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September 2003

Summer 2003

Jonah's additions:
  1. Barbara Sims Obituary, ABS--North America Bulletin 82, March, 2003 (PDF; page 4 only). See also entire ABS Bulletin 82.
  2. Lawh-i-Amínu’l-Bayán (Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín), trans. Khazeh Fananapazir.

Fall-Winter 2002

    Baha'i Library updates will be infrequent for the next few months. Having been laid off from previous employment last spring, I'm spending my time seeking web clients and taking some internet tech courses. I'm also taking over the maintenance of Vancouver's West End website englishbay.com, to support my local community (and find design clients).

    I will continue to post especially timely or important documents as they become available. So as always, please keep emailing things to post — they'll all go online eventually, even if not soon. (And any funds contributed to support the Baha'i Library will go directly to the employment of student assistants to help do or manage individual projects.)

    Thanks to all for your continued interest and help!       -Jonah

February 2003


January 2003

  1. quick poll about religious affiliation of Baha'i Library users
  2. Provisional Translations: Lawh-i-Bayt-ul-‘Adl-‘Azam va Úsúl-i-Qadá’í; (Tablet Concerning the Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence), trans. Bahá’í World Centre.

December 2002

  1. Excerpts: A.M. Varqi, The Persian Style of the Guardian, from The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, pp. 214-219.
  2. Provisional translations: Súratu’l-Qalam (Tablet of the Pen), trans. by committee
  3. Four selections from Muntakhabát Makátib-i-Hadrat-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' al Mujallad ath-Tháni (Muntakhabát), Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá', Volume II, trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
  4. Lawh-i-Hadrat-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' fí Ma'ná al-Qurbi wal Bu'd il-Haqíqi (Tablet Concerning Spiritual Nearness and Estrangement), trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
  5. Lawh-i-Qarn (Tablet of the Centennial) The Centennial Tablet of Shoghi Effendi Rabbání to the Bahá'ís of Írán, partially trans. Khazeh Fananapazir.
  6. Published articles: Ian Kluge, The Call into Being: Introduction to a Baha'i Existentialism
  7. annual updates: December 2002 snapshot
  8.   —   Archived 2002 Bulletin Board
  9. Etc: Baha'i Library Vision Statement (in PDF)

November 2002

  1. 200,000th visitor count reached, 11/8/02
  2. Complete catalogue: updated Listing by author
  3.   —   added Listing by title
  4. Reviews: Seena Fazel: A Jihad for all Seasons: A review of Charles Kimball's Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations
  5. Published documents of the Universal House of Justice: Wellspring of Justice (formatted)
  6. Talks: Arbab, Farzam: Seminar for Youth on the Five Year Plan

October 2002

  1. Book reviews: Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: The Brilliant Proof, review by Devin Stewart
  2. Books: Ron Price: The Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White
  3. Fiction: Mark Perry: A Dress for Mona — see also Synopsis (both linked)
  4. Articles: The Story of Mona, 1965-1983. (linked)
  5. Baha'i Faith in East Asia: Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific

September 2002

  1. Website statistics: September stats listed by download count
  2.   —   September stats listed alphabetically by URL
  3. Sacred Writings: Bahá'u'lláh: Gems of Divine Mysteries
  4. Study guides: A Study Compilation on the Tablet of the Holy Mariner, comp. Aziz Mboya
  5.   —   Cross-reference chart of passages published as "Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh" with their other published sources (linked)
  6. Essays: Baha'i: A Second Look
  7.   —   Abdul-Rahman Lomax: The number 19 in the Qur'an (expanded)
  8.   —   Shirley Macias: The Verse of Light, The Sadratu'l-Muntahá, and the Unfoldment of God's Plan
  9. Documents from NSAs: By-laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly
  10. Visual materials: Marriage certificates of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
  11.   —   Arjen Bolhuis: Chart of the Eras and Epochs of Bahá'í History
  12. Books: J.E. Esslemont: Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (formatted)
  13.   —   Conqueror of Hearts: photos of A.Q. Faizi
  14.   —   Universal House of Justice: A Wider Horizon (formatted and proofread)
  15.   —   Universal House of Justice: Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73 (formatted and proofread)
  16. Letters from the Universal House of Justice: collection.texts.html (updated #s of Sacred Texts)
  17.   —   Bahá'í Archives: preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts (linked)
  18.   —   enrollments.growth.html
  19. Excerpts: 180 scans of items held by the Cambridge University Library (catalogue only; content not yet online)
  20.   —   Abbas Amanat: The Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam, in The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, vol. III

August 2002

  1. Provisional Translations: Extracts from Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih (Treatise on Leadership), translated by the Baha'i World Center
  2. Published Compilations: Baha'i Scriptures (formatted)
  3.   —   Arise in His Name: A Guide for Travel Teachers
  4. Letters from the Universal House of Justice: training.institutes.html
  5. Study guides: additions to "Sources for Gleanings," by Faruq Izadinia
  6. Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies: US NSA on the Pledge of Allegiance
  7. Excerpts: Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, Station Wagon Odyssey: Baghdad to Istanbul; A famous American traveler continuing a journey across the Moslem East finds new friends and changing nations
  8. Published articles: Richard Landau: The Baha'i Faith and the Environment

July 2002

  1. Sacred Writings: Abdu'l-Baha: Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha (formatted)
  2. Essays Marzieh Gail: At 48 West Tenth (memories of Juliet Thompson)
  3. Etc.: List of previous "Featured Pieces"
  4. Provisional Translations: Provisional Translations Submission Guide
  5.   —   The Báb: Persian Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí) Vahíd III, Báb VI, trans. Ismael Velasco [update]
  6.   —   Bahá'u'lláh: Prayer for Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl (Munáját Nazilih az Qalam-i-A'lá dar Lawh-i-Khatab bi Abu'l-Fadl)
  7.   —   Bahá'u'lláh: Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí), trans. Baha'i World Center.
  8.   —   Bahá'u'lláh: Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín), trans. Iskandar Hai
  9.   —   Bahá'u'lláh The Tablet of the Vision (Lawh-i-Ru'ya), trans. Stephen Lambden
  10.   —   Abdu'l-Baha: Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhann), trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
  11.   —   Abdu'l-Baha: Tablet to Ismael (Lawh-i-Ismael) [otherwise unnamed] on annihilation in God, trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
  12.   —   Abdu'l-Baha: Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát), trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
  13.   —   Shoghi Effendi: Episodes in the History of the Covenant (Waqáy-i-Tárikhiyyih dar 'Ahd wa Mitháq-i-Iláhi), Message revealed by the Guardian To the Bahá'ís of 'Irán Concerning the Incorruptibility of the Covenant

June 2002

  1. Provisional Translations: Baha'u'llah: Lawh-i-Ta'wil, "Tablet on Interpretation," trans. Mehran Ghasempour
  2. Published articles: Ismael Velasco: Academic Irrelevance or Disciplinary Blind-Spot? Middle Eastern Studies and the Baha'i Faith Today
  3.   —   Christopher Buck: A Unique Eschatological Interface: Bahá'u'lláh and Cross-Cultural Messianism
  4.   —   Roger Coe: Communication: The Key to Expansion
  5.   —   Roger Coe: An Organic Order: An Approach to the Philosophy of Baha'u'llah through the Writings of Shoghi Effendi
  6.   —   Onder Cetin: Recognition and Identity: The case of the Bahá'í Faith (linked)
  7. Baha'i Faith in East Asia: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan, formatted
  8. Book excerpts: The American Dream, Stories from the Heart of Our Nation, by Dan Rather
  9. Theses and Dissertations: From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Baha'i Movement, by Peter Berger (chapter 1 only)
  10. Pilgrims' Notes: Mother's Stories: recollections of Abdu'l-Baha by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall, daughter of Howard Colby Ives
  11. Biographies: Updated Biographies collection with new links, content
  12.   —   Holley, Horace Hotchkiss, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram
  13.   —   Moody, Susan, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram
  14.   —   Zaynab, by John Walbridge
  15.   —   Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober
  16.   —   Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harlan and Harry Ober
  17.   —   Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Mable Ives ("Rizwanea")
  18.   —   Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney
  19. Etc.: Brian Whitaker: "Lost in Translation" (contains no Baha'i content)
  20. Reviews: i baha'i, by Margit Warburg. Review by Daniela Pinna.
  21.   —   Baha'i, The: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, by Michael McMullen. Review by Juan R. I. Cole.
  22. Published documents from the House: To the World's Religious Leaders, April 2002
  23. Books: Anthony Alexander: Introduction to Lango (auxiliary language) for Bahá'ís
  24.   —   A.Q. Faizi, comp. Shirley Macias: Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí
  25.   —   Juliet Thompson: Diary of Juliet Thompson (formatted)
  26. Government documents: Ralph Wagner, comp.: Synopsis of References to the Baha'i Faith in the US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights, 2001 update
  27. Conference papers: Roger Coe: Consultation in the Quest for World Peace

May 2002

  1. Reviews: Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, by Nader Saiedi; review by Seena Fazel and Dominic Brookshaw (linked)
  2. Compilations: Bahá'í Activities in University
  3. Complete catalogue: updated Listing by author
  4.   —   added Listing by title
  5. Letters from the Universal House of Justice: feast.html
  6. Sacred Writings: Bahá'u'lláh: Summons of the Lord of Hosts
  7.   —   Shoghi Effendi: Messages to the Antipodes (Australasia)
  8. Baha'i Faith in East Asia: In memoriam Barbara Sims
  9. Visual materials: 9-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas
  10. Study guides: Graham Hassall: Summary outline of Who Is Writing the Future? (linked)
  11. Statistics: Graham Hassall: National Spiritual Assemblies: lists and years of formation (linked)
  12. Conference papers: Graham Hassall: Seventy Five Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Victoria (linked)
  13.   —   Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Faith, Christianity and local religions in the Pacific Islands: the case of Gilbert and Ellis Islands (linked)
  14.   —   Graham Hassall: Religious Freedom in the Asia Pacific (linked)
  15.   —   Graham Hassall: Modelling Human Rights Education: A view from the Pacific (linked)
  16. Published articles: Rees, J.D.: The Bab and Babism
  17.   —   Graham Hassall: Graham Hassall: Contemporary Governance and Conflict Resolution: A Bahá'í Reading (linked)
  18.   —   Graham Hassall: State and Society: Implications of the Most Holy Book (linked)
  19.   —   Graham Hassall: "Outpost of a World Religion": The Baha'i Faith in Australia 1920-1947 (linked)
  20.   —   Graham Hassall: Yerrinbool Baha'i School 1938 - 1988 (linked)
  21.   —   Graham Hassall: Persian Bahá'ís in Australia (linked)
  22.   —   Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Community of Randwick: A Survey of 75 Years (linked)
  23.   —   Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Faith in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects (linked)
  24.   —   Graham Hassall: Pacific Bahá'í Communities 1950-1964 (linked)
  25.   —   Graham Hassall: Bahá'í History in the Formative Age: the World Crusade, 1953-1963 (linked)
  26.   —   Graham Hassall: Notes on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions in Russia and its territories (linked)
  27.   —   Graham Hassall: The Failure of the Tommy Kabu Movement: A Reassessment of the Evidence (linked)
  28.   —   Graham Hassall: Australian Women and Religious Change: Margaret Dixson and the first Melbourne Bahá'ís (linked)
  29.   —   Graham Hassall: Hilda Brooks and the Australian Baha'i Community (linked)
  30.   —   Graham Hassall: Harold and Florence Fitzner: Knights of Bahá'u'lláh to Portuguese Timor (linked)
  31.   —   Graham Hassall and Seena Fazel: Bahá'í Communities in the Asia-Pacific: Performing Common Theology and Cultural Diversity on a 'Spiritual Axis' (linked)
  32.   —   Graham Hassall and William Barnes: 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe (linked)
  33.   —   Udo Schaefer: Challenges to Bahá'í Studies
  34.   —   Udo Schaefer: Infallible Institutions?
  35.   —   Moojan Momen: Methodology in Bahá'í studies
  36. Books: Graham Hassall: Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker (linked)
  37. Unpublished Articles: Graham Hassall: Biography and Autobiography in Bahá'í literature (linked)
  38.   —   Graham Hassall: Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' on New Ireland (linked)
  39.   —   Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Faith in Tasmania 1923-1963 (linked)
  40.   —   Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Faith in Hong Kong (linked)
  41.   —   Graham Hassall and Orwin Austria: Mirza Hossein R. Touty: First Bahá'í Known to have Lived in the Philippines (linked)
  42. Encyclopedia Articles: Graham Hassall: The Bahá'í Faith in Australia (linked)
  43.   —   Graham Hassall: Clara and Hyde Dunn (linked)
  44. New collection: Biographies
  45.   —   Graham Hassall: Hamuel Hoahania (linked)
  46.   —   Graham Hassall: Euphemia Eleanor Baker (linked)
  47.   —   Graham Hassall: Fazel Mohammad Khan (linked)
  48.   —   Graham Hassall: Obituary: James Heggie (linked)
  49.   —   Graham Hassall: Thelma Perks (linked)
  50.   —   Graham Hassall: H. Colllis Featherstone (linked)
  51.   —   Richard Francis: Ahmad, the recipient of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (linked)
  52.   —   Richard Francis: Áqá Buzurg (Badí'), the Pride of the Martyrs (linked)
  53.   —   Richard Francis: Dr. Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God, the Treasure of All Humani