Bibliography of Arabic and Persian Babi and Baha'i Texts

Select List of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Research Materials

(Mainly Photocopies of MSS and Books, in the Library of Juan R.I. Cole)

jrcole@umich.edu : I am happy to trade photocopies for materials I do not have; or in return for having the material scanned as digital images; or, in the case of manuscripts, in return for a typescript of the work typed out in Arabic or Persian.


I. Arabic, Persian, Turkish


Abadih-'i, Aqa Mirza Qabil. "Tarikh-i Abadih va Tavabi`." MS.

--------. "Tarikh-i Aqa Mirza Qabil-i Abadih-'i," MS, 164 pp.

--------. "Tarikh-i: Hurmuzak; Az-Abad; Husayn-Abad-i Yazd; Ali-Abad-i Yazd; Yazd." MS.

`Abdu'l-Baha. Alvah-i Vasaya. Karachi: Sterling Garden Road Press, 1960.b

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Alvah-i Mubarakih bi-iftikhar-i Baha'iyan-i Parsi. Tehran: MMMA, 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-‘i Alvah bih Mirza Haydar `Ali Usku’i. MS. 81 pp. Letters date from around 1903 through 1911; some mention of the Constitutional Revolution and its aftermath.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Alvah-i Khatti-yi mubarak bi khatt-i Ali Akbar i Ruhani 1303 A.H. s.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Alvah-i Khatti-yi mubarak bi iftikhar-i ba'zi az ahibba-yi Qazvin MS (short).

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Khitabat-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. 3 vols. in 1. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1984. Reprint of Egyptian editions of 1921 and 1943, and of Tehran edn. of 1970. b

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Makatib bih Khatt-i Aqa Baba Mu`allim Nayrizi." Photocopy of MS in private hands. 372 pp.

--------. Majmu`ih-‘i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu’l-Baha. Vol. 13. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976. (in digital .gif form only).

--------. Majmu`ih-‘i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu’l-Baha. Vol. 52. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Mubarakih. Ed. `Ali Akbar Milani. Tehran, 1326/1908. This volume contains many letters relating to the Constitutional Revolution and one can trace therein `Abdu'l-Baha's gradual disaffection with it.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Munajat. 3 volumes. New Delhi and Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trusts, 1977-1979.

--------. "Makatib." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 27 (9), 9, 10, 12. A handful of letters to Milani and others.

--------. Makatib-i `Abdu'l-Baha. vols. 1-8. Cairo and Tehran, 1910-1977.

--------. Maqalih-'i Shakhsi Sayyah. Ed. and trans. E.G. Browne. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1891.

--------. Muntakhabati az Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. 3 vols. Wilmette, Haifa, and Hofheim-Langenhain, 1979-1992.b

--------. an-Nur al-Abha fi Mufawadat `Abdi'l-Baha. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1983.b

--------. ar-Risalah al-Madaniyyah as-Sadirah fi sanat 1292. Cairo: Matba`ah Kurdistan al-`Ilmiyyah, 1329/1911. Photocopy of the Egyptian 1911 edn. Also: Risalih-'i Madaniyyih. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1984.b

--------. Risalih-'i Siyasiyyih. Tehran: Muhammad Labib, c. 1933. Based on the Bombay edn. (of 1893?).b

Afnan, Abu'l-Qasim, ed. Chahar Risalih-'i Tarikhi dar barih-'i Tahirih Qurratu'l-`Ayn. Wienacht, Switzerland: Landegg Academy, 1991.

Afnan, Habibu'llah. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Shiraz." Photocopy of MS in Afnan Library, London.

Afrukhtih, Yunis. Khatirat-i Nuh Salih. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1983. This edn. is said to have been bowdlerized of important passages on the Constitutional Revolution, present in the earlier edn. published in Iran.b

Ahsa'i, `Abdu'llah. Sharh-i Halat-i . . . Shaykh Ahmad b. Zaynu'd-Din al-Ahsa'i. Persian Trans. Bombay: Haji Muhammad Hasan Sahib, 1310/1892. Also trans. by Muhammad Tahir Khan b. Muhammad Karim Khan. Kirman: Sa`adat, 1967.

Ahsa'i, Shaykh Ahmad. Hayat an-Nafs. Persian trans. and intro. by Sayyid Kazim Rashti. Kirman: Sa`adat, 2nd printing, n.d [197?].

--------. Jawami` al-Kalim. 2 vols. Tabriz: Muhammad Taqi Nakhjavani, 1273-1276.

--------. "al-Kashkul." 2 vols. MSS Alif-9 and Alif-10, Kerman Shaykhi Library. On microfilm at the University of Michigan Harlan Hatcher Library. This volume is a philosophical and theological anthology of his favorite passages from Shi`i and mystical sources, and is invaluable for Shaykhi intellectual history.

--------. "Rasa'il al-Marhum Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i." V. 1:3. Kerman Shaykhi Library.

--------. "Risalat Mukhtasar al-Haydariyyah." V. 1:2. Kerman Shaykhi Library.

--------. Sharh al-Masha`ir. Tabriz, 1278.

--------. Sharh Kitab al-Hikmah al-`Arshiyyah. Tabriz, 1278.

--------. Sharh az-Ziyarah al-Jami`ah al-Kabirah. Tehran: Matba`at al-islam, 1390/1970 [3rd printing]. Also: Sharh az- Ziyarah al-Jami`ah al-Kabirah. 4 vols. Kirman: Sa`adat, 1970s.

--------. Sirat ash-Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i. Ed. Husayn `Ali Mahfuz. Baghdad: Matba`at al-Ma`arif, 1957.

Al-Muhammad, A.H. ad-Dalil wa al-irshad. 2 vols. Beirut: al-Bayan, 1966-1969.

`Amidu'l-Atibba', Mirza Yahya. "Tarikh-i Rasht." MS. photocopied from Afnan Library, London.

Anjuman-i Adab va Hunar. Khushih-ha'i az Kharman-i Adab va Hunar. Vol. 4. Wienacht, Switzerland: Landegg Academy, 1993.

Anon. Kitab-i Nuqtat al-Kaf. Ed. E.G. Browne. Leiden and London: E.J. Brill and Luzac & Co., 1910.

Anon. "Nivishtijat va Athar-i Ashab-i Avvaliyyih-i Amr-i A`la." Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives, Private Printing, 1976. No. 80 (b).

Anon. "Sharh-i Shuhada-yi Yazd;" "Dar Khusus-i Radd-i Shaykh al-islam;" "Tarikh-i Nur," "Tarikh-i Isfahan." Photocopy of MS containing several short pieces; from Afnan Library, London.

Anon. "Vuqu`at-i Tarikhiyyih . . . bar Ahibba-yi ilahi dar Abadih." Light photocopy from Afnan Library, London.

Arbab, Furugh. Akhtaran-i Taban. Volume 1. Tehran: MMMA, 128.

--------. Akhtaran-i Taban. Volume 2. New Delhi: Mir'at Publication, 1990.

Ardikani, Sadri Navabzadih. Matalibi dar barih-'i tarikh-i Nabil-i Zarandi. Mutali`ih-'i Ma`arif-i Baha'i no. 18. Tehran: MMMA, 134/1978.

Arjumand, Mihdi. Gulshan-i Haqayiq. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982.

Avarih. See "Ayati."

Ayati, `Abdu'l-Husayn "Avarih." Dastan-i Avvalin Ihtifalat sar-i Sal-i Su`ud-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. Tehran? 1922.

--------. Kashf al-Hiyal. 3 vols. Tehran: The Author, 1326 s.

--------. al-Kawakib ad-Durriyyih. Volume 1. Persian. Cairo: al-Matba`ah as-Sa`adah, 1923.

--------. al-Kawakib ad-Durriyyih. Volume 2. Persian. Cairo: Matba`at as-Sa`adah, 1914.

`Azizi, `Azizu'llah. Khatirat-i Jinab-i `Azizu'llah `Aziz ya Taj-i Vahhaj. Tehran: MMMA, 132.

Bab, Sayyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi. "Al-Bayan al-`Arabi." In al-Hasani, below.

--------. Bayan-i `Arabi va Haykal ad-Din. Tehran, n.d.

--------. Bayan-i Farsi. Tehran, n.d.

--------. Dala'il-i Sab`ih. Tehran, n.d.

--------. "Four Letters." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 28 (7).

--------. “Kitab al-Asma’.” Photocopy of undated Arabic MS in private hands.

--------. Kitab-i Panj Sha'n. N.p., n.d. Pp. 448.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976. Vol. 40.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977. Vol. 58.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977. Vol. 60.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977. Vol. 64.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977. Vol. 67.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1977. Vol. 69.

--------. Majmu`ih az Athar-i Nuqtih-'i Ula va Subh-i Azal. Tehran: n.d.

--------. "Manuscript containing Tafsir Surat at-Tawhid, Tafsir Surat al-Qadr, Adh-Dhahabiyyah, Fi Bayan al-Masa'il ath-Thalath, Tafsir an-Nubuwwah al-Khassah, Shu'un-i Arba`ih." London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. 7853.

--------. "Miscellaneous Letters." Cambridge University Library. CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 21 (9).

--------. Munajat. Tehran: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 126 B.E./1971.

--------. Muntakhabati az Athar-i Hadrat-i Nuqtih-'i Ula. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1978.

--------. "Persian and Arabic Pieces, Epistles and Prayers." CUL. Browne Or. MS F 23 (9).

--------. "Qayyum al-Asma' (Ahsan al-Qisas, Tafsir Surat Yusuf)." CUL. Browne Or. MS F 11 (9). Also incomplete copy, pp. 81-244, from library of Mr. Muhammad Afnan.

--------. Qismati az Alvah-i Khatt-i Nuqtih-'i Ula va Aqa Sayyid Husayn Katib. Tehran, n.p.

--------. "Risalih-'i Dhahabiyyih." Haifa. Copy, Baha'i World Centre MS.

--------. "Risalih-'i Nubuvvat-i Khassih." Copy of MS. from library of Mr. Muhammad Afnan.

--------. Sahifih-'i `Adliyyih. Tehran, n.p.

--------. "As-Sahifah bayn al-Haramayn." CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 7 (9).

--------. "as-Sahifah ar-Ridawiyyah." CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 28 (6).

--------. "Sharh Surah Wa'l-`Asr." CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 9 (6).

--------. "Tafsir Surat al-Baqarah." Reproduced in Todd Lawson diss., McGill, 1987.

--------. "Tafsir Surat al-Kawthar." CUL. Browne Or MS F. 10 (7).

--------. "Tafsir Surat at-Tawhid." Haifa. Copy, Baha'i World Centre MS.

Baghdadi, Muhammad Mustafa. Risalah Amriyyah [In Suhrab, ar-Risalah at-Tis` ah `Ashariyyah]. Cairo, 1919.

Baha'i, `Ali Asghar. "Tarikh-i Dawda'-i Tihran, 1300 A.H." Photocopy of MS in National Baha'i Archives, Wilmette, Ill.

Baha'u'llah. Alwah-i khatti-yi jamal-i mubarark. Photocopy of MS in hand of Usku’i.

--------. Abwab al-Malakut. Beirut: Dar al-Badi`, 1975.b

--------. Alvah-i Nazilih Khitab bi-Muluk va Ru'asa-yi Ard. Tehran: MMMA, 126 B.E.b

--------. Alvah. New Delhi: n.p. Facsimile of MS in Hand of Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin dated A.H. 1311/1893. Mainly supplements to the Aqdas.b

--------. Aqdas-i Buzurg va chand Lawh-i Digar. Bombay: Matba`at an-Nasiri, 1314/1896.

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 1: Kitab-i Mubin. Bombay, 1308/1890-91.

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 2. n.p., n.d.

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 3. Tehran: MMMA, 129/1973.b

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 4. Tehran: MMMA, 125/1969.

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 5. Tehran: MMMA, 131/1975.

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 6. Tehran: MMMA, 132/1976.b

--------. Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Volume 7. Tehran: MMMA, 134/1978.

--------. Darya-yi Danish. Tehran: MMMA, 133 B.E/1977.

--------. "Alvah [Tablets of Baha'u'llah in the hand of Riza Shirazi]" London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. MS Or. 11095. Foll. 246.

--------. "Alvah." Tablets of Baha'u'llah in the hand of Riza Shirazi. BL MS Or. 11096. Foll. 223.

--------. "Alvah." Tablets of Baha'u'llah in the hand of Riza Shirazi. BL MS Or. 11097. Foll. 126.

--------. Ishraqat va chand Lawh-i Digar. Tehran, n.d.

--------. Iqtidarat va chand Lawh-i Digar. Tehran, n.d. Facsimile of a Mishkin Qalam MS calligraphed in 1310/1892.

--------. "Al-Kitab al-Aqdas va Su'al va Javab." London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. MS Or. 2820. Foll. 46.

--------. al-Kitab al-Aqdas va alvah. Bombay, 1308/1890.

--------. Kitab-i Aqdas. Alexander Tumanskii, ed. Memoires de l'academie imperiale des sciences de St. Petersburg, VIIIe Serie. Classe Historico-Philologique. Vol. 3, no. 6 (1899).

--------. Kitab-i Badi` dar As'ilih-'i Qazi. Tehran, 1940.

--------. "Kitab-i Iqan." London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. MS Or. 3116. Foll. 78-127. Followed by Seven Valleys and then by general short letters to Baha'is.

-------. Kitab-i Iqan. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1980. [Facsimile of 1934 Egyptian edn. in naskh letters].b

--------. La'ali al-Hikmah. Ed. Vahid Behmardi. 3 vols. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Baha'i-Brasil, 1986-1991.b

--------. Lawh-i Mubarak Khitab bih Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Mujtahid-i Isfahani Ma`ruf bih Najafi. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1982. [Nasta`liq, some passages in a near- Shikastih].b

--------. Al-Majmu` al-awwal min Rasa'il ash-Shaykh al-Babi Baha'u'llah. Ed. Baron Victor Rosen. St. Petersburg: Matba`at Dar al-`Ulum, 1908. Edited book of Tablets apparently based on three similar MSS.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Alvah-i Mubarakih. Tehran: MMMA, 132 B.E./1976. Photo-offset of a manuscript in the hand of `Ali Ashraf Lahijani "`Andalib," 1304/1886, including Tablets addressed mainly to Kazim Samandar and members of his family.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vols. 7-8. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976. Facsimile of MS in hand of Zayn al-Muqarrabin. Letters, 1295-1298 A.H.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 23. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 26. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 28. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 34. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 35. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 37. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 38. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Mubarakih. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976. Vol. 43. (Bab and Baha'u'llah)

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 44. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 45. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 46. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 63. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977. "Risalih-'i Su'al va Javab."

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 71. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Qalam-i A`la. Vol. 73. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 133/1977.

--------. Majmu`ih-`i az Alvah-i Jamal-i Aqdas-i Abha kih ba`d az Kitab-i Aqdas Nazil Shudih. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1980. [Nasta`liq].b

--------. Majmu`ih-'i Matbu`ih-'i Alvah-i Mubarakih. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1978. Facsimile of the 1920 Egyptian edn.b

--------. Munajat. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Baha'i-Brasil, 1981. The Arabic originals of Prayers and Mediations.b

--------. Muntakhabati az Alvah-i Hadrat-i Baha’u’llah Jam`-Aravar az Akhbar-i Amri-yi sanavat-i Qabl. Tehran, n.d. Scrapbook of reproductions of handwritten and typed Tablets of Baha’u’llah appearing in Iranian Baha’i periodicals (I have not seen most of these elsewhere).

--------. Muntakhabati az Athar-i Hadrat-i Baha'u'llah. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1984. Most of the original texts translated in Gleanings.b

--------. Nafahat-i Fadl. Vol. 2. Dundas, Ont.: Persian Institute for Baha'i Studies, n.d.

--------. Nafahat ar-Rahman. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Baha'i-Brasil, 1982. Facsimile of a small MS in the hand of Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin, calligraphed in `Akka in 1304/1886.b

--------. "Su'al va Javab." INBA Private Publication No. 63.

--------. Surat al-Muluk. Karachi: Mashhur Offset Press, n.d. [Naskh].b

--------. "Les Tables." Paris. Bibliothèque Nationale. Supplément Persan 1754. Persian Tablets, donated by H. Dreyfus.

--------. "Tracts and Letters." BL MS Or. 3114. Foll. 96; bought 1886.

Baha'u'llah et al. Ad`iyyih-'i Hadrat-i Mahbub. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1980. Facsimile of the Egyptian A.H. 1339/1920 edn.b

--------, et al. Bisharat an-Nur. 3 vols. in 1. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1983. Originally published in Tehran, 121/1963, 130/1974, 134/1978 B.E.b

Bahiyyih Khanum. "Nivishtijat." MS. Letters 1921-1923. About 120 pp.

Bakhtavar, Kamalu'd-Din. "Raf`-i Shubhat va Daf`-i Tuhmat." Typescript.

--------. Tajalliyat-i Vahy ya Ilham va Ishraq. Bombay, 1964.

Balyuzi, Hasan Muvaqqar. "Edward Granville Browne va diyanat-i Baha'i." Photocopy of autograph MS. Much revised and expanded Persian edition of Edward Granville Browne and the Baha'i Faith.

Banna-Yazdi, Ustad `Ali Akbar. "Tarikh-i `Ishqabad." Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives, Private Printing, 1978. No. 94.

Barfarushi, Muhammad `Ali "Quddus." "al-Abhar al-Quddusiyyah." London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. MS. Or. 5110. Foll. 36.

--------. "Al-Athar al-Qudsiyyah." CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 43 (9). Foll. 20.

--------. "Az Farmayashat-i Hadrat-i Quddus." London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. 6256. Foll. 295-308.

Bayda'i, Ni`matu'llah Dhuka'i. Tadhkirih-'i Shu`ara-yi Qarn-i Avval-i Baha'i. 4 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 121-129//1965-1973.

--------. Tali`ih-'i Adab. N.p., 89 B.E. Pp. 113. Bio of Md. `Ali Adib Bayda'i.

Bereketzade Ismail Hakki Effendi. Yad-i Mazi. Istanbul: Tevsi-i Tibaat, 1332/1914. In Ottoman Turkish: Memoirs of a Young Ottoman exile to Akka in 1873-1876; some mention of his relations with the Baha'is of Akka.

Bint ash-Shati', `A'ishah `Abdu'r-Rahman. Qira'ah fi watha'iq al-Baha'iyyah. Cairo: Dar al-Ahram, 1986. Attack on the Baha'i Faith by a prominent woman scholar of the Qur'an.b

Browne, E.G., and R.A. Nicholson. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental MSS. belonging to the Late E.G. Browne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932 [Babi-Baha'i section xeroxed and keyed to accession numbers for British Manuscript Project microfilms held at the University of Michigan].

Dahaji, Sayyid Mihdi. "Risalah." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 57 (9). A Muhammad-`Ali Baha'i response to Nuqtatu'l-Qaf by a companion of Baha'u'llah.

Da'ud, Yuhanna. A Collection of 92 letters and reports from Baha'is of the East. Persian and Arabic. London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. MS Or. 8118.

--------. A collection of 161 letters, mostly in manuscript, comprising copies of epistles of `Abdu'l-Baha, original letters from distinguished Baha'i teachers. BL MS Or. 8895.

Davudi, `Ali Murad. Falsafih va `Irfan, vol. 1: Insan dar A'in-i Baha'i. Ed. Vahid Ra'fati. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1987.

--------. Falsafih va `Irfan, vol. 2: Uluhiyyat va Mazhariyyat. Ed. Vahid Ra'fati. Dundas, Ontario: Persian Institute for Baha'i Studies, 1991.

--------. Falsafih va `Irfan, vol. 3: Maqalat va Rasa'il. Ed. Vahid Rafati. Dundas, Ontario: Persian Institute for Baha'i Studies, 1994. b

Davudi, `Ali Murad, et al. Maqalat-i Mutafarriqih. Tehran: MMMA, 133. Articles by Davudi, Rasikh; includes Farid's "Manabi`."

Dustdar, Farzin, ed. Ruzanih-ha-yi Umid. West Germany: Payam-i Dusti, Mithaq Group, 1983.

Farid, Badi`u'llah. "Manabi`-i Tarikhi-yi Amr-i Mubarak-i Hadrat-i Rabb-i A`la." In Davudi, et al., Maqalat-i Mutafarriqih. Tehran: MMMA, 133, pp. 23-397. See above.

--------. Maqalih-'i dar mu`arrafi-yi Kitab-i Mustatab-i Aqdas. Wilmette, Ill.: Persian-American Affairs Office, NSA of Baha'is of US, 2nd edn., 150 B.E./1994. b

Faydi, Abu'l-Qasim. Qafilih-'i Salar-i Bandigi. Tehran: MMMA, 132/1975.

Faydi, Muhammad `Ali. Hadrat-i Baha'u'llah. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1994. b

--------. Hadrat-i Nuqtih-'i Ula. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1987.b

--------. Hayat-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. Tehran: MMMA, 128/1971.

--------. Khandan-i Afnan. Tehran: MMMA, 137.

--------. Khitabat-i Qalam-i A`la dar Sha'n-i Nuzul-i Alvah-i Muluk va Salatin. N.p, 1336 s. Pp. 112.

--------. La'ali-yi Dirakhshan az Lawh-i Mubarak-i Shaykh va Sultan. Shiraz, n.p., 123/1967.

--------. Nayriz-i Mushkbiz. Tehran: MMMA, 129/1973.

Fu'adi Bushru'i, Hasan. Manazir-i Tarikhi-yi Nihdat-i Amr-i Baha'i dar Khurasan. Tehran, 111 B.E.? Pp. 460.

Furughi, Muhammad `Ali. Sharh-i Vaqa'i`-i Amriyyih dar Niraq. N.p., 106 B.E. Pp. 43.

Furutan, `Ali Akbar. Hikayat-i Dil. Oxford: George Ronald, 1981.b

--------, ed. Dastanha'i az hayat-i `unsuri-yi Jamal-i Aqdas-i Abha. Tehran: MMMA, 134/1978 B.E.

Gulistanih, Mahmihr Vahdat. Simurghan-i Buland-i Ashyanih. (Dallas, Tx.: Supreme Printing Co., 1996). Documents on imprisonment of Baha'is in Qajar Iran.

Gulpaygani, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. Burhan-i Lami`ih. Chicago: Press of Bahai News Service, 1912. With English Trans. Photocopy.

--------. ad-Durar al-Bahiyyah. Cairo, 1900.

--------. Fasl al-Khitab. Ed. Ruhullah Mehrabkhani. Dundas, Ont.: Institute for Baha'i Studies in Persian, 1995/151 B.E. b

--------. "Istidlaliyyih." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 27 (9), 1. Proofs written for the Jews.

--------. Kitab al-Fara'id. Cairo, 1898.

--------. Mukhtarat min Mu'allafat Abi al-Fada'il. Brussels: Maison d'Editions Baha'ies, 1980.b

--------. Rasa'il va Raqa'im. Ed. Ruhu'llah Mihrabkhani. Tehran: MMMA, 134/1978.

--------. Risalih-'i Sharh-i Ayat-i Muvarrakhih. n.p., n.d.

--------. Sharh-i Shajarih-namih-'i Mubarakih. Bombay: Matba`-i Mustafa'i, 1321/1903.

--------. "Tarikh-i Zuhur-i Diyanat-i Hadrat-i Bab va Hadrat-i Baha'u'llah." Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing [INBA-PP], 1976. No. 9.

--------, and Sayyid Mihdi Gulpaygani. Kashf al-Ghita. Tashkent, 1919?.

Hamadani, Mirza Husayn. "Tarikh-i Jadid." Persian MS, Cama Oriental Library, Bombay. Very faint Indian photocopy. Inaccurately listed as missing in MacEoin, Sources, p. 215.

---------. "Tarikh-i Jadid." CUL. Browne Coll., F. 55. Photocopy of MS calligraphed in 1888 in Shiraz.

Hasani, `Abdu'r-Razzaq, al-. Al-Babiyyun wa al-Baha'iyyun fi hadirihim wa madihim. Sidon: Matba`at al-`Irfan, 1962.b .

Huart, Clement. La Religion du Bab. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1889.

Ibrahimi, Abu'l-Qasim. Fihrist-i Kutub-i Shaykh-i Ajall-i Awhad-i Marhum Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i. 2 vols. Kirman: Sa`adat, n.d.

Isfahani, Asadu'llah. "Yad-Dashtha." Photocopy of an MS in the library of Mr. Ruhu'llah Mihrabkhani, treating the history of the Tehran LSA from 1879.

Isfahani, Mirza Haydar `Ali. Bihjat as-Sudur. Bombay: Deccan Printing Press, 1914.

--------. "Tarjumih-'i Ahval-i Abu'l-Fada'il." Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives, Private Printing, 1976. No. 20.

Ishraq-Khavari, `Abdu'l-Hamid. Aqdah al-Falah. Volumes 1 & 2. Tehran: MMMA, 129/1973.

--------. Asrar-i Rabbani: Qamus-i Tawqi'-i Mani`-i Mubarak-i Sanih-'i 105 Badi`. 2 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 118.

--------. Ganj-i Shayigan. Tehran: MMMA, 124.

--------. "Hayrat-i Qajar," Ahang-i Badi`, no. 5. Long article on Shaykhu'r-Ra'is.

--------. Muhadarat. 2 vols. in 1. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1987.b

--------. "Muhadarat dar Barih-'i Kitab-i Mustatab-i Aqdas." Photocopy of a complete typescript dated 126 B.E./1975.

--------. Nurayn-i Nayyirayn. Tehran: MMMA, 123/1968.

--------. Qamus-i Iqan. 4 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 128/1972.

--------. Rahiq-i Makhtum. 2 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 103.

--------. Taqvim-i Tarikh-i Amr. Tehran: MMMA, 126.

--------. Yadgar. Ed. Mansur Ruhaniyan. Dundas, Ont.: Institute for Baha'i Studies in Persian, 1994. b

Ishraq-Khavari, `Abdu'l-Hamid, ed. Ayyam-i Tis`ih. Tehran: MMMA, 129/1973. 5th edn.b

--------, ed. Ganjinih-'i Hudud va Ahkam. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1980. Facsimile of Tehran 128 edn.b

--------, ed. Ma'idih-i Asmani, vols. 1, 4, 7. Tehran: MMMA, 129/1973. These are the Baha'u'llah volumes.

--------, ed. Ma'idih-'i Asmani, 9 vols. in 3 Parts. New Delhi: Indian Publishing Trust, 1984-85. Only Parts 2 and 3, comprising

the `Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi and index volumes of the Tehran 129/1973 edn. have appeared.b

--------, ed. Payam-i Malakut. Tehran: MMMA, 105.

--------, ed. Risalih-'i Tasbih va Tahlil. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1982.b

Kashani, Mirza Aqa Jan "Khadimu’llah." Risalih’i Radd bar Jinab-i Jahrumi. Bomby, n.p., 1895?

--------. Vaqi`ih-‘i ha’ilih-‘i Khadem-I Abha dar Rawdih-‘i Mubarakih-‘i `Ulya. N.p, 1897?

Khatib, Muhibbu'd-Din al-. Al-Baha'iyyah. Cairo: al-Matba`ah as-Salafiyyah, 1394/1974. An Egyptian qadi's brief refutation of the Baha'i Faith.

Khusravi, Khusraw. Risalih-'i Bara`at-i Maqalih-'i Dala'ilu'l-`Irfan fi Zuhur al-Hujjah wa't-Tibyan. Bombay: The Author, 1313/1895. Proofs for Muslims.

Kilas-i Mutali`ih va Sukhanvari. Fihrist-i Kutub-i Amri. Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives, Private Printing, 1976. No. 70.

Kirmani, Mirza Aqa Khan. Hasht Bihisht. Tehran, n.d.

--------. Namih-ha-yi Tab`id. Ed. Huma Natiq and Muhammad Firuz. Cologne: Chap-i Ufuq, 1986.

Kirmani, Muhammad Khan. Risalih dar Ikhtira`-i Khatt-i Jadid. Kerman: Sa`adat, n.d.

Kirmani, Muhammad Karim Khan. Irshad al-`Awamm. 2 vols. Kirman: Sa`adat, date.

--------. Risalih-'i Izhaq al-Batil. Kerman: Sa`adat, 1351.

--------. Rujum ash-Shayatin. Kerman: Sa`adat, n.d.

Kirmani, Zaynu'l-`Abidin Khan. Javab-i Su'alat-i Misyu Patir Hulandi. Kirman: Sa`adat, 1970. Polemic with Christianity by a late-nineteenth century Shaykhi leader.

--------. Risalih-'i Tanzih al-Anbiya'. Kirman: Sa`adat, 1384.

--------. Risalih-'i Tamyiz al-Awsiya'. Kirman: Sa`adat, 1385.

Lawson, Todd. "The Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid `Ali Muhammad, the Bab." 2 vols. McGill University, Ph.D. dissertation, 1987. Includes Bab's Tafsir Surat al-Baqarah.

Ma`ani, Dariush. Kanz al-Asrar dar Tashrih-i Kalimat-i Maknunih-'i Farsi. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1993.b

Ma`ani, Vuthuqu'llah. Gulbun-i Ma`ani. New Delhi: Mir'at, 1990.b

Mahmudi, Hushang, ed. Yad-Dashtha-`i dar barih-'i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. 2 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 130.

Mahmudi, Khanum Zhinus. "Khatirat." Photocopy of handwritten autobiography. 18 pp.

Majdhub, Mahmud. Surush-i Mahmud. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1994.b

Malamiri, Muhammad Tahir. Khatirat-i Malamiri. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1992.b

--------. Tarikh-i Shuhada-yi Yazd. Karachi: MMMP, 135 B.E. Facsimile of A.H. 1347/1928 edn.b

Malik-Khusravi, Muhammad `Ali. Iqlim-i Nur. Tehran: MMMA, 118 B.E.

--------. "Manabi`-i Tarikh-i Amr," Ahang-i Badi` 326 (1974-75/131 B.E.):11-34.

--------. Tarikh-i Shuhada-yi Amr. 3 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 130.

Mamaqani, Muhammad Taqi and Hasan Mursalvand. Guft va Shanud-i Sayyid `Ali Muhammad Bab ba Ruhaniyyun-i Tabriz. Tehran: Sayih, 1374s.

Mazandarani, Asadu'llah Fadil. Asrar al-Athar. 5 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 124.

--------. "Juzvih-'i Tarikh-i Isfahan." Photocopy of MS from Afnan Library, London.

"Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq." Volume 1. Photocopy of MS. in private hands.

"Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq." Volume 2. Photocopy of MS. in private hands.

--------. Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq. Volume 3. Tehran, 1941 or 42. Biographical material on Babi movement.

--------. "Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq." Volume 4. Photocopy of MS. at Baha'i World Centre, Haifa.

"Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq." Volume 5. Photocopy of MS. at MS. in private hands.

--------. "Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq." Volume 6. Photocopy of MS. at Baha'i World Centre, Haifa. Biographical material on Baha'is in time of Baha'u'llah.

--------. Tarikh-i Zuhur al-Haqq. Volume 8 in 2 parts. Tehran: MMMA, 131-132/1975-76. Biographical dictionary of Baha'is during `Abdu'l-Baha's ministry.

Mazandarani, Asadu'llah Fadil, ed. Amr va Khalq. 4 vols. in 2. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1985. Reprint of Tehran edn. of 1954-74.

Mihrabkhani, Ruhu'llah. Khandan-i Sadat-i Khams. Darmstadt: Mu'assassih-'i `Asr-i Jadid, 1994.

--------. "Qissih-'i `ishq-i Mirza Muhammad `Ali Zunuzi." MS.

--------. Sharh-i Ahval-i Jinab-i Mirza Abu'l-Fada'il-i Gulpaygani. Tehran: MMMA, 131/1975.

--------. Zindigani-yi Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1988. A completely revised version of the previous biography.b

Mihrabi, Mu`inu’d-Din. Qurrat al-`Ayn: Sha`irih-‘i Azadikhah va milli-yi Iran. Cologne: Nashr-i Ravish, 1990.

Mu'ayyad, Habib. Khatirat-i Habib. Vols. 1-2. Tehran: MMMA, 118-129.

--------. Sharh-i Shahadat-i Jinab-i Mirza Ya`qub Muttahidih. Tehran: MMMA, 105 B.E.

Mudarris, Fathu'llah. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Iran." Photocopied Typescript. 2 vols. 1985.

Mudarris-Chahardihi, Murtada. Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i. Tehran: `Ali Akbar `Ilmi, 1324 s.

--------. Shaykhigari, Babigari. Tehran: Furughi, 1966.

Mudir-Masiha'i, Ruh'u'llah, ed. Mahbub-i `Alam. Toronto: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada/`Andalib, 1993. b

Mu`inu’s-Saltanih. Tarikh-i Amr. MS. Pts. 1 & 2 (complete).

Na`im, Muhammad. Ahsan at-Taqwim ya Gulzar-i Na`im. New Delhi: BPT, n.d.b

Niku, Hasan. Falsafih-‘i Niku. 4 vols. Tehran: Farahani, 2nd edn, 1948.

Niraqi. "Tadhkirat al-Ghafilin." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 63 (10).

Nuqaba'i, Husam. Manabi`-i Tarikh-i Amr-i Baha’i. Tehran: Baha’i Publishing Trust, 133 B.E./1977.

--------. Tahirih. N.p. 1983.b

Nur, `Izzatu'llah. Khatirat-i Muhajiri az Isfahan dar Zaman-i Shahadat-i Sultan ash-Shuhada' va Mahbub ash-Shuhada'. Tehran: MMMA, 128.

Nuri, Mirza Aslam. "Qasidih-'i Alfiyyih." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 27 (9), 2. Explains Babi terminology.

Nuri, Khanum-i Buzurg "`Ammih." "Tanbih an-Na'imin." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 60 (8). Also Tehran printed edn., n.p., n.d.

Nushabadi, Hasan Rahmani. Mir'at al-Haqiqah. Tehran: MMMA, 129.b

"Qahir," Rajab `Ali. "Kitab." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 24 (9).

Qa'ini, Aqa Muhammad Nabil-i Akbar. Qasidih-'i Ta'iyyih. Tehran: MMMA, n.d. Composed 1857. Evidence for early partisanship for Baha'u'llah.

--------. "Tarikh-i Badi`-i Bayani" London. British Library. Oriental and India Office Collections. Or. 2942. Includes a note on the uprising at Zanjan. (Misidentified in BL catalogues as Mirza Husayn Hamadani's "Tarikh-i Jadid," though it is actually Qa'ini's redaction and expansion of that work).

Qalam, Mishkin. Mishkin Qalam: Hunarmand-i Khatt-Nigar-i Qarn-i Nuzdahum (Geneva: Landegg Academy, 1992).

Qazvini, Mulla Ja`far. "Tarikh." Appended to first edition of Kazim Samandar, Tarikh-i Samandar, pp. 446-498.

Qazvini, Mirza Javad. "Risalih dar Tarikh-i Amr-i Baha’i." Cambridge Univ., Browne Coll., F 26 (4). 87 pp. [Translated in Browne, Materials.]

Qubad, Isfandiyar. Khatirat. Tehran: MMMA, 131/1975.

Rabbani, Shawqi Afandi (Shoghi Effendi). Lawh-i Qarn-i Ahibba'-i Sharq. Tehran: MMMA, 123.

--------. "Tawqi`at-i Mubarakih-'i Hadrat-i Vali-yi Amru'llah, 1922-1933." Photocopy of MS. in Private Hands. Pagination 391-777.

--------. "Tawqi`at-i Mubarakih-'i Hadrat-i Vali-yi Amru'llah, 1922-1942." Small scrapbook of MSS letters in Private Hands.

--------. Tawqi`at-I Mubarakih, 1922-1948. Vol. 3 (Tehran: MMMA, 130 B.E.).

--------. Tawqi`at-i Mubarakih-'i Hadrat-i Vali-yi Amru'llah Khitab bih Ahibba-yi Sharq. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1992. Includes letters dated B.E. 88, 89, 101, 105, 108, 110, 111, 112.

--------. Tawqi`-i 113. Photocopy of MS "copied from an autograph MS." 54 pp.

Rafati, Vahid. "The Development of Shaykhi Thought in Shi`i Islam." UCLA, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1979.

Subhi, Fadlu’llah Muhtadi. Payam-i Pidar. (Tehran: Amir Kabir, 2nd Printing, 1344 s.)

Rashti, Sayyid Kazim. "Dalil al-Mutahayyirin." Arabic MS. dated 1258, Kirman Shaykhi Library. Reel 5, book 25.

--------. Dalil al-Mutahayyirin. Kirman: Sa`adat, n.d.

--------. "al-Lawami` al-Hikmiyyah." Cairo. Dar al-Kutub. Arabic MS. Hikmah wa Falsafah 626.

--------. Majma`-i Rasa'il-i Farsi. Kirman: Sa`adat, n.d.

--------. Majmu`at Rasa'il. Tabriz, 1859. Photocopy from University of Chicago Library.

--------. "Risalah fi Ajwibat as-Sa'il al-Khafidah." Cairo. Dar al-Kutub. Arabic MS. `Aqa'id an-Nihal al-islamiyyah. Tawhid Shi`ah 80.

--------. "Risalat." London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Arabic Manuscript Collection. MS. 277. Between 1233 and 1259.

--------. "Sitt Rasa'il." MS in 2 vols. Kirman Shaykhi Library, ba'-3, ba'-4.

Rastkar, Nasru'llah. Tarikh-i Hadrat-i Sadru's-Sudur. Tehran: MMMA, 104.

Rosen, Victor, ed. "Manuscrits Persans," Collections Scientifiques de l'institut des Langues Orientales du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres 3 (1886):1-51.

--------. "Manuscrits Babys," Collections Scientifiques, 6 (1891):143-255.

Ruhani, Muhammad Shafi`. Khatirat-i Talkh va Shirin. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1993.

--------. Lama`at al-Anvar: Sharh-i Vaqa'i`-i Nayriz-i Shurangiz. 2 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 130.

Sa`idi, Nadir. Risalih-'i Madaniyyih: Mas'alih-'i Tajaddud dar Khavar-Miyanih. Dundas, Ont.: Institute for Baha'i Studies in Persian, 1993.

Safidvash, Siyavash. Yar-i Dirin. Tehran: MMMA, 132.

Salmani, Muhammad `Ali. "Sharh-i Hal-i Ustad Muhammad `Ali Salmani." Calligraphed MS, with his poetry appended, photocopied from the Kalimat Press Archives.

Samandar, Kazim. Tarikh-i Samandar va Mulhaqat. Tehran: MMMA, 131/1975.

Shahmirzadi, A[qa] Sayyid Muhammad Rida. "Sharh-i Vaqa'i`-i Qal`ih [Tabarsi]." Photocopy of MS from Afnan Library.

Sharif, Ridavi. Tadhkirat al-Awliya' fi Sharh Ahwal . . . Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani. Bombay, 1313/1895. Also 2nd printing, Kirman: Sa`adat, 1972.

Shaykhu'r-Ra'is, Abu'l-Hasan Mirza. Ittihad-i Islam. Ed. Sadiq Sajjadi. Tehran: Nashr-i Tarikh-i Iran, 1984. Based on Bombay 1894 edn.

--------. Muntakhab-i Nafis. Tehran, 1960. Based on Bombay 1896 edn.

--------. Badayi` as-Samar va Vaqayi` as-Safar. Tehran: Intisharat-i Vahid, 1352 A.H.s.

Shirazi, Lutf `Ali Mirza. Untitled MS. (Account of the Uprising of Mazandaran). CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 28 (3).

Subhi, Fadlu’llah Muhtadi. Payam-i Pidar. (Tehran: Amir Kabir, 2nd Printing, 1344 s.)

Suhrab, Ahmad. ar-Risalah at-Tis` `Ashariyyah. Cairo, 1919.

Sulaymani, `Azizu'llah. Masabih-i Hidayat. Vols. 1-9. Tehran: MMMA, 104-132.

--------. Rashahat-i Hikmat. 3 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 126-133/1971-1977.

Tabib, Mirza Mihdi (?). "Tarikh-i Hamadan va Rasht." Photocopy of MS from Afnan Libary, BWC No. 3112.

Tahirih, Qurratu'l-`Ayn. Photocopies of poetry from various printed and MSS sources. Compiled by Cole for Kalimat Press in the summer of 1981.

Takuri, Nizamu'l-Mamalik. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Nur." In collected MS, "Majmu`ih-'i Tavarikh-i Nur." Photocopy of MS from Afnan Library, London. Afnan Library.

Thabit, Bihruz, et al. Majmu`ih-'i Maqalat. Mutali`ih-'i Ma`arif-i Baha'i 7. Dundas, Ont.: Institute for Baha'i Studies in Persian, 1994. b

Usku'i, Mirza Haydar `Ali. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Adhirbayjan." MS. Photocopied from Afnan Library, London.

Yazdi, Aqa Muhammad `Ilaqih-Band. "Tarikh-i Mashrutiyyat." Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives, Private Printing, 1976. No. 2.

Zanjani, Aqa `Abdu'l-Ahad. "Khatirat-i Vaqa'i`-i Zanjan." CUL. Browne Or. F. 25.

Zarandi, Muhammad `Ali "Nabil." Panj Kanz. Photocopy of 5 calligraphed pages reporting sayings of Baha'u'llah on wealth in the Baghdad period.

--------. Mathnavi dar Tarikh-i Amr-i Baha'i. Cairo: al-Matba`ah al-`Izziyyah, 1924.

Zarqani, Mirza Mahmud. Kitab-i Bada`i' al-Athar. 2 vols. Hofheim-Langenhain: Baha'i-Verlag, 1982. Reprint of Bombay edn. of 1914-1921.b

Zavarih-`i, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn. "Majlis-i Shahadat-i Qa'im-i Khurasani." CUL. Browne Or. MS. F. 28 (2). Account of the martyrdom of Mulla Husayn.

--------. "Vaqa'i`-i Mimiyyih." CUL. Browne Or. MS F. 28 (1).

Desiderata: As noted above, along with local histories and individual biographies. I am especially interested in the historical and biographical works of Jadhdhab. In addition, I lack many volumes of the INBA Private Printing. Photocopies are fine, and I will gladly trade photocopies of anything in my possession for materials I want.

Note: Most of the Cambridge University Library Browne MSS are on microfilm at the University of Michigan Hatcher Research Library. Hatcher also has on microfilm a set of the 150 volumes (600 MSS) duplicated and sent abroad by the Kirman Shaykhi Library in the early 1980s. We have, as well, the SOAS collection of Arabic MSS on microfilm, including many Shi`i MSS.





Desiderata (materials desired):

1. Manuscripts

Anon. "Tarikh-i Sangsar." M

Anon., "Tarikh-i Vaqa'i`-i Zanjan." M

`Ata'i, Ruha. "Tarikh-i Mukhtasar-i Zanjan." M

Bassari, Furughu'llah Tabib. "Sharh-i Hal-i Aqa Abu Talib Shahmirzadi." M

Bassari, Furughu'llah Tabib. "Tarikh-i Shaykh Tabarsi," "Tarikh-i Rasht," "Tarikh-i Qazvin."M

Bushru'i, Hasan Fu'adi, "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Khurasan." (vol. 2) M

Dhabih Kashani, Haji Mirza Isma`il. "Mathnavi." Oxford, Wadham College, Minasiyan 787.

Isfahani, Aqa Sayyid `Abdu'r-Rahim. "Khatirat." M

Isfahani, Mirza Muhammad Natiq. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Kashan." M

Ishraq-Khavari, `Abdu'l-Hamid. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Hamadan." M

Jadhdhab, `Azizu'llah. "Tarikh-i Jadhdhab." M

Khalkhali, Hashim Fathi. "Vaqa'i`-i Zanjan." M

Malik Khusravi, Muhammad `Ali. "Iqlim-i Nur" (Expanded and Revised edn.) M

Mihrabkhani, Ruhu'llah. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Bihnamir." M

Milani, Muhammad Husayn. "Tarikh-i Amri-yi Adhirbayjan." M

Muharrir, Sayyid Javad. "Khatirat." M

Nasiraf, Aqa `Ali Arbab. "Khatirat." M

Nayrizi, Muhammad Hasan (or Husayn?). "Tarikh-i Nayriz." M

Nayrizi, Mirza Muhammad Ja`far. "Jang-Namih." M

Nayrizi, Muhammad Shafi`. "Tarikh-i Nayriz." M

Qazvini, Hajj Nasir. "Tarikh-i Qal`ih-'i Shaykh Tabarsi." M R

Qazvini, Badi`a Khanum Lami`. "Sharh-i Hal-i Mulla `Abdu'l-Husayn Qazvini." M

Shahmirzadi, Aqa Abu Talib. "Tarikh-i Vaqa'i`-i Mazandaran." M R

Shahmirzadi, Aqa Abu Talib. "Vaqa`i'-i Qal`ih-'i Shaykh Tabarsi." M

Shari`atmadariyan, Aqa. "Sharh-i Hal-i Mulla Muhammad Hamzih Shari`atmadar." M

Usku'i, Haydar `Ali. "Tarikh." [Not of Adharbayjan]. M

Zahidu'z-Zaman, `Abdu'l-Vahhab. "Mukhtasar-i Vaqa'i`-i Zanjan." M

Zanjani, Aqa Mirza Husayn. "Tarikh-i Vaqa'i`-i Zanjan." M

Zanjani, Aqa Naqd-`Ali. "Tarikh-i Zanjan." M

Zarandi, Muhammad "Nabil-i Akbar." "Matali` al-Anvar." M

Zarqani, Mahmud. "Tarikh-i Buduvv-i Tulu`-i Amr." M

Zarqani, Mahmud. "Vaqa'i`-i Tihran." M

Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin. "Khatirat."



2. Printed Books

Afnan, Muhammad. Ta'thir-i Du`a va Munajat. N.p., n.d. Pp. 25.

Afrukhtih, Yunus Khan. Irtibat-i Sharq va Gharb. Tehran: MMMA, 1310s.?.

Afshar, Mirza Muhammad. Bahr al-`Irfan. N.p., n.d. Pp. 287. Istidlaliyyih.

Ahang-i Badi`. Periodical. Published from 102 BE/1946.

`Ala'i, `Abdu'l-`Ali. Mu'assassih-'i Ayadi-yi Amr Allah. Tehran: MMMA, 130 B.E. Pp. 822.

`Andalib, Aqa Mirza `Ali-Ashraf. Divan-i `Andalib. Tehran, 126 BE, 760 pp.

Ashraf, Faramarz. Majmu`ih-`i az Matalib-i Diyanat-i Baha'i. Tehran: MMMA, 132 B.E. Pp. 103.

Badi`u'llah, Mirza. Iqrariyyih. N.p., n.d. 57 pp.

*Baman, Khusraw. Risalih-'i Navid-i Javid. Bombay, 1336/1917. Autobiography.

*Bakhtavar, Kamalu'd-Din. Risalih-'i Istimrar-i Zuhurat-i Ilahiyyih. N.p., 130 B.E. Pp. 132.

Davachi, Ghulam-Husayn. Du Baradar-i Ruhani. N.p., 128 B.E. Pp. 131.

Faydi, Abu'l-Qasim. Payam-i Dust. Tehran: MMMA, 123 B.E. Pp. 102.

Faydi, Abu'l-Qasim. Qand-i Parsi. N.p., 121 B.E. Pp. 47.

*Gulpaygani, Abu'l-Fadl. Majmu`at Rasa'il Hadrat Abu'l-Fada'il. Cairo, 1339/1920. Pp. 155.

Gulpaygani, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. Risalih-'i Istidlaliyyih dar Bayan-i Haqiqat-i Markaz-i `Ahd va Payman-i Ilahi. Cairo, 1329/1911. Pp. 34.

Ha'i, Mawhibatu'llah. Bahthi dar barih-'i Ayih-'i Tawhid. 2 vols. Tehran: MMMA, 132 BE.

Isfahani, Mirza Haydar `Ali. Dala'il al-`Irfan. N.p., n.d., Pp. 317.

Ishraq-Khavari, `Abdu'l-Hamid. Durj-i La'ali-yi Hidayat. 3 vols. Isfahan, 100 B.E./1944.

Ishraq-Khavari, `Abdu'l-Hamid. Risalih-'i Ithbat-i Mazahir-i Muqaddasih-'i Ilahiyyih. N.p., 104 B.E. Pp. 117.

Jurabchi, `Ala'u'd-Din Quds. `Irfan va Ita`at. Tehran: MMMA, 122 B.E. Pp. 103.

Khadem, Dhikru'llah. Bayan-i Mahbub. Tehran: MMMA, 131 B.E. Pp. 396.

Majdhub, Mahmud. Faramin-i Tablighi-yi Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha. Tehran, 128 B.E. Pp. 75.

*Malik-Khusravi, Muhammad `Ali. Sharh-i Hal-i Chand Tan az Nufus-i Muhimmih-'i `Ahd-i Abha. N.p, 130 B.E. Pp. 163.

Maliki, Abu'l-Hasan `Ali b. Mahmud, al-. Fada'il `Akka wa `Asqalan. N.p., n.d. Pp. 24.

*Manshadi, Sayyid Muhammad Tabib. Sharh-i Shahadat-i Shuhada-yi Manshad. N.p. 127 B.E. Pp. 90. R

Mihrabkhani, Ruhu'llah. Aghaz va anjam-i bashar. Tehran, 1328 s. 215 pp.

Mihrabkhani, Ruhu'llah. Salat dar Amr-i Baha'i. Tehran: Lajnih-'i Milli-yi Javanan-i Baha'i-yi Iran, 108 B.E. Pp. 83.

Na`im, Mirza. Istidlaliyyih. N.p., n.d., 135 pp.

Na`im, Mirza. Natijat al-Bayan fi Zuhur Man Yuzhiruhu Allah. Tehran: Lajnih-'i Nashr-i Athar-i Amri, 105 B.E., pp. 49.

Nushabadi, Hasan Rahmani. Fara'id ad-Diniyyah. Terhan: MMMA, 129 B.E., 4th Printing. Pp. 61.

*Nushabadi, Hasan Rahmani. Tarjumih-'i Hal-i Mirza Mihdi Ikhvanu's-Safa. Tehran: MMMA, 109 B.E. Pp. 72.

Nushabadi, Hasan Rahmani. Yik Namih-'i Khandani. N.p. 117 B.E. pp. 205. Answers Parsi objections.

Qa'ini, Shaykh Muhammad `Ali. Durus ad-Diyanah. N.p, n.d. Pp. 101.

*Qazvini, Hajj Nasir "Tarikh." Appended to first edition of Tarikh-i Samandar.

Rabbani, Shoghi Effendi. Tawqi`-i Mubarak-i 96 Badi`. N.p., 96 B.E. Pp. 18.

Rahmani, Hadi. Sharh-i Hal-i Jinab-i Ja`far-i Rahmani. N.p., n.d. Pp. 15.

Ruzbihiyan, Fariruz. Tulu`-i Shah Bahram Varjavand. Tehran: MMMA, 123 B.E. Pp. 105.

Sadru's-Sudur. Istidlaliyyih. Tehran: MMMA, 132 B.E. 104 pp.

Safidvash, Siyavash. Faramin-i Bahi. Bombay, n.d. Pp. 48.

Sahih-Furush, `Abdu'llah. Istidlaliyyih bara-yi Ahl-i Haqq. n.p, n.d. 76 pp.

Yazdani, Ahmad. Risalih-'i Javab-i Parih-'i Shubuhat. N.p., 118 B.E. Pp. 90.

Yazdani, Ahmad. Mabadi'-i Ruhani. N.p., 99 B.E./1943. Pp. 150.

Yazdani, Ahmad. Sharh-i Nuzul-i Lawh-i Sulh-i Lahayi va Tartib-i Isal-i An. N.p., 1321 s. Pp. 46.





Desiderata: Iran National Baha'i Archives Private Printing, 1976-78.

(Partial listing of INBA-PP volumes' contents, based on personal examination and MacEoin, Sources (SEBHD). * Cole has photocopy

Cole has: 2,7,8,9, (13), 20, 23, 26, 28,34,35, 37, 38,40,43, 44, 45, 46, 52, 58 ,60,63,64,67, 69, 70,71, 73, 80, 94

1 Tablets of the Bab: Panj Sha`n, (plus Azal''s works: Sahifiyi-Bahjiyyih, Sahifih Min Munajat-i Arba`i `Ashar )

*2 Yazdi, Aqa Muhammad `Ilaqih-Band. "Tarikh-i Mashrutiyyat."*

3 The Bab: Ahsanu'l-Qisas (Also in Browne MSS)

4 Siyyid Kazim Rashti: Risalih-'i Usul-i-`Aqaid

5 Fadil-i-Yazdi: Manahiju'l-Ahkam, part 1 --talks on the Kitab-i-Aqdas

6 Fadil-i-Yazdi: Manahiju'l-Ahkam, part 2 --talks on the Kitab-i-Aqdas

*7 Tablets of Baha'u'llah in hand of Zayn; 300 pp.

*8 Tablets of Baha'u'llah.

*9 Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, Tarikh-i Zuhur-i Diyanat-i Hadrat-i Bab va Hadrat-i Baha'u'llah

+10 Ishraq-Khavari, A. Durj-i La'ali-yi Hidayat, Gawhar-i Avval (published)

+11 Ishraq-Khavari, A. Durj-i La'ali-yi Hidayat, Gawhar-i Duvvum (published)

12 Ishraq-Khavari, A. Durj-i La'ali-yi Hidayat, Gawhar-i Sivvum (published)

^13 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha (this copy missing pp. 30-84; and 85-134 are too light to reprint)

#14 Tablets of the Bab

#15 Tablets of Baha'u'llah to believers who are named in the Table of Contents

16 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha

17 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha

#18 Tablets of Baha'u'llah to believers who are named in the Table of Contents

19 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*20 Mirza Haydar `Ali Isfahani, "Tarjumih-'i Ahval-i Abu'l-Fada'il."*

21 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha

22 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*23 Tablets of Baha'u'llah; with fihrist, 150 Tablets

#24 Persian Bayan of the Bab (published)

25 Istidlaliyyih-'i Mukhtasar-i Sadru's-Sudur (published)

* 26 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, with fihrist (continuation of 23, up to 400 )

27 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*28 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, with Fihrist

#29 Tablets of the Bab

+30 Tablets of Baha'u'llah; most previously published

31 ?

#32 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

#33 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*34 Tablets of Baha'u'llah. Includes Tablets to the Kings.

*35 Tablets of Baha'u'llah; includes "Seven Valleys." Hand of Mir Sayfu'd-Din Maraghih-'i

#36 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*37 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Edirne-period

*38 Tablets of Baha'u'llah; courtesy of Tuba Afnan

#39 Tablets of Baha'u'llah concerning the "Mu`anidin."

*40 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH p. 193-4)

+41 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

+42 Tablets of Baha'u'llah from the Baha'i Library, Qazvin.

*43 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH p. 181)

*44 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*45 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*46 Tablets of Baha'u'llah (Jawahi al-Asrar in small hand; very short)

47 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

+48 Writings of Baha'u'llah in the hand of Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin

+49 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, uncatalogued; in Wilmette

50 Tablets of the Bab

51 Tablets of the Bab

*52 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha (includes Hizar-Bayti)

+53 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH pp. 184, 193-5, 198-200)

+54 Klifurd Barni, Daliran-i Rabbani

+55 Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha courtesy of Baha'u'd-Din Pustchi of Shiraz

+56 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

+57 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*58 Tablets of the Bab

+59 Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha courtesy of Abu'l-Qasim Afnan

*60 Tablets of the Bab

+61 Prayers by Baha'u'llah

+62 The Bab, Bayan-i Farsi

*63 Baha'u'llah, "Risalih-'i Su'al va Javab."*

* 64 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH p. 186, 200).

#65 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

+66 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

*67 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH pp. 184, 187, 190, 194, 198-200)

#68 Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha in hand of Mirza Haydar `Ali Usku'i

*69 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH p. 193, 199)

*70 Kilas-i Mutali`ih va Sukhanvari. Fihrist-i Kutub-i Amri.*

*71 Tablets of Baha'u'llah in hand of Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin

+72 Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha' courtesy of Kamalu'd-Din Bakhtavar

*73 Tablets of Baha'u'llah in hand of Ni`matu'llah Isfahani

74 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, 98 p.

+75 Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha courtesy of Manuchihri-Ruhani

#76 Tablet of Baha'u'llah ("Lawh-i Siraj?")

77 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, 137 p.

#78 Tablets of Baha'u'llah and the Bab

79 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha, 85p.

*80 (b) Nivishtijat va Athar-i Ashab-i Avvaliyyih-'i Amr-i A`la*

#81 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

#82 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH pp. 194, 197)

83 Tablets of Baha'u'llah - 298p.

#84 Tablets of Baha'u'llah

85 Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha, 551p. Fihrist (table) of content at the back, 67p, includes the recipients names; Each tablet has the seal of LSA of Tihran and Mr Furutan's signature indicating the proofreading done.

#86 Tablets of the Bab (SEBDH p. 181, 195, 199, 201)

87 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha, 641p; gathered by the order of Shoghi Effendi; this volume is a hand-written copy from the original tablets. For each tablet is indicated whether the original was in the hand of `Abdu'l-Baha or His secretary, and if it bears His seal. Recipients are named at the begining of each tablet.

#88 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha, 384p; courtesy of Mrs Qudsiyyih Ansari;

89 Majmu`ih-'i Makatib-i Hadrat-i `Abdu'l-Baha, 281p; courtesy of Aqa Mirza Heydar-`Ali-i Usku`i, in hand of Usku`i himself; recipients are named at the begining of each tablet.

90 Majmu`ih-i Athar-i Mubarakih, Tablets of Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha, 150p.

91 Tablets of the Bab

92 Tablets of Baha'u'llah in hand of Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin

93 Divan of Aqa Mustafa Tabataba-yi Simnani

*94 Ustad `Ali Akbar Banna. "Tarikh-i `Ishqabad."*

95 Taqvim-i Tatbiqi-yi Badi` by `Abdu'l-`Ali `Ala'i

96 Persian Bayan in hand of Sayyid Husayn Yazdi

#97 Tablets of Baha'u'llah, 159p.; courtesy of Na`im Reyhani from the private library of Jinab-i Fatheazam

#98 Tablets of the Bab, 186p.; courtesy of Bahiyyih Varqa; [Arabic] (SEBDH p. 190, 198, 201);

#99 Baha'u'llah, "Jawahir al-Asrar." MS (published)

100 Fihrist-i Athar-i Mubarakiyyih Muntashir Shudih dar Silsilih Intasharat-i Lajniyyih Milli-i Muhafiziyyih-'i Athar va Arshive-i Amr

--Vol 1: Alif (covers volumes 1-71)

101 --as above-- Vol. 2: Bih - Gaf (covers volumes 1-71)

102 --as above-- Vol. 3: lam through ya' (covers volumes 1-71)

103 Fihrist-i Athar-i Mubarakih -- Vol 4: Athar-i Matbu`ih (list of published Tablets)

104 Fihrist of vols. 72-99, alif through sin

105 Fihrist of vols. 72-99, sin through ya'



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