`Abá, 5, 138

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

`Abbás the Great, Sháh, 106, 107

`Abbás, Shaykh, 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 Khán-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 Khán-i-Dárúghih, 97, 104, 105

`Abdu'l-Karím, Mírzá, of Shíráz, 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 Shíráz, 170

`Abdu'lláh Ibn-Sabá, 236

`Abdu'lláh Khán-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, Shaykh, 34, 35, 36, 230, 231

Abraham, 31, 70, 184

Abú-Háshim, Shaykh, 69, 70, 78, 99

Abú-Lahab, 86

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

Abú-Ṭalib, Mullá, 78

Abú-Turáb, Shaykh (Imám-Jum`ih, of Shíráz), 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 Khán, Mírzá (the 2nd Mushíru'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, Mashhadí, 103

Adhán, 78, 128

Ádharbáyján, 79, 124, 125, 131, 132, 136, 137, 140, 143, 149, 152, 170, 204, 237

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

`Ádil Sháh, see `Alí-Sháh

Adrianople, 128, 189, 234

Afghán, 230

Afnán, 46

Afshár, Afshárid (kings), 103, 161, 230, 239

Aga Khan I (Haṣan-`Alí Khán), 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, Shaykh (founder of Shaykhi sect):
early years, 1;
pilgrimage and death, 2;
teaching, 19, 162, 166, 229, 236

Aḥmad-i-Azghandí, Mírzá, 56

Aḥmad-i-Ibdál-i-Marághi'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-Báshí, see Ḥusayn Khán

Akhbárí, 62, 101

Akhund, 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 Bishr, Siyyid, 60, 162, 163

`Alí Khán (warden of Máh-Kú), 122, 128, 129, 131, 135

Ali Pasha, 200

`Alí-Qabl-i-Muḥammad (the Báb), 78

`Alí-Akbar, Mírzá, of Shíráz, 103

`Alí-Akbar Big, 125

`Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání, Mullá, 78

`Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí, Ḥájí Mullá (Ḥájí Ákhund), 189, 190

`Alí-Aṣghar, Mírzá (Shaykhu'l-Islám, of Tabríz), 140, 145

`Alí-Aṣghar Khán, of Nayríz, 179

`Alí-Ashraf, Mírzá, see `Andalíb

`Alí-`Askar, Ḥájí, 128

`Alí-Mardán Khán, fort of, 185

`Alí-Naqí, Mírzá, 200

`Alí-Sháh (the Ẓillu's-Sulṭán), 5, 10, 12, 196-8, 200, 201, 218

`Alí Virdí Khán, 199

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

`Alíy-i-Rází, Mullá, see Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Qúchání, Mullá

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

`Alíy-i-Tafrishí, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (the Majdu'l-Ashráf), 190

`Alíy-i-Zunúzí, Siyyid, 153

`Alíyu'lláhís, 118, 164

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

Alláh-Yár, Ḥájí, 159

Alláh-Yár Khán (Áṣafu'd-Dawlih), 9

Alváṭ (pl. of Lúṭí), 83

America, American, 1, 77, 145, 220

Amínu's-Sulṭán, 145

Amír Niẓám, see Taqí Khán, Mírzá

Amír-i-Díván, see Nabí Khán-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá

Amír-i-Kabír, see Taqí Khán, Mírzá

Ámul, 172, 174

`Andalíb (Mírzá `Alí-Ashraf of Láhíján, poet), 96, 235

Antichrist, of the Bábí Revelation, 117, 140;
see also Áqásí, Ḥájí Mírzá

Applications, science of, 141

Áqá Ján Khán-i-Khamsih, 158

Áqá Muḥammad Khán, 7

Áqá-Bálá Big (the Naqqásh-Báshí), 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 Khán-i-Vazír, Mírzá, 218

Asadu'lláh, Mírzá, of Khuy, see Dayyán

Asadu'lláh, Shaykh, of Shíráz, 99

Asadu'lláh-i-Iṣfahání, Mírzá, 191

Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Siyyid, 139

Asadu'lláh-i-Rashtí, Ḥájí Siyyid, 50, 112, 113

Aṣlán Khán, 84

`Aṭṭár, gate, 118

Azalí scribe, 240

`Aẓím, see Shaykh `Alí, Mullá, of Khurásán


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 Bushihr, 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 Sharif of Mecca, 74-5;
returns to Irán, 77;
advance contacts with Shíráz, 77-8;
arrest at Dálakí, 84, 105;
returns to Shíráz, 85, 88-9;
birth of Bábí community, 89-90, 103;
Vaḥhíd accepts, 90-4;
at Vakíl mosque, 94-8;
Ḥujjat accepts, 100-1;
leaves Shíráz, 104-6;
resides at Iṣfahán, 109-16;
Sháh calls to Ṭihrán, 116, 118;
stops at Káshán, 118-19,
Qumrúd, 119,
Kulayn, 119-21;
receives communication from Bahá'u'lláh, 120;
meeting with Sháh 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 Chihríq, 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 Chihríq, 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 Bárfurúsh

Bábu'l-Báb, see Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú'í, Mullá

Badasht, conference of, 167-71

Bagdadi, Dr. Zia (Baghdádí, Ḍíyá), 232

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

Bágh-i-Sháh, gate, 109

Bágh-i-Takht, 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 Badasht conference, 167-8;
attacked at Níyálá, 170-1;
goes to Núr, 171;
visits Shaykh Ṭabarsí, 173;
attempts to join defenders, 174;
protects remains of Báb, 189-91;