and the Babi/Bahá’í historiographical tradition Session #36 · 2001 During the Safavid era, the city of Qazvin became an important center of historical writing. This was partly a result of Shah Tahmasp moving the capital city from Tabriz to Qazvin. Consequently, several historians compos…
- Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part II) Session #60 · 2005 The purpose of this paper is to examine the later Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah Qajar (r. 1834-1848), whose reign covered the earlier years of Sayyid `Alí Muhammad the Báb's ministry (1844-1850). The Báb addressed …
- Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part I) Session #62 · 2005 The purpose of this paper is to examine Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah Qajar (r. 1834-1848), whose reign covered the earlier years of the Báb's ministry (1844-1850). The Báb addressed at least four epistles to Muham…
- Suratu’l-Mulk and the Surau’i-Muluk, Part 2: Some Further Considerations Session #74 · 2007 See also Part 1 and Part 3.
- Suratu’l-Mulk and the Suratu’i-Muluk: Part 3 Session #76 · 2007 See also Part 1 and Part 2.
- The Master and the Professor: A Tablet of ‘Abdu’l Baha to T. K. Cheyne Session #79 · 2007
- `Abdu’l-Bahá and Professor T. K. Cheyne Session #81 · 2008 Some time after October 23, 1913, `Abdu'l-Bahá sent a Tablet to a certain Professor T. K. Cheyne (1841-1915) in Oxford, England. The early American Bahá'í magazine Star of the West published the complete Tablet in its Pe…
- In the Beginning: An Analysis of the Opening Chapters of the Báb’s Qayyum al-asma Session #95 · 2010 In his Qayyum al-asmá, the Báb discusses numerous themes and addresses various audiences of people. The purpose of this paper is to examine more closely the themes and the addressees in the opening chapters of this impor…
- Bábí-Bahá’í Scripture and Belief in E. G. Browne’s A Year Amongst the Persians Session #123 · 2014 E. G. Browne's A Year Amongst the Persians has long been hailed as a classic in nineteenth century travel literature. Leaving his native England in 1887, Browne spent a year traveling in Iran, meeting diverse peoples in …