Ḥusayn-i-Hamadání, Mírzá, 126

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

Ḥusayn-i-Qutb, Mullá, of Nayríz, 240

Ḥusayn-i-Turshízí, 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 Khan, Ḥájí (the I`timádu'd-Dawlih), 8, 234

Ibráhím Páshá, 239

Ibráhím-i-Khalíl, Siyyid, 138

Ibráhím-i-Maḥallátí, Shaykh, 165, 166

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

`Íd-al-Aḍḥá (`Íd-i-Qurbán), 70

Iḥrám, 71

Ijtihád, 13

Ílbagí, 84

Ílkhání, 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 Shíráz, 233, see Abú-Turáb, Shaykh;
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-Khurshíd, 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

Ishráqí School (Platonism), 112

Iskandar, Mullá, 100, 101, 125

Iskí-Shahr, 135

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

Ismá`íl, Ḥájí Siyyid (Shaykhu'l-Islám of Bavánát), 205

Ismá`íl, Mírzá (Mámaqání), 143

Ismá`íl, Siyyid, 151

Ismá`íl-i-Qumí, Hájí Mullá, 184

Ismá`íl-i-Sabbagh-i-Sidihí (Muṣṭafá, Mírzá), 240

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

Istanbul, see Constantinople

Ithná-`Asharís (Twelvers), 119


Jabal-i-Básiṭ (Máh-Kú), 134

Jabal-i-Shadíd (Chihríq), 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-Kashfí, 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-Baraghání, Mullá, 102

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

Javánshír, `Abbás-Qulí Khán-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 Khán-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 Khán. Zand ruler, 161

Karkúk, 68

al-Karrádí, al-Ḥáj Muḥammad, 239

Káshán, 49, 52, 118

Kashfí, see Ja`far-i-, Siyyid

Kátib, see Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí, Siyyid

Kawthar, Súrih of, the Báb's commentary on, 91-2, 141, 163

Káẓim Big, Mírzá (Kazem-Beg), 142

Káẓim-i-Rashtí, Siyyid:
joins Shaykh 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

Khadíjih-Bagum (wife of the Báb), 46, 103, 142

Khájih, fort of, 179, 181

Khárg (Karrack), 79, 109, 230

Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Qúchání, Mullá (`Alíy-i-Rází, Mullá, Letter of the Living), 27

Khurásán, 4, 49, 56, 122, 167, 170, 171, 176, 230

Khusraw-i-Qádí-Kalá'í, 172, 173

Khuṭbiy-i-Qahríyyih (Sermon of Wrath), 147

Khuy, 136

Kinár-Gird, 119

Kirand, 164, 169

Kirmán, 33, 169, 204

Kirmánsháh, 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-Takhtih, 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 Khán, Zand ruler, 7

Luṭf-`Alí Mírzá, 103, 239, 240

Lúṭí, 82


Macneill, Sir John, 230

Madákhil (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 Baghdád), 162

Maḥmúd-i-Khu'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

Manúchihr Khán (the Mu`tamidu'd-Dawlih), 50, 108-17 passim

Marághih, 79, 149

Marḍíyyih (sister of Ṭáhirih), 26

Mark, St., 127, 128

Mashá`ir (by Mullá Ṣadrá), 236

Mashhad (Meshed), 2, 56, 85, 119, 171

Mashíyyatu'lláh (martyr), 27

Masjid:
al-Aqṣá, 3;
al-Ḥarám, 3;
i-Ílkhání, 18;
i-Jum`ih (of Nayríz), 179, 182;
i-Máshá'u'lláh, 190;
i-Naw, 234;
i-Vakíl (of Shíráz), 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 Khán, Ḥájí Mírzá, 159, 160

Mihdíy-i-Khu'í, Mullá, 120

Mihdíy-i-Kujúrí, Ḥájí Shaykh, 78, 99

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

Mihr-`Alí Khán-i-Núrí (the Shuja`u'l-Mulk), 240

Mílán, 126, 127

Mír-Ghaḍab (executioner), 76

Mi`ráj, 3

Mírkhund (Mírkhwand), 141

Mírzá Áqá Khán-i-Núrí, 152

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

Mírzá-Áqáy-i-Rikáb-Sáz, 103

Mírzáy-i-Shírází, 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,