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Edited by Juan R. Cole and Moojan Momen
This impressive scholarly volume is the second in the series on
Bábí and Bahá'í history. Six scholars
have, through painstaking research, brought to light aspects of
that history which were previously unknown. Included are articles
on the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in
India, Iran and America. The first three essays are concerned with
Iran. Juan R. Cole provides new insights into Bahá'u'lláh's
interaction with the Sufi orders in Sulaymániyyih during
his two-year withdrawal from the Bábí community, 1854-1856.
Susan Stiles analyzes the first non-Muslim conversions to the Bahá'í
Faith among Zoroastrians in Yazd, Iran. Peggy Caton discusses Bahá'í
influences on the master musician Mírzá 'Abdu'lláh,
who was a Bahá'í. Two essays deal with the history
of the American Bahá'ís. Richard Hollinger adds substantially
to our knowledge of Ibrahim George Kheiralla who first brought the
Bahá'í Faith to the West. Peter Smith traces the development
and eventual demise of Reality magazine, a Bahá'í
periodical. Finally, William Garlington examines the conversion
of villagers in Central India to the Bahá'í Faith
and compares it to other mass conversion movements in that country.
Retail price: $45.00, cloth (40-5)
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