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The Dawn-Breakers: Nab\u00edl\u2019s Narrative of the Early Days
of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Revelation

The Dawn-Breakers: Nab\u00edl\u2019s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Revelation...................... 1 [Frontispiece].......................................................................................................................... 2 TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE........................................... 2 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS................................................................................................ 12 FACSIMILE OF THE B\u00c1B\u2019S AUTOGRAPH.................................................................... 17 TABLETS ADDRESSED TO THE LETTERS OF THE LIVING AND TO

BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H................................................................................................................... 17
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 17
PERSIA\u2019S STATE OF DECADENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH

CENTURY................................................................................................................................ 25 A. THE Q\u00c1J\u00c1R SOVEREIGNS.......................................................................................... 25 B. THE GOVERNMENT..................................................................................................... 27 C. THE PEOPLE................................................................................................................... 28 D. THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER................................................................................. 30 CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................... 31 BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H\u2019S TRIBUTE TO THE B\u00c1B AND HIS CHIEF DISCIPLES................. 31 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SH\u00cd\u2019AH ISL\u00c1M...................................................... 33 GENEALOGY OF THE PROPHET MU\u1e24AMMAD......................................................... 34 THEORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY................................................................................................. 35 KEY TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE B\u00c1B..................................................................... 36 THE Q\u00c1J\u00c1R DYNASTY..................................................................................................... 37

ACKNOWLEDGMENT...................................................................................................... 37
[Introductory Note]............................................................................................................... 37
THE DAWN-BREAKERS........................................................................................................... 39
CHAPTER I: THE MISSION OF SHAYKH A\u1e24MAD-I-AHS\u00c1\u2019\u00cd.................................... 39
CHAPTER II: THE MISSION OF SIYYID K\u00c1ZIM-I-RASHT\u00cd...................................... 48
CHAPTER III: THE DECLARATION OF THE B\u00c1B\u2019S MISSION.................................. 63
CHAPTER IV: MULLA\u1e24USAYN\u2019S JOURNEY TO\u1e6cIHR\u00c1N....................................... 87
CHAPTER V: BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H\u2019S JOURNEY TO M\u00c1ZINDAR\u00c1N................................ 92
CHAPTER VI: MULLA\u1e24USAYN\u2019S JOURNEY TO KHUR\u00c1S\u00c1N................................ 98
CHAPTER VII: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA.................. 101
CHAPTER VIII: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S STAY IN SH\u00cdR\u00c1Z AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE.......... 106

CHAPTER IX: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S STAY IN SH\u00cdR\u00c1Z AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE

(Continued)......................................................................................................................... 121 CHAPTER X: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S SOJOURN IN I\u1e62F\u00c1H\u00c1N.................................................... 137 CHAPTER XI: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S STAY IN KASH\u00c1n............................................................. 145 CHAPTER XII: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S JOURNEY FROM KASH\u00c1n TO TABRIZ...................... 146 CHAPTER XIII: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF M\u00c1H-K\u00da... 155 CHAPTER XIV: MULLA\u1e24USAYN\u2019S JOURNEY TO M\u00c1ZINDAR\u00c1N...................... 167 CHAPTER XV: T\u00c1HIRIH\u2019S JOURNEY FROM KARBIL\u00c1 TO KHUR\u00c1S\u00c1N............ 171 CHAPTER XVI: THE CONFERENCE OF BADASHT.................................................. 182 CHAPTER XVII: THE B\u00c1B\u2019S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF CHIHR\u00cdQ. 189 CHAPTER XVIII: EXAMINATION OF THE B\u00c1B AT TABRIZ................................... 193 CHAPTER XIX: THE M\u00c1ZINDAR\u00c1N UPHEAVAL..................................................... 199 CHAPTER XX: THE M\u00c1ZINDAR\u00c1N UPHEAVAL (Continued).................................. 227 CHAPTER XXI: THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF\u1e6cIHR\u00c1N............................................... 261 CHAPTER XXII: THE NAYR\u00cdZ UPHEAVAL................................................................. 280 CHAPTER XXIII: MARTYRDOM OF THE B\u00c1B.......................................................... 298 CHAPTER XXIV: THE ZANJ\u00c1N UPHEAVAL............................................................... 313

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CHAPTER XXV: BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H\u2019S JOURNEY TO KARBIL\u00c1.................................. 343
CHAPTER XXVI: ATTEMPT ON THE SH\u00c1H\u2019S LIFE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

.............................................................................................................................................351 EPILOGUE......................................................................................................................... 381 APPENDIX: LIST OF THE B\u00c1B\u2019S BEST-KNOWN WORKS....................................... 391 WORKS CONSULTED BY THE TRANSLATOR........................................................... 392 ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PERSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY... 395 LARGER PROVINCES OR DISTRICTS......................................................................... 395 BRITISH AND RUSSIAN ENVOYS TO THE COURT OF PERSIA, 1814\u20131855........ 395 LIST OF MONTHS OF THE MUHAMMADAN CALENDAR..................................... 396 APPENDIX: GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE PROPER NAMES

TRANSLITERATED IN THE NARRATIVE................................................................... 397
GLOSSARY........................................................................................................................ 397
[Frontispiece]
The Dawn-Breakers: Nab\u00edl\u2019s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Revelation

\u201cI stand, life in hand, ready; that perchance, through God\u2019s loving-kindness and grace, this revealed and manifest Letter may lay down his life as a sacrifice in the path of the Primal Point, the Most Exalted Word.\u201d\u2014Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN AND EDITED BY SHOGHI
EFFENDI

BAH\u00c1\u2019\u00cd PUBLISHING TRUST
WILMETTE, ILLINOIS
1970

COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAH\u00c1\u2019\u00cdS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Library of Congress Catalog No. 32\u20138946

To
The Greatest Holy Leaf
The Last Survivor of a Glorious and Heroic Age
I Dedicate This Work
in Token of a
Great Debt of Gratitude and Love

TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE
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[Frontispiece]
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TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE
\u2022
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
\u2022
FACSIMILE OF THE B\u00c1B\u2019S AUTOGRAPH
\u2022
TABLETS ADDRESSED TO THE LETTERS OF THE LIVING AND TO
BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H
\u2022
INTRODUCTION
\u2022
PERSIA\u2019S STATE OF DECADENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
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o A. THE Q\u00c1J\u00c1R SOVEREIGNS
o B. THE GOVERNMENT
o C. THE PEOPLE
o D. THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER
o CONCLUSION

\u2022
BAH\u00c1\u2019U\u2019LL\u00c1H\u2019S TRIBUTE TO THE B\u00c1B AND HIS CHIEF DISCIPLES
\u2022
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SH\u00cd\u2019AH ISL\u00c1M
\u2022
GENEALOGY OF THE PROPHET MU\u1e24AMMAD
\u2022
THEORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
\u2022
KEY TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE B\u00c1B
\u2022
THE Q\u00c1J\u00c1R DYNASTY
\u2022
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
\u2022
[Introductory Note]
\u2022
PART ONE: PRE-REVELATION DAYS
o CHAPTER I: THE MISSION OF SHAYKH A\u1e24MAD-I-AHS\u00c1\u2019\u00cd
\ue000
His departure from Bahrayn to \u2018Ir\u00e1q
\ue000
His visit to Najaf and Karbil\u00e1
\ue000
His journey to Sh\u00edr\u00e1z
\ue000
His stay in Yazd
\ue000
a. His correspondence with Fat\u1e25-\u2018Al\u00ed Sh\u00e1h
\ue000
b. His relations with\u1e24\u00e1j\u00ed \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Vahh\u00e1b
\ue000
c. The anecdote of M\u00edrz\u00e1 Ma\u1e25m\u00fad-i-Qamsar\u00ed
\ue000
d. The arrival of Siyyid K\u00e1zim-i-Rasht\u00ed
\ue000
His pilgrimage to Mashhad
\ue000
His triumphal entry into\u1e6cihr\u00e1n
\ue000
His departure for Kirmansh\u00e1h
\ue000
His return to Karbil\u00e1
\ue000
His journey to Mecca and Medina, and his death
o CHAPTER II: THE MISSION OF SIYYID K\u00c1ZIM-I-RASHT\u00cd
\ue000
His relations with\u1e24\u00e1j\u00ed Siyyid Mu\u1e25ammad-B\u00e1qir-i-Rasht\u00ed
\ue000
His allusions to the Promised One
\ue000
The anecdote of Shaykh\u1e24asan-i-Zun\u00faz\u00ed
\ue000
a. Siyyid K\u00e1zim\u2019s visit to the B\u00e1b
\ue000
b. The B\u00e1b\u2019s attendance at the teaching classes of Siyyid
K\u00e1zim
\ue000
c. The B\u00e1b\u2019s visit to the shrine of Im\u00e1m\u1e24usayn
\ue000
d. Shaykh\u1e24asan\u2019s visit to Sh\u00edr\u00e1z and M\u00e1h-K\u00fa
\ue000
e. His meeting with Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h in Karbil\u00e1
\ue000
References to the Promised One in the works of Siyyid K\u00e1zim
\ue000
The siege of Karbil\u00e1
\ue000
The allusions of Siyyid K\u00e1zim to his unfaithful disciples
\ue000
The account related by Shaykh Ab\u00fa-Tur\u00e1b
\ue000
The exhortations of Siyyid K\u00e1zim to his disciples
\ue000
The meeting of Siyyid K\u00e1zim with the Arab shepherd
\ue000
Death of Siyyid K\u00e1zim
\u2022
PART TWO: THE REVELATION OF THE B\u00c1B
o CHAPTER III: THE DECLARATION OF THE B\u00c1B\u2019S MISSION
\ue000
The arrival of Mull\u00e1\u1e24usayn in Karbil\u00e1
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