Chapter XXXIX: Appendix: 7: Myth-Making

[1] Arnold, _Through Persia by Caravan_, Vol. II, pp. 32-5.

[2] Benjamin, _Persia and the Persians_, Preface.

[3] _ibid._, pp. 353-5.

[4] Gordon, _Persia Revisited_, pp. 81-91.

[5] Lorimer, _Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf_, Vol. I, part 2, pp. 1966-7 and 2384.

INDEX

`Abá, 5, 138

`Abbas (`Abbás), brother of Imám Ḥusayn, 193, 197, 198, 200

`Abbás the Great, [_Sh_]áh, 106, 107

`Abbás, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], of `Iráq, 60

`Abbás Effendi, _see_ `Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abbás Mírzá, Prince (the Náyibu's-Salṭanih), 8, 9, 10, 149

`Abbás Mírzá Mulk-Árá (the Náyibu's-Salṭanih), 135, 139

`Abbás-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Láríjání, 172, 174

`Abbásábád, 139

`Abdu'l-`Alíy-i-Hirátí, Mullá, 102

`Abdu'l-`Azíz, Mullá, 64, 197, 199, 201

`Abdu'l-Bahá (`Abbás Effendi), 5, 32, 93, 95, 96, 99, 105, 114, 118,
128, 132, 139, 149, 167, 168, 175, 191, 192

`Abdu'l-Báqí, Siyyid, 118

`Abdu'l-Hádí, of `Iráq, 60

`Abdu'l-Ḥamíd [_Kh_]án-i-Dárú[_gh_]ih, 97, 104, 105

`Abdu'l-Karím, Mírzá, of [_Sh_]íráz, 103

`Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, Mullá (Mírzá Aḥmad-i-Kátib), 92, 102, 104,
115, 120, 151, 152

`Abdu'l-Vahháb, Hájí Mírzá, 27

`Abdu'lláh, Mírzá, of [_Sh_]íráz, 170

`Abdu'lláh Ibn-Sabá, 236

`Abdu'lláh [_Kh_]án-i-Turkaman, 174

`Abdu'lláh-i-Bihbihání, Áqá, 164

Aberdeen, the Earl of, xi, 12, 63, 68

`Ábid, Mírzá (grandfather of the Báb's wife), 231

`Ábid, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 34, 35, 36, 230, 231

Abraham, 31, 70, 184

Abú-Há[_sh_]im, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 69, 70, 78, 99

Abú-Lahab, 86

Abú-Ṭálib (uncle of the Prophet Muḥammad), 86

Abú-Ṭalib, Mullá, 78

Abú-Turáb, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (Imám-Jum`ih, of [_Sh_]íráz), 69, 89, 94,
95, 99, 103

Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání, Mírzá, 32, 39, 125, 231

Abu'l-Ḥasan, Ḥájí, 69, 70, 71, 103

Abu'l-Ḥasan [_Kh_]án, Mírzá (the 2nd Mu[_sh_]íru'l-Mulk), 98

Abu'l-Qásim, Ḥájí Mírzá (brother-in-law of the Báb), 46, 106, 107

Abu'l-Qásim, Mírzá (Qá'im-Maqám-i-Faráhání), _see_ Qá'im-Maqám

Abu'l-Qásim-i-Labbáf, Ma[_sh_]hadí, 103

A[_dh_]án, 78, 128

Á[_dh_]arbáyján, 79, 124, 125, 131, 132, 136, 137, 140, 143, 149, 152,
170, 204, 237

Ádí Guzal, Mullá (Mírzá `Alíy-i-Sayyáḥ), 149, 238

`Ádil [_Sh_]áh, _see_ `Alí-[_Sh_]áh

Adrianople, 128, 189, 234

Af[_gh_]án, 230

Afnán, 46

Af[_sh_]ár, Af[_sh_]árid (kings), 103, 161, 230, 239

Aga Khan I (Haṣan-`Alí [_Kh_]án), 122

Ahl-i-Ḥaqq, 118

Aḥmad (son of the Báb), 46, 47

Aḥmad, Ḥájí, of Mílán, 160

Aḥmad, Mírzá (Imám-Jum`ih, of Tabríz), 140

Aḥmad, Siyyid Mír (brother of 8th Imám), 103

Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá'í, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (founder of [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]i sect):
early years, 1;
pilgrimage and death, 2;
teaching, 19, 162, 166, 229, 236

Aḥmad-i-Az[_gh_]andí, Mírzá, 56

Aḥmad-i-Ibdál-i-Mará[_gh_]i'í, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 26, 131

Aḥmad-i-Kátib, Mírzá, _see_ Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, Mullá

Aḥmad-i-Mu`allim, Mullá, 56

Aḥsá, 1

Ájúdán-Bá[_sh_]í, _see_ Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án

A[_kh_]bárí, 62, 101

A[_kh_]und, Ḥájí, 189, 190

`Akká, 128, 145, 166, 191, 192, 219, 235

`Aláu'd-Dawlih, 145

Aleppo, 68

Alexander, 223

Alexander I, Tsar, 8

`Alí (`Alí ibn Abí Ṭalib, the first Imám), 18, 95, 194, 200, 236

`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá (father of the Báb's wife), 46

`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (uncle of the Báb), 33, 105, 150, 183-4, 231

`Alí, Ḥájí Mullá, 25

`Alí an-Naqí, Imám, 41

`Alí Bi[_sh_]r, Siyyid, 60, 162, 163

`Alí [_Kh_]án (warden of Máh-Kú), 122, 128, 129, 131, 135

Ali Pasha, 200

`Alí-Qabl-i-Muḥammad (the Báb), 78

`Alí-Akbar, Mírzá, of [_Sh_]íráz, 103

`Alí-Akbar Big, 125

`Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání, Mullá, 78

`Alí-Akbar-i-[_Sh_]ahmírzádí, Ḥájí Mullá (Ḥájí Á[_kh_]und), 189, 190

`Alí-Aṣ[_gh_]ar, Mírzá ([_Sh_]ay[_kh_]u'l-Islám, of Tabríz), 140, 145

`Alí-Aṣ[_gh_]ar [_Kh_]án, of Nayríz, 179

`Alí-A[_sh_]raf, Mírzá, _see_ `Andalíb

`Alí-`Askar, Ḥájí, 128

`Alí-Mardán [_Kh_]án, fort of, 185

`Alí-Naqí, Mírzá, 200

`Alí-[_Sh_]áh (the Ẓillu's-Sulṭán), 5, 10, 12, 196-8, 200, 201, 218

`Alí Virdí [_Kh_]án, 199

`Alíy-i-Basṭámí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27, 28, 37-8, ch. 4,
162, 166, 232

`Alíy-i-Rází, Mullá, _see_ [_Kh_]udá-Ba[_kh_][_sh_]-i-Qú[_ch_]ání, Mullá

`Alíy-i-Sayyáḥ, Mírzá, _see_ Ádí Guzal, Mullá

`Alíy-i-Tafri[_sh_]í, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (the Majdu'l-A[_sh_]ráf), 190

`Alíy-i-Zunúzí, Siyyid, 153

`Alíyu'lláhís, 118, 164

Alláh-u-Akbar, pass of, 16;
invocation, 128

Alláh-Yár, Ḥájí, 159

Alláh-Yár [_Kh_]án (Áṣafu'd-Dawlih), 9

Alváṭ (pl. of Lúṭí), 83

America, American, 1, 77, 145, 220

Amínu's-Sulṭán, 145

Amír Niẓám, _see_ Taqí [_Kh_]án, Mírzá

Amír-i-Díván, _see_ Nabí [_Kh_]án-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá

Amír-i-Kabír, _see_ Taqí [_Kh_]án, Mírzá

Ámul, 172, 174

`Andalíb (Mírzá `Alí-A[_sh_]raf of Láhíján, poet), 96, 235

Antichrist, of the Bábí Revelation, 117, 140;
_see also_ Áqásí, Ḥájí Mírzá

Applications, science of, 141

Áqá Ján [_Kh_]án-i-[_Kh_]amsih, 158

Áqá Muḥammad [_Kh_]án, 7

Áqá-Bálá Big (the Naqqá[_sh_]-Bá[_sh_]í), 138

Áqáy-i-Kalím, _see_ Músá, Mírzá

Áqásí, Ḥájí Mírzá (Grand Vizier), 11-12, 13, 93, 111-112, 114, 117,
119, 121-3, 128, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139-40, 147, 148, 199

Arab, Arabic, 108, 136, 141, 165, 176

Arabia, 219

Aras (Araxes, river), 9, 124

Arberry, Prof. A. J., 3

Archives, _see_ International Archives

Ardistán, 114

Armenians, 147, 158

Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic, 117

Arnold, Arthur, 217, 218

Arthur, President, of the U.S.A., 220

Asadu'lláh, Ḥájí, 167

Asadu'lláh [_Kh_]án-i-Vazír, Mírzá, 218

Asadu'lláh, Mírzá, of [_Kh_]uy, _see_ Dayyán

Asadu'lláh, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], of [_Sh_]íráz, 99

Asadu'lláh-i-Iṣfahání, Mírzá, 191

Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Siyyid, 139

Asadu'lláh-i-Ra[_sh_]tí, Ḥájí Siyyid, 50, 112, 113

Aṣlán [_Kh_]án, 84

`Aṭṭár, gate, 118

Azalí scribe, 240

`Aẓím, _see_ [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Alí, Mullá, of [_Kh_]urásán

Báb, The (Siyyid `Alí-Muḥammad):
meeting with Mullá Ḥusayn and declaration, 17-22;
arrival of Quddús, 23-4;
accepts Qurratu'l-`Ayn, 24-6;
His disciples, 24, 26-7;
sends Mullá `Alí to `Iráq, 28;
addresses Letters of Living, 28-31;
family, youth, education, 32-7;
merchant in Bu[_sh_]ihr, 37, 39-41;
journey to holy cities and meeting with Siyyid Káẓim, 41-6;
marriage and son, 46-7;
sends Mullá Ḥusayn to Bahá'u'lláh, 48-50, 52-7;
letter to wife, 57;
pilgrimage to Mecca, 57, 69-71;
declaration in Mecca, 71;
challenge to Muḥit, 72-4;
Tablet to [_Sh_]arif of Mecca, 74-5;
returns to Irán, 77;
advance contacts with [_Sh_]íráz, 77-8;
arrest at Dálakí, 84, 105;
returns to [_Sh_]íráz, 85, 88-9;
birth of Bábí community, 89-90, 103;
Vaḥhíd accepts, 90-4;
at Vakíl mosque, 94-8;
Ḥujjat accepts, 100-1;
leaves [_Sh_]íráz, 104-6;
resides at Iṣfahán, 109-16;
[_Sh_]áh calls to Ṭihrán, 116, 118;
stops at Ká[_sh_]án, 118-19,
Qumrúd, 119,
Kulayn, 119-21;
receives communication from Bahá'u'lláh, 120;
meeting with [_Sh_]áh prevented, 121-3;
consigned to Máh-Kú, 122, 124, 128;
arrives Mílán, 126-7;
stays at Tabríz, 127-8;
events at Máh-Kú, 128-33;
removal to [_Ch_]ihríq, 131-2, 134-7;
summoned to Tabríz, 137;
stops in Urúmíyyih, 138;
His portrait, 138-9;
examination at Tabríz, 140-5;
bastinadoed, 145-7;
returned to [_Ch_]ihríq, 147-8;
followers visit, 148-50;
receives news of persecutions, 150-1;
sends Writings, etc., to Bahá'u'lláh, 151-2;
composes Arabic _Bayán_, 152;
martyrdom, 152-9, 202;
remains rescued, concealed, 159-60, 189-91;
final mission to Mullá Ḥusayn, 171;
anticipates 'Seven Martyrs', 185;
His Shrine, 191-2;
inaccurate reports of life, teachings, 203, 204-5, 214-16,
appendix 7;
claim and station, 18-19, 71, 141-2, 143-4, 167, 189;
Writings, 20, 39, 73, 91-2, 110, 132, 136, 141, 147, 163, _see_
index for _Bayán_, _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_

Bábís, 26-7, 89-90, 134-6, 145, 146, 159, 164-7, 169-78, 180-7
_passim_, 204-12 _passim_, 215, 219-24, 239

Bábí Faith, 224

Bábíyyat (Gatehood), 96

Bábíyyih, 56, 173

Bábul, _see_ Bárfurú[_sh_]

Bábu'l-Báb, _see_ Ḥusayn-i-Bu[_sh_]rú'í, Mullá

Bada[_sh_]t, conference of, 167-71

Bagdadi, Dr. Zia (Ba[_gh_]dádí, Ḍíyá), 232

Ba[_gh_]dád, 41, 59, 60-1, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 131, 135, 162, 163,
164, 176, 191, 193, 197, 199-201, 224, 232

Bá[_gh_]-i-[_Sh_]áh, gate, 109

Bá[_gh_]-i-Ta[_kh_]t, palace, 104

Bahá, 152;
_see also_ Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'í, Bahá'ís, 138, 145, 182, 192, 218, 233, 238

Bahá'í Faith, 235

Bahá'u'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn `Alí):
receives communication from Báb, 55, 152;
sends message to Báb, 120;
rescues Ṭáhirih, 167;
arranges Bada[_sh_]t conference, 167-8;
attacked at Níyálá, 170-1;
goes to Núr, 171;
visits [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ṭabarsí, 173;
attempts to join defenders, 174;
protects remains of Báb, 189-91;
chooses site for Shrine of Báb, 191-2;
quotations from, 48, 174-5;
mentioned, 9, 27, 56, 78, 109, 120, 125, 128, 135, 138, 145, 154,
165, 183, 188, 235, 237, 240;
_see also_ 'He Whom God shall manifest'

Baḥrayn, 1

Baḥru'l-`Ulúm, 36

Ba[_kh_]tíyárí, 108, 109

Bandar-`Abbás, 224

Banú-Sa[_kh_]r, 1

Báqir-Ábád, mosque, 78

Báqir, Mírzá, of Tabríz, 155

Báqir, Mullá, imám, 240

Báqir-i-Tabrízí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27, 151, 168, 174

Baqíyatu'lláh (Remnant of God), 78, 155

Bara[_gh_]án, 230

Bárfurú[_sh_] (Bábul), 23, 172, 173, 176, 184, 239

Ba[_sh_]ír an-Najafí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 60

Baṣrah, 104

Bavánát, 205

_Bayán_: Arabic, 152, 215, 231, 232;
Persian, 50, 71, 132, 154, 215, 232

Bázár-i-Mur[_gh_], 231

Bázár quarter, of Nayríz, 182

Beirut, 166, 191

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 230

Benjamin, S. G. W., 220

Bethune, Sir Henry Lindesay, 10, 211

Bible, 147, 235;
New Testament quoted, 127, 155, 156, 158-9

Birdwood, Capt. R. L., 223

Bísitún, 232

Black Standard, 171, 172, 176

Bombay, 37, 57

Bonaparte (Napoleon I), 7, 8

Bonnière, M. de, 115

Boré, M., 79, 80

British Museum, 233

Britain, British, 1, 8-10, 12, 58, 61, 63, 77, 79, 109, 186, 193, 194,
202, 203, 205, 209, 216, 223, 230, 233;
_see also_ England

Browne, Edward Granville, 16, 141, 146, 152, 166, 186, 217, 235, 239,
240

Burgess, Mr., 80

Burújird, 93

Bú[_sh_]ihr (Bushire), 2, 15, 16, 37, 39-41, 57, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79,
81, 83, 84, 87, 104, 105, 107, 223, 224, 230

Bu[_sh_]rúyih, 4

Buzurg, Ḥájí Mírzá, 96

Buzurg-i-Núrí, Mírzá (Mírzá `Abbás, father of Bahá'u'lláh), 54

Byron, Lord, 117

_Cain_ (by Byron), 117

Campbell, Sir John, 10

Canning, Sir Stratford (first Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe), 6, 61,
63, 66, 67, 193

Carmel, Mount, 191, 192

Caspian Sea, 3, 9

Caucasus, 9, 117

[_Ch_]ahár-Lang, 108

[_Ch_]a[_sh_]mih-`Alí (tribe), 190

Cheltenham College, 238

Cheyne, T. K., 32, 168, 230

[_Ch_]ihríq, 132, 134-7, 147-50, 153, 159, 167, 183, 185

China, 203

[_Ch_]inár Sú[_kh_]tih (quarter of Nayríz), 178, 182

Cholera, 104, 105

Chosroes I, 220

Christ, _see_ Jesus

Christian, 147, 217

Communism (-istic), 214, 220

Congress, Act of (U.S.A.), 220

Constantinople (Istanbul), 5, 63, 66, 67, 79, 163, 193, 221, 234

Cormick, Dr., 145

Cox, Sir Percy Z., 223

Cyprus, 238

_Dalá'il-i-Sab`ib_ (The Seven Proofs), 132

Dálakí, 84, 105

Damascus, 68, 182, 191

Dáráb, 90, 101, 178

Darius, 232

David, 127

Dawn-Breakers (followers of the Báb), 90, 161, 188

Dayyán (Asadu'lláh, Mírzá, of [_Kh_]uy), 136, 237

Dayyáníyyih, 237

Declaration, of the Báb (anniversary), 20, 150

'Deliverer of the Latter Days', 3

Democratic Party (U.S.A.), 220

[_Dh_]ikr (the Báb, also [_Dh_]ikru'lláh-al-A`ẓam,
[_Dh_]ikru'lláh-al-Akbar, Ḥaḍrat-i-[_Dh_]ikr), 46, 132, 231

[_Dh_]i'l-Ḥijjah, month of, 70, 71

_Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, The_, 167

Díván-[_Kh_]ánih (the Court), 81

Divine origin, Divinity, 215

Dolgorukov, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich, 131, 206, 209, 210, 241

East India Company, 233

Ecbatana, _see_ Ḥamadán

_Echo_ (English publication), 217

_Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art_, 77

Eliot, T. S., 58

England, English, 80, 145, 203, 210, 214, 217;
_see also_ Britain

Erivan, _see_ Íraván

Esther, 165

Ethiopian servant, of the Báb, 17, 49, 57, 71, 84

Euphrates, 108, 182, 193

Europe, European, 146, 209, 217

_Fará'id_ (by Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl), 39

Farmán-Farmá, _see_ Firaydún Mírzá and Ḥusayn-`Alí Mírzá

Farrant, Lt.-Col. T., 5, 135, 173, 193, 195-9, 201, 229

Farrá[_sh_] (farrá[_sh_]-bá[_sh_]í, lictor), 145, 146, 156, 157

Fárs, 49, 109, 169, 178, 199, 205, 234

Farsa[_kh_] (farsang), 114

Fasá, 104, 205, 240

Fatḥ-`Alí [_Sh_]áh, 7, 8, 9, 138, 200, 229, 234

Fatḥu'lláh, Mír (great-grandfather of the Báb), 230

Fáṭimih (daughter of the Prophet Muḥammad), 47, 74

Fáṭimih-Bagum (mother of the Báb), 33, 103

Faylí (a clan), 82

Finkenstein, treaty of, 8

Firaydún Mírzá (the Farmán-Farmá), 80, 81

Firman (royal edict), 81, 234

Fírúz Mírzá, Prince (the Nuṣratu'd-Dawlih), 180

Fírúzábád, 82

'Five Martyrs', of Sárí, 239

Flandin, M., 80, 234

Foreign Ministers, British, _see_ Aberdeen, Palmerston

France, French, 1, 7, 8, 79, 80, 194, 217, 234

_Futúḥ-ar-Rasúl_ (boat), 69

Galata, 79

Gandum-Pák-Kun, _see_ Ja`far, Mullá

Gardanne, General, 7, 8

_Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf_, 223

George III, 8

Georgian, 108

'Geramees', 6, 196, 198

[_Gh_]ulát, 236

Gílán, 237

Gobineau, Count, 217

Golgotha, 127

Gordon, Sir Thomas Edward, 221, 223

'Great Sophy', 107

Greeks, 124

Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, _see_ Shoghi Effendi

Gulistán, treaty of, 8

Gulpáygán, 4

Gurgín [_Kh_]án, 116, 117

Ḥabíbu'lláh (the Prophet Muḥammad), 46

Ḥabíbu'lláh [_Kh_]án-i-Af[_gh_]án, 174

Ḥabíbu'lláh-i-Afnán, Ḥájí Mírzá, 32, 34, 35, 39, 41, 45, 71, 96, 98

Hádí, Mírzá, 167

Hádíy-i-Nahrí, Mírzá, 51, 102

Hádíy-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 27

Ḥaḍrat, 231

Ḥáfiẓ, 15, 16, 35, 69, 124

Hagar, 184

Haifa, 191

Ḥajar al-Aswad (The Black Stone), 72

Ḥájí (the Báb), 87

Ḥájí-Bábáy-i-Af[_sh_]ár, Mírz (Ḥááíj Bábá, Mírzá), 9

Ḥajj, 70, 71

Ḥajj-i-Akbar, 70

Ḥakím, Dr. Lutfu'lláh, 165

Ḥakím Masíḥ, 165

Hamadán, 12, 102, 164, 165

Ḥamzih Mírzá (the Ḥi[_sh_]matu'd-Dawlih), 152, 153, 170, 171, 172

Ḥanafí, 13

Ḥanbalí, 13

Hand of the Cause, 139, 189

Ḥaram, _see_ Masjid

Ḥasan, servant of Vaḥíd, 205

Ḥasan, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (brother-in-law of the Báb), 46

Ḥasan, Siyyid, 124, 128, 129, 146, 156

Ḥasan al-`Askarí, Imám, 41, 119, 142

Ḥasan Ja`far, Siyyid, 60

Ḥasan-`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá (uncle of the Báb), 33

Ḥasan-`Alí [_Kh_]án (Aga Khan I), 122

Ḥasan-`Alí Mírzá (the [_Sh_]uja`u's-Salṭanih), 229

Ḥasan-i-Bajistání, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27

Ḥasan-i-Núrí, Mírzá, 112

Ḥasan-i-Vazír, Mírzá, 190

Ḥasan-i-Zunúzí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 103, 104, 115, 120, 129, 132, 137,
143, 153

Há[_sh_]im, Há[_sh_]imite, 44, 59, 74, 86

Ḥaydarí (Ḥaydarí-[_Kh_]ánih), 82, 234

'He (Him) Whom God shall make manifest' (Man-Yuẓhiruhu'lláh), 154,
191, 237;
_see also_ Bahá'u'lláh

Hebrew, 136

Hennell, Captain (later Colonel) Samuel, 79, 81, 83, 104, 109

Ḥijáz, 49

_Ḥikmatu'l-`Ar[_sh_]íyyah_, 113, 236

Ḥillah, 200

Hirát, 230

Ḥi[_sh_]mat, poet, 103

Hizárih, tribe, 102

Holy Land, 139, 191

Ḥujjat (Ḥujjat-i-Zanjání, Ḥujjatu'l-Islám), 100, 125, 147, 185-7,
209-12

Hulákú Mírzá, Prince, 199

Ḥurúf-i-Ḥayy (Letters of the Living), 24;
_see also_ Letters of the Living

Ḥusayn, Imám, 1, 6, 32, 41, 43, 111, 182, 193, 194, 197-200

Ḥusayn, Siyyid, of Nayríz, 182

Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án (Ájúdán-Bá[_sh_]í, Niẓamu'd-Dawlih,
Ṣaḥib-I[_kh_]tíyár), 68, 79, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 97,
98, 104, 105, 123

Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án, Mírzá (the Mu[_sh_]íru'd-Dawlih), 234

Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án, Siyyid (Syed Hussein Khan), 81

Ḥusayn-`Alí, Mírzá, _see_ Bahá'u'lláh

Ḥusayn-`Alí Mírzá (Hoosein Ali Meerza, the Farmán-Farmá), 199, 229

Ḥusayn-`Alíy-i-Iṣfahání, 191

Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (the Náẓi-mu'[_sh_]-[_Sh_]árí`ih,
Ẓálim), 78, 89, 97, 98, 99

Ḥusayn-i-Bu[_sh_]rú'í, Mullá (Bábu'l-Báb):
mission from Siyyid Káẓim, 4, 7, 13, 15, 16;
meeting with Báb and His declaration, 17-22;
encounters Quddús, 23-4;
Letter of the Living, 26;
mission to Bahá'u'lláh, ch. 3;
returns to [_Sh_]iráz, 102;
visits Máh-Kú, 131;
description of, 166;
Báb sends to rescue Quddús, 171-3;
besieged at [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ṭabarsí, 173-4;
death and Bahá'u'lláh's tribute, 174-5;
mentioned, 149, 150, 168, 170, 239

Ḥusayn-i-Hamadání, Mírzá, 126

Ḥusayn-i-Mutavallí, Mírzá, of Qum, 135, 174

Ḥusayn-i-Qutb, Mullá, of Nayríz, 240

Ḥusayn-i-Tur[_sh_]ízí, Siyyid, 184

Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí, Siyyid (also Kátib, `Azíz; Letter of the Living),
27, 115, 118, 124, 129, 132, 146, 156

Ḥusayní, Siyyid (Seid Hossainee), 196

Ibn-i-Sa`d, 153

Ibn-i-Zíyád, 153

Ibráhím, Mír (great-great-grandfather of the Báb), 230

Ibráhím, Siyyid, of Nayríz, 182

Ibráhím [_Kh_]an, Ḥájí (the I`timádu'd-Dawlih), 8, 234

Ibráhím Pá[_sh_]á, 239

Ibráhím-i-[_Kh_]alíl, Siyyid, 138

Ibráhím-i-Maḥallátí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 165, 166

Ibráhím-i-Qazvíní, Siyyid, 6, 59, 197, 199

`Íd-al-Aḍḥá (`Íd-i-Qurbán), 70

Iḥrám, 71

Ijtihád, 13

Ílbagí, 84

Íl[_kh_]ání, 82, 84

Ilyáhú, Mullá, 165

Imám(s), 11, 13, 41, 62, 65, 95, 98, 119, 121, 132, 142, 160, 194,
200, 236;
_see also_ Ḥusayn, Riḍá, Imáms

Imámate, 65

Imám-Jum`ih:
of Iṣfahán, 109-13 _passim_;
of Kirmán, 33;
of [_Sh_]íráz, 233, _see_ Abú-Turáb, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_];
of Tabríz, 140

Imám Mehdi (Mihdí), 67;
_see also_ Mihdí

Imám-Virdí Mírzá, 200

Imám-Zádih Ḥasan, shrine of, 189

Imám-Zádih Ma`ṣum, shrine of, 189

Imám-Zádih Zayd, shrine of, 191

`Imárat-i-[_Kh_]ur[_sh_]íd, 116

India, 27, 37, 137, 223, 230

International Archives, of the Bahá'í Faith, 132, 139, 166, 190

Iqbál, Áqá Ḥusayn, 232

Írán, 3, 113, 161, 166, 194, 199, 201, 204, 206, 209, 217-21, 223,
224, 230, 233, 238

`Iráq, 1, 4, 27, 28, 37, 41, 45, 58, 60, 135, 147, 163, 165, 166, 176,
237

Íraván (Erivan), 117, 128

Irish, 238

Irwin, Beatrice, 148, 238

Iṣfahán (Ispahan), 49, 50, 105, 106-11, 114-17 _passim_, 169, 191,
218-20 _passim_

Ishmael (Ismá`íl), 184

I[_sh_]ráqí School (Platonism), 112

Iskandar, Mullá, 100, 101, 125

Iskí-[_Sh_]ahr, 135

Islám, Islamic, 13, 78, 88, 93, 99, 111, 167, 180, 181, 182, 185, 236

Ismá`íl, Ḥájí Siyyid ([_Sh_]ay[_kh_]u'l-Islám of Bavánát), 205

Ismá`íl, Mírzá (Mámaqání), 143

Ismá`íl, Siyyid, 151

Ismá`íl-i-Qumí, Hájí Mullá, 184

Ismá`íl-i-Sabba[_gh_]-i-Sidihí (Muṣṭafá, Mírzá), 240

Ismu'lláhu'l-Aṣdaq, _see_ Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas, Mullá

Istanbul, _see_ Constantinople

I[_th_]ná-`A[_sh_]arís (Twelvers), 119

Jabal-i-Básiṭ (Máh-Kú), 134

Jabal-i-[_Sh_]adíd ([_Ch_]ihríq), 134

al-Jabbáwí, Sa`íd, 239

Jacob, 19

Jaddih, _see_ Jiddah

Ja`far, Mullá (Gandum-Pák-Kun, the 'Sifter of Wheat'), 51

Ja`far-i-Ka[_sh_]fí, Siyyid, 70, 90, 94

Jalíl-i-Urúmí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27

Jamádíu'l-Úlá, month of, 150

Jamál-i-Burújirdí, Áqá, 145, 189, 190

Jání, Ḥájí Mírzá, 40, 52, 118, 126, 174

Javád, Ḥájí Siyyid (Imám-Jum`ih of Kirmán), 33

Javád, Mullá (cousin of Ṭáhirih), 25

Javád-i-Bara[_gh_]ání, Mullá, 102

Javád-i-Karbilá'í, Ḥájí Siyyid, 35-40 _passim_, 46, 90

Javán[_sh_]ír, `Abbás-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-, 139

Jerusalem, 3, 127, 128, 158

Jesuit, 79

Jesus, 31, 35, 127, 128, 155, 156, 158, 159, 220

Jewish, 31, 165

Jiddah (Jaddih), 57, 69, 75

John, the Baptist, 220

Jones, Sir Harford, 8

Joseph, Súrih of, _see_ _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_

Julfa, 79

Ka`bih (Ka`bah), 69, 71

Kalántar, Maḥmúd [_Kh_]án-i-, 171

Kangávar, 102

Karbilá, 1-7 _passim_, 12, 15, 23, 25, 26, 36, 37, 41, 42, 51, 58-65
_passim_, 73, 74, 102, 150, 162, 171, 224, 238;
siege of, 193-201;
tragedy of (martyrdom of Imám Ḥusayn), 153, 182

Karím [_Kh_]án. Zand ruler, 161

Karkúk, 68

al-Karrádí, al-Ḥáj Muḥammad, 239

Ká[_sh_]án, 49, 52, 118

Ka[_sh_]fí, _see_ Ja`far-i-, Siyyid

Kátib, _see_ Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí, Siyyid

_Kaw[_th_]ar, Súrih of_, the Báb's commentary on, 91-2, 141, 163

Káẓim Big, Mírzá (Kazem-Beg), 142

Káẓim-i-Ra[_sh_]tí, Siyyid:
joins [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ahmad and succeeds him, 2, 3;
role in siege of Karbilá, and death, 4-7;
anticipates Promised One, 15, 18, 19, 23, 134;
Qurratu'l-`Ayn contacts, 25-6;
mentioned, 13, 36, 50, 59, 140, 162, 166, 184, 201, 223-4

Káẓim-i-Zanjání, Siyyid, 104, 106, 109, 185

Káẓimayn (Káẓimíyyah), 41, 58, 60, 131, 162, 200

[_Kh_]adíjih-Bagum (wife of the Báb), 46, 103, 142

[_Kh_]ájih, fort of, 179, 181

[_Kh_]árg (Karrack), 79, 109, 230

[_Kh_]udá-Ba[_kh_][_sh_]-i-Qú[_ch_]ání, Mullá (`Alíy-i-Rází, Mullá,
Letter of the Living), 27

[_Kh_]urásán, 4, 49, 56, 122, 167, 170, 171, 176, 230

[_Kh_]usraw-i-Qádí-Kalá'í, 172, 173

_[_Kh_]uṭbiy-i-Qahríyyih_ (Sermon of Wrath), 147

[_Kh_]uy, 136

Kinár-Gird, 119

Kirand, 164, 169

Kirmán, 33, 169, 204

Kirmán[_sh_]áh, 2, 102, 164, 169, 191, 201

_Kitáb-i-Íqán_ (The Book of Certitude), 48, 87, 174

Koran, _see_ Qur'án

Kúfih, 16, 50, 60

Kulayn, 119, 120, 121

al-Kulayní, Muhammad ibn Ya`qúb, 119

Kunár-Ta[_kh_]tih, 105

Kurds, Kurdish, 11, 128, 135

Labaree, Rev. Benjamin, 145

Lálizár, Mullá, 165

_Lawḥ-i-Ḥurúfát_ (Tablet of the Letters), 136

Layard, Sir Henry, 11, 79, 108, 109, 230, 233

Letters of the Living (Ḥurúf-i-Ḥayy):
meaning, 24;
list of names, 26-7;
_also_ 51, 89, 104, 131, 150, 151, 168, 174, 177

Lingeh (Lingih), 224

Líráví, district, 224

_Literary Gazette, The_, 76, 77

London, 68, 79

Lord of Hosts, 191;
of the Age, or Religion, _see_ Ṣáḥibu'z-Zamán

Lorimer, Gordon, 223

Louis-Philippe, French king, 80, 234

Lucifer, 117

Luke, St., 155, 156, 158, 159

Luristán, 93, 108

Luṭf-`Alí, Mírzá (chamberlain), 93

Luṭf-`Alí [_Kh_]án, Zand ruler, 7

Luṭf-`Alí Mírzá, 103, 239, 240

Lúṭí, 82

Macneill, Sir John, 230

Madá[_kh_]il (perquisites), 161

Madrisih (school), of Páminár, 53;
of Mírzá Ṣálih, 52

Máh-Kú (Mákú), 121, 122, 124, 128-35 _passim_, 139, 163

Maḥmúd, Ḥájí Mullá (the Niẓámu'l-`Ulamá), 140-44 _passim_

Maḥmúd, Mírzá (uncle of the Báb's father), 33

Maḥmúd, Mullá, of `Iráq, 60

Maḥmúd al-Álúsí (Muftí of Ba[_gh_]dád), 162

Maḥmúd-i-[_Kh_]u'í, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27

Mahomet, _see_ Muḥammad

'Mahometan schism', 76

Makkah, _see_ Mecca

Malcolm, Sir John, 8, 223, 233, 234

Malik Qásim Mírzá, 138

Málikí, 13

Man-Yuẓhiruhu'lláh, _see_ 'He Whom God shall manifest'

Manifestations of God, 150

Manú[_ch_]ihr [_Kh_]án (the Mu`tamidu'd-Dawlih), 50, 108-17 _passim_

Mará[_gh_]ih, 79, 149

Marḍíyyih (sister of Ṭáhirih), 26

Mark, St., 127, 128

_Ma[_sh_]á`ir_ (by Mullá Ṣadrá), 236

Ma[_sh_]had (Meshed), 2, 56, 85, 119, 171

Ma[_sh_]íyyatu'lláh (martyr), 27

Masjid:
al-Aqṣá, 3;
al-Ḥarám, 3;
i-Íl[_kh_]ání, 18;
i-Jum`ih (of Nayríz), 179, 182;
i-Má[_sh_]á'u'lláh, 190;
i-Naw, 234;
i-Vakíl (of [_Sh_]íráz), 94, 96, 99

Mas`úd Mírzá, Prince Sulṭán (Ẓillu's-Sulṭán), 10, 218

Ma`ṣúmih (sister of Imám Riḍá), 52

Materialism, 214

Maydán, 114

Maymand, 83

Mazdak, 220

Mázindarán, 27, 131, 149, 150, 171, 174, 184

Mecca, 2, 21, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 89, 134, 223

Medina, 2, 21, 73, 74, 75, 89, 218

_Memorials of the Faithful_, 128, 168, 175

Menchikov, Prince, 9

Messenger of God (Rasúlu'lláh), _see_

Muḥammad (The Prophet)

Mihdí (Mahdí), 3, 61, 67, 96, 142, 171, 204, 224

Mihdí (Bábí of `Iráq), 60

Mihdí, Mírzá (Ṣábir, the poet), 103

Mihdí [_Kh_]án, Ḥájí Mírzá, 159, 160

Mihdíy-i-[_Kh_]u'í, Mullá, 120

Mihdíy-i-Kujúrí, Ḥájí [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 78, 99

Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá, Prince, 172, 175, 176, 206

Mihr-`Alí [_Kh_]án-i-Núrí (the [_Sh_]uja`u'l-Mulk), 240

Mílán, 126, 127

Mír-[_Gh_]aḍab (executioner), 76

Mi`ráj, 3

Mír[_kh_]und (Mír[_kh_]wand), 141

Mírzá Áqá [_Kh_]án-i-Núrí, 152

Mírzá-Áqá, Áqá (nephew of wife of the Báb), 32

Mírzá-Áqáy-i-Rikáb-Sáz, 103

Mírzáy-i-[_Sh_]írází, _see_ Muḥammad-Ḥasan, Ḥájí Mírzá

Miṣbáh, `Azízu'lláh, 161, 238

Mohammedans, _see_ Muslims

Mordecai, 165

Morier, James, 9

Moses, 31

Mosul, 61

Mubárak, _see_ Ethiopian servant

Muḥammad, the Prophet, 3, 44-8 _passim_, 86, 95, 98, 111, 167, 171,
177, 181, 182, 211, 214, 218, 220

Muḥammad, Ḥájí Áqá, 145

Muḥammad, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (uncle of the Báb), 33, 40, 107

Muḥammad, Mullá (husband of Ṭáhirih), 25

Muḥammad, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], _see_ [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid

Muḥammad, Siyyid, of [_Sh_]íráz, 36

Muḥammad, Siyyid (Sulṭánu'l-`Ulamá), _see_ Imám-Jum`ih, of Iṣfahán

Muḥammad-`Abdu'lláh, 205

Muḥammad Ali, Mirza (Persian minister), 207

Muḥammad-`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá (cousin of the Báb), 87

Muḥammad-`Alí, Mírzá (1st Mu[_sh_]íru'l-Mulk), 98

Muḥammad-`Alí, Mírzá (secretary of Ḥájí Qavám), 82

Muḥammad-`Alí, Mullá, of Zanján, _see_ Ḥujjat

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Bárfurú[_sh_]í, Ḥájí Mullá, _see_ Quddús

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Ḥamzih, Ḥájí, 176

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Maḥallátí, Mullá, 78, 99

Muḥammad-`Alí Mírzá (Rukni'd-Dawlih), 2

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Músáví, Siyyid, 199

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Nahrí, Mírzá, 51, 102

Muḥammad-`Alí Pá[_sh_]á, 239

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26, 168

Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Zunúzí, Mírzá, 153-8

Muḥammad Áqá Yávar, 164

Muḥammad-Báqir, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26

Muḥammad-Báqir [_Kh_]án (the Biglarbagí), 69

Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Qá'iní, Mírzá, 56, 173, 175

Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Ra[_sh_]tí, Ḥájí Siyyid, 4, 13, 50, 162

Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Ṭihrání, Áqá, 239, 240

Muḥammad Big-i-[_Ch_]ápár[_ch_]í, 118, 120, 121, 124-6

Muḥammad-Bisáṭ, Ḥájí, 103

Muḥammad-i-Furú[_gh_]í, Mullá Mírzá, 56

Muḥammad-Ḥasan, Ḥájí Mírzá (Mírzáy-i-[_Sh_]írází), 33

Muḥammad ibn-i Ḥasan al-`Askarí, _see_ Twelfth Imám

Muḥammad-Ḥasan-i-Bu[_sh_]rú'í, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26

Muḥammad-Ḥasan [_Kh_]án (the Sálár), 122

Muḥammad-Ḥasan-i-Najafí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 59

Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, Mírzá (father of the Báb's mother), 33

Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Ardistání, Áqá, 235

Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Kirmání, Mírzá, _see_ Muḥít-i-Kirmání

Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Mará[_gh_]i'í, Áqá, 184, 185

Muḥammad-Ibráhím-i-Ismá`íl Bag, Áqá, 34, 35

Muḥammad-Ibráhím-i-Kalbásí, Ḥájí, 50

Muḥammad-Ismá`íl-i-Gulpáygání, Ḥájí, 3

Muḥammad-Ja`far, Siyyid, 60, 163

Muḥammad-Ja`far-i-Ábádi'í, Ḥájí, 112, 113

Muḥammad-Karím, Áqá, of [_Sh_]íráz, 103

Muḥammad-Karím-i-`Aṭṭár, 191

Muḥammad-Karím [_Kh_]án-i-Kirmání, Ḥájí Mírzá, 52, 102, 134

Muḥammad-Káẓim [_Kh_]án (farrá[_sh_]-bá[_sh_]í), 145

Muḥammad [_Kh_]án (former Biglarbagí of Tabríz), 209, 210

Muḥammad-i-[_Kh_]urásání, Ḥájí Mírzá, 53

Muḥammad-i-Mámaqání, Mullá, 140, 143, 144, 155, 156

Muḥammad-Mihdí, Áqá, 111

Muḥammad-Mihdíy-i-Kindí, Mullá, 120

Muḥammad Mu`allim-i-Núrí, Mullá, 53

Muḥammad-Muṣṭafáy-i-Ba[_gh_]dádí, Áqá, 60, 162, 166, 232

Muḥammad-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Ílbagí, 81, 84

Muḥammad Rawḍih-[_Kh_]án-i-Yazdí, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 27

Muḥammad-Riḍá, Siyyid (or Mír, father of the Báb), 32, 33, 142, 230

Muḥammad-Ṣádiq-i-Mu`allim, Ḥájí Mírzá, 96, 98

Muḥammad-Ṣáliḥ, Áqá, 23

Muḥammad [_Sh_]áh, 10, 12, 80, 81, 83, 90, 93, 99, 100, 102, 109,
112, 113, 115, 117, 121, 122-3 (letter to the Báb), 135, 137, 139,
147, 148, 149, 165, 170, 175, 178, 185, 211, 221, 230, 233

Muḥammad [_Sh_]ibl, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 60, 162, 166

Muḥammad-Taqí, Ḥájí Mullá (uncle of Ṭáhirih), 25, 166

Muḥammad at-Taqí, Imám, 41

Muḥammad-Taqí, Mírzá, of Sárí, 171

Muḥammad-Taqí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (Mámaqání), 143

Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Ayyúb, Ḥájí, 240

Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Hirátí, Mullá, 110

Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Juvayní, Mírzá, 173

Muḥammad-Taqí [_Kh_]án (Ba[_kh_]tíyárí chief), 108

Muḥammad-Taqí [_Kh_]án (Lisánu'l-Mulk-i-Sipihr), 141, 231

Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Kirmání, Ḥájí, 184

Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Mílání, Ḥájí, 128

Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, Mullá (Nabíl-i-A`ẓam), 40, 93, 94, 100, 114,
119, 122, 132

Muḥarram, month of, 32, 71

Muḥibb-`Alí [_Kh_]án, 66

Muḥít-i-Kirmání, Mírzá (Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, Mírzá), 72, 73, 74

Muḥsin al-Káẓimí, Siyyid, 60

Mu`ínu's-Salṭanih, Ḥájí, 41

Mujtahid, 1, 50, 60, 67, 224

_Mulk, Súrih of_, 20

Mulk-Árá, _see_ `Abbás Mírzá

Muqaddas, _see_ Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-[_Kh_]urásání, Mullá

Murád Mírzá, Ḥájí Sulṭán (Ḥisámu's-Salṭanih), 237

Múr[_ch_]ih-[_Kh_]ár, 115

Muríd (disciple), 112

Mur[_sh_]id (guide), 40, 112

Murtaḍáy-i-Zanjání, Siyyid, 184, 185

Murtiḍáy-i-Anṣárí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 162

Murtiḍá-Qulíy-i-Marandí, Mullá (`Alamu'l-Hudá), 140, 155

Músá, Mírzá (Áqáy-i-Kalím, brother of Bahá'u'lláh), 55

Músá al-Káẓim, Imám, 41

Musayyib, 4, 196, 197

Mu[_sh_]íru'l-Mulk, 98

Mu[_sh_]íru't-Tujjár, 239

Muslim (Musulman), 98, 108, 146, 147, 178, 205, 222

Muṣṭafá, Mírzá (Ismá`íl-i-Sabbá[_gh_]-i-Sidihí), 240

Muṣṭafá-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Qaráguzlú (I`timadu's-Salṭanih), 240

Mu`tamid, _see_ Manú[_ch_]ihr [_Kh_]án

Nabí [_Kh_]án-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Amír-i-Díván), 81, 82

Nabíl-i-A`ẓam, _see_ Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, Mullá

Nádir [_Sh_]áh, 161, 230

Najaf, 1, 41, 45, 49, 59, 60, 64, 65, 193, 200

Najaf-`Alí, Áqá, 145

Najíb Pá[_sh_]á, 4, 5, 12, 60, 63, 64, 66, 163, 194, 196, 197, 200

Narjis (mother of 12th Imám), 142

_Nási[_kh_]u't-Tavárí[_kh_]_, 40, 141, 142

Náṣirí regiment, 158

Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh, 9, 33, 135, 140, 141, 145, 148, 152, 207,
218, 219, 237

Naṣru'lláh, Mír (grandfather of the Báb), 230

Naṣru'lláh, Siyyid, 196

Navváb-i-Raḍaví, 205

Naw-Rúz, 118, 119, 131, 132, 192

Nawrúz-`Alí, 163

Náyibu's-Salṭanih, _see_ `Abbás Mírzá, Prince, and `Abbás Mírzá
Mulk-Árá

Nayríz, 178-82, 186, 204-5

Názimu'[_sh_]-[_Sh_]arí`ih, _see_ Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]

Nesselrode, Count, 131, 206

New Day, Dispensation, 20, 90, 162, 172

Nicolas, A.-L.-M., 39, 99, 104, 115, 152, 172, 217

Ni`matí-[_Kh_]ánih, 81, 234

Ni`matu'lláhí dervish, 184

Nimrod, 31

Nineveh, 229, 233

Niṣf-i-Jahán, 108;
_see also_ Iṣfahán Níyálá, 170-2 _passim_

Níyáz-i-Ba[_gh_]dádí, Ḥájí, 74

Niẓámu'd-Dawlih, _see_ Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án

Niẓámu'l-`Ulamá, _see_ Maḥmúd, Ḥájí Mullá

Nubuvvat-i-[_Kh_]áṣṣih, 111

Nuqṭiy-i-Bayán, 137;
-i-Úlá, 48 (The Báb)

Núr, 53, 171

Nuṣayrí, 118

Ottoman, 12, 59, 63, 238, 239

Outray, M., 80

Oxford, 238

Palm Sunday, 127

Palmerston, Viscount, xi, 12, 79, 173, 178, 180, 202, 204, 206, 207,
209, 211, 212, 214, 216

Páminár (Páy-i-Minár), 53

Paris, 79, 80

Peel, Sir Robert, xi

Persepolis, 237

Persia, _see_ Írán

Persian(s), 136, 140, 146, 147, 163, 165, 176, 194-7, 199, 206,
210-12, 218, 230, 234

Persian Gulf, 109, 223, 230

Platonism, 113

Polygamy, 223

Pope, Alexander, 85

Portuguese, 107

Presbyterian Mission, American, 145

Primal Point (The Báb), 189

Qahru'lláh (a dervish), 137

Qahviy-i-Awlíyá', 39, 231

Qá'im, 3, 18, 33, 48, 50, 51, 70, 71 (Báb's declaration in Mecca), 74,
87, 96, 98, 111, 134, 143, 144, 145, 156, 167, 170, 178, 185, 186,
205

Qá'im-Maqám (Abu'l-Qásim, Mírzá), 8-9, 10, 148

Qájár, 7, 108, 113, 219

Qandahár, 233

Qa[_sh_]qá'í, tribe, 81, 82, 84

Qásim, Siyyid, of Ra[_sh_]t, 3

Qavámu'l-Mulk, Ḥájí, 81, 82, 84, 234

_Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_ (Commentary on Súrih of Joseph), 19, 20, 21, 46, 47,
58, 99, 101, 141, 211

Qazvín, 108, 124, 125, 131, 164-7

_Qiṣaṣu'l-`Ulamá_ (Chronicles of the Divines), 141, 142

Qubád [_Kh_]án, 82

Quddús (Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Bárfurú[_sh_]í, Ḥájí Mullá), Letter of
the Living: recognises the Báb, 23-4, 26, 33;
accompanies Him to Mecca, 48-9, 71, 74;
is separated from Him, 77, 78, 149, 150;
at Bada[_sh_]t, 167-70;
arrest, 171;
at [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ṭabarsí, 173, 175, 177;
martyrdom, 150, 176, 205

Quintus Curtius, 223

Qum, 49, 51, 119, 135, 151, 174

Qumrúd, 119

Qur'án (Koran), 13, 28, 29, 30, 61, 62, 64, 65, 74, 75, 87, 88, 90,
91, 101, 110, 141, 144, 172, 175, 181, 186, 204, 214, 217, 218,
219

Quray[_sh_], 86

Qurbán-`Alí, Mírzá, 184

Qurratu'l-`Ayn (the Báb), 47

Qurratu'l-`Ayn, _see_ Ṭáhirih

Rabí`u'l-Avval, month of, 116

Raḥím, Mírzá, of [_Sh_]íráz, 103

Ra'ísu'l-`Ulamá, of Hamadán, 165

Ramaḍán, month of, 57, 191

Rangoon, 192

Raq[_sh_]á' ('She-Serpent'), 109

Ra[_sh_]íd [_Kh_]án-i-Sartíp, 81

Ra[_sh_]t, Ra[_sh_]tí, 3, 162

_Rawḍatu'ṣ-Ṣafá_, Supplement to, 141, 142

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 61-7, 232

'Remnant of God', _see_ Baqíyatu'lláh

Resurrection, Day of, 98, 150

Riḍá, Imám, 52, 56, 85, 103, 119

Riḍá, Mírzá (British Agent), 81, 82, 83

Riḍá [_Kh_]án-i-Turkamán, 173

Riḍáy-i-Qásí, Ḥájí, 147, 237

Riḍá-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Af[_sh_]ár, 134

Riḍá-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Hidáyat, 141

Riḍá'íyyih, 135;
_see_ Urúmíyyih

_Risáliy-i-Fiqhíyyih_, 39

_Risáliy-i-Tis`a-`A[_sh_]aríyyih_ (Nineteen Discourses), 229, 238

Rodwell, J. M., 88

Rosen, Baron, 217

Ruknábád (fountain overlooking [_Sh_]íráz), 15

Rukni'd-Dawlih (Muḥammad-`Alí Mírzá), 2

Runíz (Fárs), 240

Russell, Lord John, xi

Russia, Russian, 7-10, 124, 131, 132, 159, 206, 209, 210, 217, 230

Rustam-`Alí _see_ Zaynab

Ṣábir, _see_ Mihdí, Mírzá

Sabzih-Maydán, of Bárfurú[_sh_], 176;
of Ṭihrán, 183

Sa`dí, 16

Ṣádiq, Mullá (a pretender), 132

Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-[_Kh_]urásání, Mullá, 51, 78, 165, 239

Ṣadrá, Mullá, 113, 236

Ṣadr-i-A`ẓam, _see_ Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án

Sa`du'lláh Pá[_sh_]á, Sar`askar, 4, 5, 197-200

Ṣafar, month of, 77

Ṣafavid, 107, 108, 161, 162

Safíhu'l-`Ulamá, _see_ Muḥammad-Mihdí, Áqá

Ṣáhib-I[_kh_]tíyár, _see_ Ḥusayn [_Kh_]án

Ṣáhibu'z-Zamán (Lord of the Age, or Religion), 13, 15, 18, 24, 50,
96, 142

_Ṣaḥífiy-i-Baynu'l-Ḥaramayn_ (Epistle between the Two Shrines), 73

Ṣaḥnih, 164

Sa`íd-i-Hindí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (Letter of the Living), 27, 137

Sa`ídu'l-`Ulamá, of Bárfurú[_sh_], 172, 174, 176

St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 9

Sale, George, 168

Salford, 217

Ṣáliḥ, Hájí Mullá, 25

Ṣáliḥ, Mírzá, 239

Ṣáliḥ-al-Karímí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 60, 165, 166

Saljúqs (Seljucids), 107

Sám [_Kh_]án, 157

Sámarrá, 41, 142

Sami Effendi (Turkish minister), 210

Sar-[_Ch_]i[_sh_]mih, 189

Saráy-i-Amír (a caravanserai), 36

Sárí, 171

Sartíp, 134, 234

'Seal of the Prophets' (Muḥammad), 95

Sercey, M. de, 234

'Seven Goats', _see_ 'Seven Martyrs'

'Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán', 182-5, 206-8

[_Sh_]a`bán, month of, 75, 151

[_Sh_]áfi`í, 13

[_Sh_]aftí, 162

[_Sh_]áh `Abdu'l-`Aẓím, 140, 190

[_Sh_]áh [_Ch_]irá[_gh_] (a shrine), 103

[_Sh_]áh Muḥammad-i-Man[_sh_]ádí, Ḥájí (Amínu'l-Bayán), 190, 191

[_Sh_]ahr (Shehr)-i-Vírán, 224

Shakespeare, 76, 107

[_Sh_]aríf (Sherif), of Mecca, 21, 74, 75

[_Sh_]avvál, month of, 194

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Alí, Mullá, of [_Kh_]urásán (`Aẓím), 57, 103, 137, 151

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_]-`Alí Mírzá, 103

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_]-i-Anám, _see_ `Ábid, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]; 231

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_]í, 1, 5, 38, 42, 53, 59, 62, 72, 74, 140

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_]u'l-Islám, of Tabríz, 140

[_Sh_]ay[_kh_]uná, _see_ `Ábid, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]; 231

Sheil, Lady, 58

Sheil, Lt.-Col. (later Sir Justin), 63, 64, 81, 135, 177, 180, 186,
187, 202-15 _passim_, 229

Sherley brothers, 107

[_Sh_]i`ah, 1, 12, 13, 33, 50, 59, 62-8 _passim_, 162, 163, 198, 200,
221

[_Sh_]ikastih Nasta`líq (a script), 54

[_Sh_]íráz, [_Sh_]írází, 2, 16-18 _passim_, 22, 23, 32-40 _passim_,
45, 46, 48-52 _passim_, 56, 57, 61, 62, 67-9 _passim_, 76-88
_passim_, 90, 94, 99-107 _passim_, 143, 147, 150, 166, 169, 170,
179, 182, 204, 220, 223, 237, 239

Shirley, James, 106

[_Sh_]i[_sh_]-Parí, Siyyid-i-, 95

[_Sh_]í[_sh_]ván, 138

Shoghi Effendi (Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith), 139, 167, 183, 189, 192

[_Sh_]ujá`u'd-Dawlih, 201

[_Sh_]ukru'lláh [_Kh_]án-i-Núrí, 69

Ṣiddíqih (the Truthful), 163;
_see also_ Ṭáhirih

Sipihr, _see_ Muḥammad-Taqí [_Kh_]án

Sisygambis, 223

Síyáh-Dahán, 124

Siyyid, 17, 23, 51, 70, 72, 99, 121, 136, 140, 146, 147

Siyyid `Alí, 171;
_see also_ Ḥusayn-i-Bu[_sh_]rú'í, Mullá

Siyyidu'[_sh_]-[_Sh_]uhadá, _see_ Ḥusayn, Imám

Stevens, R. W., 202

Ṣubḥ-i-Azal, _see_ Yaḥyá, Mírzá

Sublime Porte, 61, 63, 66, 163

Ṣúfí, 215

Sulaymán [_Kh_]án, of Tabríz, 149, 159, 160, 189

Sulaymán [_Kh_]án-i-Af[_sh_]ár, Ḥájí, 125, 134

Sulṭán al-Karbilá'í, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 60, 166

Sulṭánu'l-`Ulamá, _see_ Imám-Jum`ih, of Iṣfahán

Sunní, 12, 13, 63, 64, 65, 68, 163, 198

Surra-man-Ra'a, _see_ Sámarrá

Súrih (Súrah), 19;
_see also_ (Súrihs of) Joseph, Kaw[_th_]ar, V'al-`Aṣr, `al-Wáqi`ah

Syria, Syrians, 8, 193

Syriac, 136

Ṭabarsí, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 29, 51, 135, 150, 165, 171-7, 180, 185,
186, 239

Ṭabas, 57

Tabríz, 10, 124, 126-8, 138, 140, 145, 152, 154, 157-9, 167, 169, 202,
203, 209, 211, 218, 221

Ṭahá, Siyyid, 163

Ṭáhir, Mírzá (the Baker), 239

Ṭáhir, Mullá, 166

Ṭáhirih (Qurratu'l-`Ayn, Letter of the Living), 24-7, 58, 124,
162-71, 176, 230

Talbot, Major Gerald F., 33

Taqí [_Kh_]án, Mírzá (Amír Niẓám, Amír-i-Kabír), 146, 148, 152,
184, 185, 203, 207, 209, 212

_Táríkh-i-Jadíd_ (New History of the Báb), 78, 126

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 134

Ṭihrán, 26, 36, ch. 3, 63, 66, 69, 81, 90, 102, 104, 113, 115,
119-25 _passim_, 131, 140, 145, 147, 149, 152, 166, 167, 177, 178,
183, 185, 189, 205, 222, 233

Tilsit, 8

_Times, The_ (London), 77

Titow, M. de, 63

Tobacco Régie, 33

Toumansky, Alexander, 217

Traditions, of Islám, 13, 90, 98, 141

_Traveller's Narrative, A_, 105, 114, 118, 120, 121, 141, 152

Tsar, of Russia, 8, 10, 206

Túp[_ch_]í (gunner), 81

Turkuman[_ch_]áy, treaty of, 9

Turkey, Turkish, 63, 104, 124, 132, 136, 210, 219-21 _passim_;
_see also_ Ottoman

Twelfth Imám, 65, 119

Umm-Salamih, _see_ Ṭáhirih

United States, 220, 238

Urúmíyyih (Riḍá'íyyih), 131-5 _passim_, 138, 145, 169

Uṣúl-i(al)-Káfí, 119

Uṣúlís, 62, 64

Vaḥíd (Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí), 70, 90-4, 99, 101, 103, 178-82,
205, 215, 240

Vakíl, mosque of ([_Sh_]íráz), 94, 96, 99, 103

_V'al-`Aṣr, Súrih of_, Commentary on, 110, 141

Valí-`Ahd (Crown Prince), 144;
_see also_ Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh

Varqá (martyr-poet), 138

Varqá, Valíyu'lláh, 139

Vazír Nizám (Mírzá Hasan [_Kh_]án), 152, 153, 203

Vicegerent of God, 21

Victoria, Queen, 221

Wahab, Siyyid (Seid Wahab), 196

_`al-Wáqi`ah, Súrih of_ (The Event), 168

Wellesley, Marquis of, 8

_World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, The_, 167

Yaḥyá, Ḥájí [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] (Imám-Jum`ih, of [_Sh_]iráz), 233

Yaḥyá, Mírzá (Ṣubḥ-i-Azal), 174, 238

Yaḥyá [_Kh_]án (warden of [_Ch_]ihríq), 135

Yaḥyá [_Kh_]án, of Tabríz, 149

Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí, Siyyid, _see_ Vaḥíd

Yazd, 4, 102, 116, 178, 184, 205, 214, 215

Yazíd, 182

Yúnis [_Kh_]án-i-Afrú[_kh_]tih, Dr., 190

Yúsuf, Mírzá (the Mustawfíu'l-Mamálik), 139

Yúsuf-i-Ardibílí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27

_Yúsuf, Súrih of_, see _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_

Za`farání, Ibráhím, 194

Ẓálim, _see_ Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]

Zand, 7, 161

Zanján, 100, 101, 125, 131, 134, 178, 185-8, 209-13

Zarrín-Táj, _see_ Ṭáhirih

Zaynab (Rustam-`Alí), 186

Zayni'd-Dín, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], 1

Zaynu'l-`Ábidín, Áqá Mírzá (cousin of the Báb's father), 32

Zaynu'l-`Ábidín [_Kh_]án, 178-80

Ẓillu's-Sulṭán, _see_ `Ali-[_Sh_]áh and Mas`úd Mírzá, Prince Sulṭán

The writer is very grateful to Farhang Afnan for his valuable help in compiling the index.

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