The Bab The Herald of the Day of Days
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The Bab The Herald of the Day of Days

By H.M. Balyuzi
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Table of Contents
  • THE BÁB The Herald of the Day of Days
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • A Note on the Construction of Persian Names
  • PROLOGUE
    • I
    • II
  • CHAPTER 1 ALL HAIL SHÍRÁZ
  • CHAPTER 2 HE WHOM THEY SOUGHT
  • CHAPTER 3 ṬIHRÁN
  • CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST MARTYR
  • CHAPTER 5 PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA: THE HOUSE OF KA`BAH
  • CHAPTER 6 FORCES OF OPPOSITION ARRAYED
  • CHAPTER 7 BELIEF AND DENIAL
  • CHAPTER 8 THE CITY OF `ABBÁS THE GREAT
  • CHAPTER 9 THE ANTICHRIST OF THE BÁBÍ REVELATION
  • CHAPTER 10 WHERE THE ARAS FLOWS
  • CHAPTER 11 THE GRIEVOUS MOUNTAIN
  • CHAPTER 12 THAT MIDSUMMER NOON
  • CHAPTER 13 THE DAWN-BREAKERS
    • The Call to a New Day
    • The Conference of Badasht
    • The Episode of Shaykh Ṭabarsí
    • The Year 1850
    • The Episode of Nayríz
    • The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
    • The Episode of Zanján
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX I THE SIEGE OF KARBILÁ
  • APPENDIX 2 THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁB
  • APPENDIX 3 PRELUDE TO THE EPISODE OF NAYRÍZ
  • APPENDIX 4 THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF ṬIHRÁN
  • APPENDIX 5 THE EPISODE OF ZANJÁN
  • APPENDIX 6 LORD PALMERSTON'S ENQUIRY
  • APPENDIX 7 MYTH-MAKING
  • FOOTNOTES:
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
    • Prologue I and II
    • Chapter 1: All Hail Shíráz
    • Chapter 2: He Whom They Sought
    • Chapter 3: Ṭihrán
    • Chapter 4: The First Martyr
    • Chapter 5: Pilgrimage to Mecca
    • Chapter 6: Forces of Opposition Arrayed
    • Chapter 7: Belief and Denial
    • Chapter 8: The City of `Abbás the Great
    • Chapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation
    • Chapter 10: Where the Aras Flows
    • Chapter 11: The Grievous Mountain
    • Chapter 12: That Midsummer Noon
    • Chapter 13: The Dawn-breakers
    • Epilogue
    • Appendix 1: The Siege of Karbilá
    • Appendix 2: The Martyrdom of the Báb
    • Appendix 3: Prelude to the Episode of Nayríz
    • Appendix 4: The Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán
    • Appendix 5: The Episode of Zanján
    • Appendix 6: Lord Palmerston's Enquiry
    • Appendix 7: Myth-Making
  • INDEX
  • Transcriber's Notes:
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