In the Land of Refuge: The Genesis of the Baha’i Faith in Shiraz

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Text—Translation of Táríkh Amrí Fárs va Shíráz

1. The Childhood and Early Life of the Báb

2. Commerce and Marriage

3. The Burning Bush

4. Return of the Báb to Shíráz

5. Vahíd and the Nayríz Episodes

6. The Household of Hujjat

7. Conversion of the Family of the Báb

8. First Baha’i Martyrs of Shíráz in 1867

9. The Passing of Khadíjih Bagum

10. Events of the 1880s

11. Events of the Early 1890s

12. Troubles in Ábádih

13. Profile of Turmoil: Spring 1903

14. The Second Restoration of the House of the Báb

15. Political Turmoil During the Constitutional Movement

16. Bahá’í Martyrdom in Nayríz

17. Political Reforms and Upheavals of 1909–10

Appendices—Materials for Study of the Bahá’í Community of Shíráz

1. Glimpses of Shíráz, 1910–51

2. Bahá’í Historical Places in Shíráz

3. The Governors of Fárs

4. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb

5. The Paternal Genealogy of the Báb

6. The Afnán Genealogy

7. Fárs and Shíráz

Bibliography

The original Persian text of Tarikh Amri Shiraz