INDEX

`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; chooses site for Shrine of Báb, 191-2; quotations from, 48, 174-5; mentioned, 9, 27, 56, 78, 109, 120, 125, 128, 135, 138, 145, 154, 165, 183, 188, 235, 237, 240; see also 'He Whom God shall manifest' Baḥrayn, 1 Baḥru'l-`Ulúm, 36 Bakhtíyárí, 108, 109 Bandar-`Abbás, 224 Banú-Sakhr, 1 Báqir-Ábád, mosque, 78 Báqir, Mírzá, of Tabríz, 155 Báqir, Mullá, imám, 240 Báqir-i-Tabrízí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27, 151, 168, 174 Baqíyatu'lláh (Remnant of God), 78, 155 Baraghán, 230 Bárfurúsh (Bábul), 23, 172, 173, 176, 184, 239 Bashír an-Najafí, Shaykh, 60 Baṣrah, 104 Bavánát, 205 Bayán: Arabic, 152, 215, 231, 232; Persian, 50, 71, 132, 154, 215, 232 Bázár-i-Murgh, 231 Bázár quarter, of Nayríz, 182 Beirut, 166, 191 Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 230 Benjamin, S. G. W., 220 Bethune, Sir Henry Lindesay, 10, 211 Bible, 147, 235; New Testament quoted, 127, 155, 156, 158-9 Birdwood, Capt. R. L., 223 Bísitún, 232 Black Standard, 171, 172, 176 Bombay, 37, 57 Bonaparte (Napoleon I), 7, 8 Bonnière, M. de, 115 Boré, M., 79, 80 British Museum, 233 Britain, British, 1, 8-10, 12, 58, 61, 63, 77, 79, 109, 186, 193, 194, 202, 203, 205, 209, 216, 223, 230, 233; see also England Browne, Edward Granville, 16, 141, 146, 152, 166, 186, 217, 235, 239, 240 Burgess, Mr., 80 Burújird, 93 Búshihr (Bushire), 2, 15, 16, 37, 39-41, 57, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87, 104, 105, 107, 223, 224, 230 Bushrúyih, 4 Buzurg, Ḥájí Mírzá, 96 Buzurg-i-Núrí, Mírzá (Mírzá `Abbás, father of Bahá'u'lláh), 54 Byron, Lord, 117 Cain (by Byron), 117 Campbell, Sir John, 10 Canning, Sir Stratford (first Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe), 6, 61, 63, 66, 67, 193 Carmel, Mount, 191, 192 Caspian Sea, 3, 9 Caucasus, 9, 117 Chahár-Lang, 108 Chashmih-`Alí (tribe), 190 Cheltenham College, 238 Cheyne, T. K., 32, 168, 230 Chihríq, 132, 134-7, 147-50, 153, 159, 167, 183, 185 China, 203 Chinár Súkhtih (quarter of Nayríz), 178, 182 Cholera, 104, 105 Chosroes I, 220 Christ, see Jesus Christian, 147, 217 Communism (-istic), 214, 220 Congress, Act of (U.S.A.), 220 Constantinople (Istanbul), 5, 63, 66, 67, 79, 163, 193, 221, 234 Cormick, Dr., 145 Cox, Sir Percy Z., 223 Cyprus, 238 Dalá'il-i-Sab`ib (The Seven Proofs), 132 Dálakí, 84, 105 Damascus, 68, 182, 191 Dáráb, 90, 101, 178 Darius, 232 David, 127 Dawn-Breakers (followers of the Báb), 90, 161, 188 Dayyán (Asadu'lláh, Mírzá, of Khuy), 136, 237 Dayyáníyyih, 237 Declaration, of the Báb (anniversary), 20, 150 'Deliverer of the Latter Days', 3 Democratic Party (U.S.A.), 220 Dhikr (the Báb, also Dhikru'lláh-al-A`ẓam, Dhikru'lláh-al-Akbar, Ḥaḍrat-i-Dhikr), 46, 132, 231 Dhi'l-Ḥijjah, month of, 70, 71 Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, The, 167 Díván-Khánih (the Court), 81 Divine origin, Divinity, 215 Dolgorukov, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich, 131, 206, 209, 210, 241 East India Company, 233 Ecbatana, see Ḥamadán Echo (English publication), 217 Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, 77 Eliot, T. S., 58 England, English, 80, 145, 203, 210, 214, 217; see also Britain Erivan, see Íraván Esther, 165 Ethiopian servant, of the Báb, 17, 49, 57, 71, 84 Euphrates, 108, 182, 193 Europe, European, 146, 209, 217 Fará'id (by Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl), 39 Farmán-Farmá, see Firaydún Mírzá and Ḥusayn-`Alí Mírzá Farrant, Lt.-Col. T., 5, 135, 173, 193, 195-9, 201, 229 Farrásh (farrásh-báshí, lictor), 145, 146, 156, 157 Fárs, 49, 109, 169, 178, 199, 205, 234 Farsakh (farsang), 114 Fasá, 104, 205, 240 Fatḥ-`Alí Sháh, 7, 8, 9, 138, 200, 229, 234 Fatḥu'lláh, Mír (great-grandfather of the Báb), 230 Fáṭimih (daughter of the Prophet Muḥammad), 47, 74 Fáṭimih-Bagum (mother of the Báb), 33, 103 Faylí (a clan), 82 Finkenstein, treaty of, 8 Firaydún Mírzá (the Farmán-Farmá), 80, 81 Firman (royal edict), 81, 234 Fírúz Mírzá, Prince (the Nuṣratu'd-Dawlih), 180 Fírúzábád, 82 'Five Martyrs', of Sárí, 239 Flandin, M., 80, 234 Foreign Ministers, British, see Aberdeen, Palmerston France, French, 1, 7, 8, 79, 80, 194, 217, 234 Futúḥ-ar-Rasúl (boat), 69 Galata, 79 Gandum-Pák-Kun, see Ja`far, Mullá Gardanne, General, 7, 8 Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, 223 George III, 8 Georgian, 108 'Geramees', 6, 196, 198 Ghulát, 236 Gílán, 237 Gobineau, Count, 217 Golgotha, 127 Gordon, Sir Thomas Edward, 221, 223 'Great Sophy', 107 Greeks, 124 Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, see Shoghi Effendi Gulistán, treaty of, 8 Gulpáygán, 4 Gurgín Khán, 116, 117 Ḥabíbu'lláh (the Prophet Muḥammad), 46 Ḥabíbu'lláh Khán-i-Afghán, 174 Ḥabíbu'lláh-i-Afnán, Ḥájí Mírzá, 32, 34, 35, 39, 41, 45, 71, 96, 98 Hádí, Mírzá, 167 Hádíy-i-Nahrí, Mírzá, 51, 102 Hádíy-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 27 Ḥaḍrat, 231 Ḥáfiẓ, 15, 16, 35, 69, 124 Hagar, 184 Haifa, 191 Ḥajar al-Aswad (The Black Stone), 72 Ḥájí (the Báb), 87 Ḥájí-Bábáy-i-Afshár, Mírz (Ḥááíj Bábá, Mírzá), 9 Ḥajj, 70, 71 Ḥajj-i-Akbar, 70 Ḥakím, Dr. Lutfu'lláh, 165 Ḥakím Masíḥ, 165 Hamadán, 12, 102, 164, 165 Ḥamzih Mírzá (the Ḥishmatu'd-Dawlih), 152, 153, 170, 171, 172 Ḥanafí, 13 Ḥanbalí, 13 Hand of the Cause, 139, 189 Ḥaram, see Masjid Ḥasan, servant of Vaḥíd, 205 Ḥasan, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (brother-in-law of the Báb), 46 Ḥasan, Siyyid, 124, 128, 129, 146, 156 Ḥasan al-`Askarí, Imám, 41, 119, 142 Ḥasan Ja`far, Siyyid, 60 Ḥasan-`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá (uncle of the Báb), 33 Ḥasan-`Alí Khán (Aga Khan I), 122 Ḥasan-`Alí Mírzá (the Shuja`u's-Salṭanih), 229 Ḥasan-i-Bajistání, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27 Ḥasan-i-Núrí, Mírzá, 112 Ḥasan-i-Vazír, Mírzá, 190 Ḥasan-i-Zunúzí, Shaykh, 103, 104, 115, 120, 129, 132, 137, 143, 153 Háshim, Háshimite, 44, 59, 74, 86 Ḥaydarí (Ḥaydarí-Khánih), 82, 234 'He (Him) Whom God shall make manifest' (Man-Yuẓhiruhu'lláh), 154, 191, 237; see also Bahá'u'lláh Hebrew, 136 Hennell, Captain (later Colonel) Samuel, 79, 81, 83, 104, 109 Ḥijáz, 49 Ḥikmatu'l-`Arshíyyah, 113, 236 Ḥillah, 200 Hirát, 230 Ḥishmat, poet, 103 Hizárih, tribe, 102 Holy Land, 139, 191 Ḥujjat (Ḥujjat-i-Zanjání, Ḥujjatu'l-Islám), 100, 125, 147, 185-7, 209-12 Hulákú Mírzá, Prince, 199 Ḥurúf-i-Ḥayy (Letters of the Living), 24; see also Letters of the Living Ḥusayn, Imám, 1, 6, 32, 41, 43, 111, 182, 193, 194, 197-200 Ḥusayn, Siyyid, of Nayríz, 182 Ḥusayn Khán (Ájúdán-Báshí, Niẓamu'd-Dawlih, Ṣaḥib-Ikhtíyár), 68, 79, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 97, 98, 104, 105, 123 Ḥusayn Khán, Mírzá (the Mushíru'd-Dawlih), 234 Ḥusayn Khán, Siyyid (Syed Hussein Khan), 81 Ḥusayn-`Alí, Mírzá, see Bahá'u'lláh Ḥusayn-`Alí Mírzá (Hoosein Ali Meerza, the Farmán-Farmá), 199, 229 Ḥusayn-`Alíy-i-Iṣfahání, 191 Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, Shaykh (the Náẓi-mu'sh-Shárí`ih, Ẓálim), 78, 89, 97, 98, 99 Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú'í, Mullá (Bábu'l-Báb): mission from Siyyid Káẓim, 4, 7, 13, 15, 16; meeting with Báb and His declaration, 17-22; encounters Quddús, 23-4; Letter of the Living, 26; mission to Bahá'u'lláh, ch. 3; returns to Shiráz, 102; visits Máh-Kú, 131; description of, 166; Báb sends to rescue Quddús, 171-3; besieged at Shaykh Ṭabarsí, 173-4; death and Bahá'u'lláh's tribute, 174-5; mentioned, 149, 150, 168, 170, 239 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, 111, 167, 171, 177, 181, 182, 211, 214, 218, 220 Muḥammad, Ḥájí Áqá, 145 Muḥammad, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid (uncle of the Báb), 33, 40, 107 Muḥammad, Mullá (husband of Ṭáhirih), 25 Muḥammad, Shaykh, see Shaykh `Ábid Muḥammad, Siyyid, of Shíráz, 36 Muḥammad, Siyyid (Sulṭánu'l-`Ulamá), see Imám-Jum`ih, of Iṣfahán Muḥammad-`Abdu'lláh, 205 Muḥammad Ali, Mirza (Persian minister), 207 Muḥammad-`Alí, Ḥájí Mírzá (cousin of the Báb), 87 Muḥammad-`Alí, Mírzá (1st Mushíru'l-Mulk), 98 Muḥammad-`Alí, Mírzá (secretary of Ḥájí Qavám), 82 Muḥammad-`Alí, Mullá, of Zanján, see Ḥujjat Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Bárfurúshí, Ḥájí Mullá, see Quddús Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Ḥamzih, Ḥájí, 176 Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Maḥallátí, Mullá, 78, 99 Muḥammad-`Alí Mírzá (Rukni'd-Dawlih), 2 Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Músáví, Siyyid, 199 Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Nahrí, Mírzá, 51, 102 Muḥammad-`Alí Páshá, 239 Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26, 168 Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Zunúzí, Mírzá, 153-8 Muḥammad Áqá Yávar, 164 Muḥammad-Báqir, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26 Muḥammad-Báqir Khán (the Biglarbagí), 69 Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Qá'iní, Mírzá, 56, 173, 175 Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Rashtí, Ḥájí Siyyid, 4, 13, 50, 162 Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Ṭihrání, Áqá, 239, 240 Muḥammad Big-i-Chápárchí, 118, 120, 121, 124-6 Muḥammad-Bisáṭ, Ḥájí, 103 Muḥammad-i-Furúghí, Mullá Mírzá, 56 Muḥammad-Ḥasan, Ḥájí Mírzá (Mírzáy-i-Shírází), 33 Muḥammad ibn-i Ḥasan al-`Askarí, see Twelfth Imám Muḥammad-Ḥasan-i-Bushrú'í, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 26 Muḥammad-Ḥasan Khán (the Sálár), 122 Muḥammad-Ḥasan-i-Najafí, Shaykh, 59 Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, Mírzá (father of the Báb's mother), 33 Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Ardistání, Áqá, 235 Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Kirmání, Mírzá, see Muḥít-i-Kirmání Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Marághi'í, Áqá, 184, 185 Muḥammad-Ibráhím-i-Ismá`íl Bag, Áqá, 34, 35 Muḥammad-Ibráhím-i-Kalbásí, Ḥájí, 50 Muḥammad-Ismá`íl-i-Gulpáygání, Ḥájí, 3 Muḥammad-Ja`far, Siyyid, 60, 163 Muḥammad-Ja`far-i-Ábádi'í, Ḥájí, 112, 113 Muḥammad-Karím, Áqá, of Shíráz, 103 Muḥammad-Karím-i-`Aṭṭár, 191 Muḥammad-Karím Khán-i-Kirmání, Ḥájí Mírzá, 52, 102, 134 Muḥammad-Káẓim Khán (farrásh-báshí), 145 Muḥammad Khán (former Biglarbagí of Tabríz), 209, 210 Muḥammad-i-Khurásání, Ḥájí Mírzá, 53 Muḥammad-i-Mámaqání, Mullá, 140, 143, 144, 155, 156 Muḥammad-Mihdí, Áqá, 111 Muḥammad-Mihdíy-i-Kindí, Mullá, 120 Muḥammad Mu`allim-i-Núrí, Mullá, 53 Muḥammad-Muṣṭafáy-i-Baghdádí, Áqá, 60, 162, 166, 232 Muḥammad-Qulí Khán-i-Ílbagí, 81, 84 Muḥammad Rawḍih-Khán-i-Yazdí, Mírzá (Letter of the Living), 27 Muḥammad-Riḍá, Siyyid (or Mír, father of the Báb), 32, 33, 142, 230 Muḥammad-Ṣádiq-i-Mu`allim, Ḥájí Mírzá, 96, 98 Muḥammad-Ṣáliḥ, Áqá, 23 Muḥammad Sháh, 10, 12, 80, 81, 83, 90, 93, 99, 100, 102, 109, 112, 113, 115, 117, 121, 122-3 (letter to the Báb), 135, 137, 139, 147, 148, 149, 165, 170, 175, 178, 185, 211, 221, 230, 233 Muḥammad Shibl, Shaykh, 60, 162, 166 Muḥammad-Taqí, Ḥájí Mullá (uncle of Ṭáhirih), 25, 166 Muḥammad at-Taqí, Imám, 41 Muḥammad-Taqí, Mírzá, of Sárí, 171 Muḥammad-Taqí, Shaykh (Mámaqání), 143 Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Ayyúb, Ḥájí, 240 Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Hirátí, Mullá, 110 Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Juvayní, Mírzá, 173 Muḥammad-Taqí Khán (Bakhtíyárí chief), 108 Muḥammad-Taqí Khán (Lisánu'l-Mulk-i-Sipihr), 141, 231 Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Kirmání, Ḥájí, 184 Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Mílání, Ḥájí, 128 Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, Mullá (Nabíl-i-A`ẓam), 40, 93, 94, 100, 114, 119, 122, 132 Muḥarram, month of, 32, 71 Muḥibb-`Alí Khán, 66 Muḥít-i-Kirmání, Mírzá (Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, Mírzá), 72, 73, 74 Muḥsin al-Káẓimí, Siyyid, 60 Mu`ínu's-Salṭanih, Ḥájí, 41 Mujtahid, 1, 50, 60, 67, 224 Mulk, Súrih of, 20 Mulk-Árá, see `Abbás Mírzá Muqaddas, see Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurásání, Mullá Murád Mírzá, Ḥájí Sulṭán (Ḥisámu's-Salṭanih), 237 Múrchih-Khár, 115 Muríd (disciple), 112 Murshid (guide), 40, 112 Murtaḍáy-i-Zanjání, Siyyid, 184, 185 Murtiḍáy-i-Anṣárí, Shaykh, 162 Murtiḍá-Qulíy-i-Marandí, Mullá (`Alamu'l-Hudá), 140, 155 Músá, Mírzá (Áqáy-i-Kalím, brother of Bahá'u'lláh), 55 Músá al-Káẓim, Imám, 41 Musayyib, 4, 196, 197 Mushíru'l-Mulk, 98 Mushíru't-Tujjár, 239 Muslim (Musulman), 98, 108, 146, 147, 178, 205, 222 Muṣṭafá, Mírzá (Ismá`íl-i-Sabbágh-i-Sidihí), 240 Muṣṭafá-Qulí Khán-i-Qaráguzlú (I`timadu's-Salṭanih), 240 Mu`tamid, see Manúchihr Khán Nabí Khán-i-Qazvíní, Mírzá (Amír-i-Díván), 81, 82 Nabíl-i-A`ẓam, see Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, Mullá Nádir Sháh, 161, 230 Najaf, 1, 41, 45, 49, 59, 60, 64, 65, 193, 200 Najaf-`Alí, Áqá, 145 Najíb Páshá, 4, 5, 12, 60, 63, 64, 66, 163, 194, 196, 197, 200 Narjis (mother of 12th Imám), 142 Násikhu't-Taváríkh, 40, 141, 142 Náṣirí regiment, 158 Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh, 9, 33, 135, 140, 141, 145, 148, 152, 207, 218, 219, 237 Naṣru'lláh, Mír (grandfather of the Báb), 230 Naṣru'lláh, Siyyid, 196 Navváb-i-Raḍaví, 205 Naw-Rúz, 118, 119, 131, 132, 192 Nawrúz-`Alí, 163 Náyibu's-Salṭanih, see `Abbás Mírzá, Prince, and `Abbás Mírzá Mulk-Árá Nayríz, 178-82, 186, 204-5 Názimu'sh-Sharí`ih, see Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, Shaykh Nesselrode, Count, 131, 206 New Day, Dispensation, 20, 90, 162, 172 Nicolas, A.-L.-M., 39, 99, 104, 115, 152, 172, 217 Ni`matí-Khánih, 81, 234 Ni`matu'lláhí dervish, 184 Nimrod, 31 Nineveh, 229, 233 Niṣf-i-Jahán, 108; see also Iṣfahán Níyálá, 170-2 passim Níyáz-i-Baghdádí, Ḥájí, 74 Niẓámu'd-Dawlih, see Ḥusayn Khán Niẓámu'l-`Ulamá, see Maḥmúd, Ḥájí Mullá Nubuvvat-i-Kháṣṣih, 111 Nuqṭiy-i-Bayán, 137; -i-Úlá, 48 (The Báb) Núr, 53, 171 Nuṣayrí, 118 Ottoman, 12, 59, 63, 238, 239 Outray, M., 80 Oxford, 238 Palm Sunday, 127 Palmerston, Viscount, xi, 12, 79, 173, 178, 180, 202, 204, 206, 207, 209, 211, 212, 214, 216 Páminár (Páy-i-Minár), 53 Paris, 79, 80 Peel, Sir Robert, xi Persepolis, 237 Persia, see Írán Persian(s), 136, 140, 146, 147, 163, 165, 176, 194-7, 199, 206, 210-12, 218, 230, 234 Persian Gulf, 109, 223, 230 Platonism, 113 Polygamy, 223 Pope, Alexander, 85 Portuguese, 107 Presbyterian Mission, American, 145 Primal Point (The Báb), 189 Qahru'lláh (a dervish), 137 Qahviy-i-Awlíyá', 39, 231 Qá'im, 3, 18, 33, 48, 50, 51, 70, 71 (Báb's declaration in Mecca), 74, 87, 96, 98, 111, 134, 143, 144, 145, 156, 167, 170, 178, 185, 186, 205 Qá'im-Maqám (Abu'l-Qásim, Mírzá), 8-9, 10, 148 Qájár, 7, 108, 113, 219 Qandahár, 233 Qashqá'í, tribe, 81, 82, 84 Qásim, Siyyid, of Rasht, 3 Qavámu'l-Mulk, Ḥájí, 81, 82, 84, 234 Qayyúmu'l-Asmá' (Commentary on Súrih of Joseph), 19, 20, 21, 46, 47, 58, 99, 101, 141, 211 Qazvín, 108, 124, 125, 131, 164-7 Qiṣaṣu'l-`Ulamá (Chronicles of the Divines), 141, 142 Qubád Khán, 82 Quddús (Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Bárfurúshí, Ḥájí Mullá), Letter of the Living: recognises the Báb, 23-4, 26, 33; accompanies Him to Mecca, 48-9, 71, 74; is separated from Him, 77, 78, 149, 150; at Badasht, 167-70; arrest, 171; at Shaykh Ṭabarsí, 173, 175, 177; martyrdom, 150, 176, 205 Quintus Curtius, 223 Qum, 49, 51, 119, 135, 151, 174 Qumrúd, 119 Qur'án (Koran), 13, 28, 29, 30, 61, 62, 64, 65, 74, 75, 87, 88, 90, 91, 101, 110, 141, 144, 172, 175, 181, 186, 204, 214, 217, 218, 219 Quraysh, 86 Qurbán-`Alí, Mírzá, 184 Qurratu'l-`Ayn (the Báb), 47 Qurratu'l-`Ayn, see Ṭáhirih Rabí`u'l-Avval, month of, 116 Raḥím, Mírzá, of Shíráz, 103 Ra'ísu'l-`Ulamá, of Hamadán, 165 Ramaḍán, month of, 57, 191 Rangoon, 192 Raqshá' ('She-Serpent'), 109 Rashíd Khán-i-Sartíp, 81 Rasht, Rashtí, 3, 162 Rawḍatu'ṣ-Ṣafá, Supplement to, 141, 142 Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 61-7, 232 'Remnant of God', see Baqíyatu'lláh Resurrection, Day of, 98, 150 Riḍá, Imám, 52, 56, 85, 103, 119 Riḍá, Mírzá (British Agent), 81, 82, 83 Riḍá Khán-i-Turkamán, 173 Riḍáy-i-Qásí, Ḥájí, 147, 237 Riḍá-Qulí Khán-i-Afshár, 134 Riḍá-Qulí Khán-i-Hidáyat, 141 Riḍá'íyyih, 135; see Urúmíyyih Risáliy-i-Fiqhíyyih, 39 Risáliy-i-Tis`a-`Asharíyyih (Nineteen Discourses), 229, 238 Rodwell, J. M., 88 Rosen, Baron, 217 Ruknábád (fountain overlooking Shíráz), 15 Rukni'd-Dawlih (Muḥammad-`Alí Mírzá), 2 Runíz (Fárs), 240 Russell, Lord John, xi Russia, Russian, 7-10, 124, 131, 132, 159, 206, 209, 210, 217, 230 Rustam-`Alí see Zaynab Ṣábir, see Mihdí, Mírzá Sabzih-Maydán, of Bárfurúsh, 176; of Ṭihrán, 183 Sa`dí, 16 Ṣádiq, Mullá (a pretender), 132 Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurásání, Mullá, 51, 78, 165, 239 Ṣadrá, Mullá, 113, 236 Ṣadr-i-A`ẓam, see Ḥusayn Khán Sa`du'lláh Páshá, Sar`askar, 4, 5, 197-200 Ṣafar, month of, 77 Ṣafavid, 107, 108, 161, 162 Safíhu'l-`Ulamá, see Muḥammad-Mihdí, Áqá Ṣáhib-Ikhtíyár, see Ḥusayn Khán Ṣáhibu'z-Zamán (Lord of the Age, or Religion), 13, 15, 18, 24, 50, 96, 142 Ṣaḥífiy-i-Baynu'l-Ḥaramayn (Epistle between the Two Shrines), 73 Ṣaḥnih, 164 Sa`íd-i-Hindí, Shaykh (Letter of the Living), 27, 137 Sa`ídu'l-`Ulamá, of Bárfurúsh, 172, 174, 176 St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 9 Sale, George, 168 Salford, 217 Ṣáliḥ, Hájí Mullá, 25 Ṣáliḥ, Mírzá, 239 Ṣáliḥ-al-Karímí, Shaykh, 60, 165, 166 Saljúqs (Seljucids), 107 Sám Khán, 157 Sámarrá, 41, 142 Sami Effendi (Turkish minister), 210 Sar-Chishmih, 189 Saráy-i-Amír (a caravanserai), 36 Sárí, 171 Sartíp, 134, 234 'Seal of the Prophets' (Muḥammad), 95 Sercey, M. de, 234 'Seven Goats', see 'Seven Martyrs' 'Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán', 182-5, 206-8 Sha`bán, month of, 75, 151 Sháfi`í, 13 Shaftí, 162 Sháh `Abdu'l-`Aẓím, 140, 190 Sháh Chirágh (a shrine), 103 Sháh Muḥammad-i-Manshádí, Ḥájí (Amínu'l-Bayán), 190, 191 Shahr (Shehr)-i-Vírán, 224 Shakespeare, 76, 107 Sharíf (Sherif), of Mecca, 21, 74, 75 Shavvál, month of, 194 Shaykh `Alí, Mullá, of Khurásán (`Aẓím), 57, 103, 137, 151 Shaykh-`Alí Mírzá, 103 Shaykh-i-Anám, see `Ábid, Shaykh; 231 Shaykhí, 1, 5, 38, 42, 53, 59, 62, 72, 74, 140 Shaykhu'l-Islám, of Tabríz, 140 Shaykhuná, see `Ábid, Shaykh; 231 Sheil, Lady, 58 Sheil, Lt.-Col. (later Sir Justin), 63, 64, 81, 135, 177, 180, 186, 187, 202-15 passim, 229 Sherley brothers, 107 Shi`ah, 1, 12, 13, 33, 50, 59, 62-8 passim, 162, 163, 198, 200, 221 Shikastih Nasta`líq (a script), 54 Shíráz, Shírází, 2, 16-18 passim, 22, 23, 32-40 passim, 45, 46, 48-52 passim, 56, 57, 61, 62, 67-9 passim, 76-88 passim, 90, 94, 99-107 passim, 143, 147, 150, 166, 169, 170, 179, 182, 204, 220, 223, 237, 239 Shirley, James, 106 Shish-Parí, Siyyid-i-, 95 Shíshván, 138 Shoghi Effendi (Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith), 139, 167, 183, 189, 192 Shujá`u'd-Dawlih, 201 Shukru'lláh Khán-i-Núrí, 69 Ṣiddíqih (the Truthful), 163; see also Ṭáhirih Sipihr, see Muḥammad-Taqí Khán Sisygambis, 223 Síyáh-Dahán, 124 Siyyid, 17, 23, 51, 70, 72, 99, 121, 136, 140, 146, 147 Siyyid `Alí, 171; see also Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú'í, Mullá Siyyidu'sh-Shuhadá, see Ḥusayn, Imám Stevens, R. W., 202 Ṣubḥ-i-Azal, see Yaḥyá, Mírzá Sublime Porte, 61, 63, 66, 163 Ṣúfí, 215 Sulaymán Khán, of Tabríz, 149, 159, 160, 189 Sulaymán Khán-i-Afshár, Ḥájí, 125, 134 Sulṭán al-Karbilá'í, Shaykh, 60, 166 Sulṭánu'l-`Ulamá, see Imám-Jum`ih, of Iṣfahán Sunní, 12, 13, 63, 64, 65, 68, 163, 198 Surra-man-Ra'a, see Sámarrá Súrih (Súrah), 19; see also (Súrihs of) Joseph, Kawthar, V'al-`Aṣr, `al-Wáqi`ah Syria, Syrians, 8, 193 Syriac, 136 Ṭabarsí, Shaykh, 29, 51, 135, 150, 165, 171-7, 180, 185, 186, 239 Ṭabas, 57 Tabríz, 10, 124, 126-8, 138, 140, 145, 152, 154, 157-9, 167, 169, 202, 203, 209, 211, 218, 221 Ṭahá, Siyyid, 163 Ṭáhir, Mírzá (the Baker), 239 Ṭáhir, Mullá, 166 Ṭáhirih (Qurratu'l-`Ayn, Letter of the Living), 24-7, 58, 124, 162-71, 176, 230 Talbot, Major Gerald F., 33 Taqí Khán, Mírzá (Amír Niẓám, Amír-i-Kabír), 146, 148, 152, 184, 185, 203, 207, 209, 212 Táríkh-i-Jadíd (New History of the Báb), 78, 126 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 134 Ṭihrán, 26, 36, ch. 3, 63, 66, 69, 81, 90, 102, 104, 113, 115, 119-25 passim, 131, 140, 145, 147, 149, 152, 166, 167, 177, 178, 183, 185, 189, 205, 222, 233 Tilsit, 8 Times, The (London), 77 Titow, M. de, 63 Tobacco Régie, 33 Toumansky, Alexander, 217 Traditions, of Islám, 13, 90, 98, 141 Traveller's Narrative, A, 105, 114, 118, 120, 121, 141, 152 Tsar, of Russia, 8, 10, 206 Túpchí (gunner), 81 Turkumancháy, treaty of, 9 Turkey, Turkish, 63, 104, 124, 132, 136, 210, 219-21 passim; see also Ottoman Twelfth Imám, 65, 119 Umm-Salamih, see Ṭáhirih United States, 220, 238 Urúmíyyih (Riḍá'íyyih), 131-5 passim, 138, 145, 169 Uṣúl-i(al)-Káfí, 119 Uṣúlís, 62, 64 Vaḥíd (Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí), 70, 90-4, 99, 101, 103, 178-82, 205, 215, 240 Vakíl, mosque of (Shíráz), 94, 96, 99, 103 V'al-`Aṣr, Súrih of, Commentary on, 110, 141 Valí-`Ahd (Crown Prince), 144; see also Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh Varqá (martyr-poet), 138 Varqá, Valíyu'lláh, 139 Vazír Nizám (Mírzá Hasan Khán), 152, 153, 203 Vicegerent of God, 21 Victoria, Queen, 221 Wahab, Siyyid (Seid Wahab), 196 `al-Wáqi`ah, Súrih of (The Event), 168 Wellesley, Marquis of, 8 World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, The, 167 Yaḥyá, Ḥájí Shaykh (Imám-Jum`ih, of Shiráz), 233 Yaḥyá, Mírzá (Ṣubḥ-i-Azal), 174, 238 Yaḥyá Khán (warden of Chihríq), 135 Yaḥyá Khán, of Tabríz, 149 Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí, Siyyid, see Vaḥíd Yazd, 4, 102, 116, 178, 184, 205, 214, 215 Yazíd, 182 Yúnis Khán-i-Afrúkhtih, Dr., 190 Yúsuf, Mírzá (the Mustawfíu'l-Mamálik), 139 Yúsuf-i-Ardibílí, Mullá (Letter of the Living), 27 Yúsuf, Súrih of, see Qayyúmu'l-Asmá' Za`farání, Ibráhím, 194 Ẓálim, see Ḥusayn-i-`Arab, Shaykh Zand, 7, 161 Zanján, 100, 101, 125, 131, 134, 178, 185-8, 209-13 Zarrín-Táj, see Ṭáhirih Zaynab (Rustam-`Alí), 186 Zayni'd-Dín, Shaykh, 1 Zaynu'l-`Ábidín, Áqá Mírzá (cousin of the Báb's father), 32 Zaynu'l-`Ábidín Khán, 178-80 Ẓillu's-Sulṭán, see `Ali-Sháh and Mas`úd Mírzá, Prince Sulṭán

The writer is very grateful to Farhang Afnan for his valuable help in compiling the index.