Ṭihránteh-RonBirthplace of Bahá’u’lláh; capital of Persia since 1788. The city came into existence about 700 years ago, north of the site of ancient Rhages (Rayy).
Ṭullábtoll-lobPupils.
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‘Údí Khammároo-dee-cam-mawrIn ‘Údí Khammár’s house, Bahá’u’lláh revealed the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ca. 1873. (GPB 213). He was also the owner of the palace of Bahjí. (GPB 193).
‘Ulamáo-lam-awePlural of one who knows (all-em), learned; a scholar. Denotes bodies of doctors learned in Muḥammadan divinity and law—headed by a Shaykhu’l-Islám—who by their decisions regulate Muslim life.
‘Umaromar (ar as in Harry)The second caliph.
Umm-i-Ashrafomm-eh-ash-raffMother of Ashraf, whom she gave birth to while under siege in the Fort of ‘Alí-Mardán Khán. Years afterward when the unbelievers decided to kill Siyyid Ashraf they called her in to urge him to recant; instead she admonished him to die for the Faith. He was martyred in Zanján. (DB 562; Gl. 135; GPB 199).
‘Ummál-i-dhakátom-moll-eh-za-caughtAlmsgivers.
Ummu’l-Kitábom-mull-ket-obThe Mother of the Book. “The heavenly original of the Scriptures revealed to the prophets, inscribed on the ‘Preserved Tablet’....” Cf. Qur’án 13:39: “With Him (God) is the Mother of the Book.” Also Qur’án 3:5 and 85:21. The Mother Book is “also the Book of Divine Knowlege and Foreordainment.” (Nicholson, R. A., Commentary on the Mathnawí, I, 32). The word “umm”—mother—means source, basis, chief part. Mother Book is also defined as “the original copy of the Book with Alláh in heaven, from which the revelations of the Qur’án come....” (Sh. Enc. of Is.) It is the archetypal Book, Qur’án 43:3; the source of Revelation, Qur’án 13:39.
‘UrforffIn Persia, the common law; supposedly based on oral tradition, precedent, custom, it is administered by civil magistrates—kad-khudá (headman), dárúghih (police magistrate), etc. (DB lvi).
Urúmíyyihor-room-ee-yehTown in Northeast Persia, now Riḍá’íyyih.
‘Urvatu’l-Vuthqáor-vat-ol-voss-cawThe “Sure Handle” “ ‘mentioned from the foundation of the world in the Books, the Tablets and the Scriptures of old is naught else but the Covenant and the Testament [of Bahá’u’lláh]’ ” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (quoted in GPB 238).
Úshídar-Máhoo-she-dar-máh
(ar as in Harry)Promised One referred to in Zoroastrian Scriptures and fulfilled by the Báb (GPB 58).
‘Uthmánoss-mawnThe third caliph. The word Ottoman derives from ‘Uthmán. The Ottoman Empire is the Turkish empire which attained its maximum power under Sulaymán II, 1520–1566.
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