The Declaration of the Báb’s Mission
- The Báb’s stay in Búshihr, the intensity of His devotions and longing for Baha’u’llah
- People in Búshihr with whom the Báb spent time
- The Báb’s reputation while in Búshihr
- The Báb’s demeanour and impact on those who interacted with Him in Bushihr
- While in Búshihr: An example of the Báb’s honesty and fairness in business dealings
- The Báb’s reported deportment
- circa 1935: Views of the House of the Báb in Shiraz where He declared His Mission (photo)
- An example of the Báb’s dignity, tenderness and devotion
- circa 1935: Views of the public bath in Shiraz where the Báb went as a child
- The “Letters of the Living”: – Other than Tahirih, they “attained the presence of the Báb, and were personally invested by Him with the distinction of this rank"
- Táhirih’s brother-in-law was a Letter of the Living
- Tablets of the Báb to the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth Letters of the Living (photo)
- Táhirih had two sons and one daughter; She received violent objections from her father upon showing interest in the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad
- Táhirih arrived in Karbilá 10 days after Siyyid Kazim had passed away
- Táhirih became a believer through a dream about the Báb, then translated Qayyúmu'l-Asmá' into Persian and “exerted the utmost effort for its spread and interpretation”
- circa 1935:The ruins of the Qahviyih-Awliya the Bab attended in Shiraz (photo)
- The Message of the Báb reached Táhirih in Karbila through the second Letter of the Living, Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí
- Táhirih sent a sealed letter to the Báb through her brother-in-law, who also became a Letter of the Living
- The Báb declared Táhirih one of the Letters of the Living
- Táhirih’s father and uncle were “both mujtahids of great renown, were skilled in the traditions of Muslim law”
- Táhirih received her title, “The Pure One”, from “the Tongue of Power and Glory” at the conference of Badasht
- Táhirih attracted attention from childhood
- Shaykh Ahmad, Siyyid Kázim, and their followers were Bálá-Sarí
- circa 1935: Tree marking the resting place of Ahmad, the Báb’s infant son - In Bábí-Dukhtarán, Shiraz (photo)
- circa 1935: Grave of the Báb’s wife in Sháh-Chirágh, Shiraz (photo)
- The Báb summoned Mullá Husayn: - “Gird up the loins of endeavour, and arise to diffuse My Cause.”
- The Báb summoned the second Letter of the Living, Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí: - “You are the first to leave the House of God, and to suffer for His sake.”
- As Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí left Shiraz he encountered a youth, by the name of ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb, insisting to accompanying him
- The "first affliction which befell a disciple of the Báb after the declaration of His mission": - The father of ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb inflicted unspeakable injuries upon Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí
- Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí proclaimed the Cause of the Báb in Najaf, Iraq, and was subjected to “untold indignities” from religious leaders, including the Shaykhís
- An eyewitness account of Mulla ‘Ali facing the assembled religious notables and government officials in Najaf, Iraq
- Fate of Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí
- The Báb’s parting words to the Letters of the Living
- The Báb’s reference to the Letters of the Living in the Persian Bayán
- circa 1935: Site of the Kaziran Gate in Shiraz (photo)
- circa 1935: The market-street of Vakil in Shiraz (photo)
- Fourteen Letters of the living left Shiraz at dawn to carry out the task which the Báb had given them
- The Báb instructed the Letters of the Living to “raise the call that the Gate to the Promised One has been opened”
- Mullá Husayn receives his assignment from the Báb
- The Báb’s pilgrimage to Hijáz, Mecca and Medina
- The Báb’s Words of assurance to Mulla Husayn: “The essence of power is now dwelling in you”
