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Visual materials

    Drawings/talismans of the Central Figures

  1. daira (circular talisman) #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)

  2. daira with haykal #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)

  3. daira with haykal#2 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)

  4. haykal (pentacular talisman) #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)

  5. haykal (pentacular talisman) #2 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)

  6. Abdu'l-Baha's "Explanation of Spiritual Evolution as Taught from the Baha'i Teachings" consists of a large chart drawn on his behalf (possibly by Lua Getsinger) and accompanying text by Abdu'l-Baha and an individual (possibly Curtis Kelsey). Includes a letter from the Universal House of Justice.

    Timelines, Genealogies, Chronologies
    see also Text chronologies and timelines

  7. Abdu'l-Baha in New York is a timeline of 1912, complete with clickable links to a text description of each major event. (offsite)

  8. Chart of the Eras and Epochs of Bahá'í History. Prepared by Arjen Bolhuis.

  9. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi is a hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history. Prepared by Grover Gonzales.

  10. Genealogy of The Bab, from Nabil's Dawn-breakers.

  11. Timeline to the Baghdad Period, by Wilmette Institute students Kathryn Brown, Sharon Davis, and Karen Johnson, diagrams the history and themes of and personages related to the Tablets of the Baghdad period (1853-63).

    Maps

  12. Map of Persia, from Nabil's Dawn-breakers.

  13. Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka, compiled and designed by Muhammad Labib in 1968, includes an extensive list of which tablets Baha'u'llah revealed and where.

  14. Map of the Travels of Baha'u'llah, published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands, shows His progressive exiles through the Middle East.

  15. "Progress Baha'i World Crusade 1953-1958", published as a pull-out in The Baha'i Faith 1844-1963: Information Statistical and Comparative, details statistical information such as LSA incorporation, temple construction, holy sites, marriage licences, etc.

  16. "Virgin Territories Opened by The Knights of Baha'u'llah, 1953-1990," published as a pull-out in The Baha'i World Vol. XX, 1986-1992 (Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 1998), indicates the names and dates of pioneers and the NSAs responsible for opening territories.

    Photographs, advertisements, publicity

  17. Bahá'í Philately is a collection of stamps from around the world that feature Baha'i temples, gardens, or themes. (offsite)

  18. Baha'i Temples around the world (offsite)

  19. Photos of the Holy Land, hundreds of pictures of Baha'i locations in Israel. (offsite)

  20. Photothèque Baha'i (Baha'i Photo Library), hundreds of photos categorized by theme. (offsite)

  21. Advertisement in the New Yorker Magazine, September 18 2000, prominently features the Baha'i gardens in Haifa.

    Various

  22. 9-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas, electron-microscope enlarged structures that appear to form key Baha'i symbols.

  23. Abdu'l-Baha's Horoscope, as prepared by Marc Edmund Jones; published in The Guide to Horoscope Interpretation (Theosophical Publishing House, 1974).

  24. Baha'u'llah's passport, as published in the Baha'i World vol. 9, 1940-1944, p. 110; includes translation of text by Mehran Ghasempour.

  25. Kahlil Gibran's portrait of Abdu'l-Baha, as printed in Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Bushrui (Oneworld, 1998).

  26. Marriage certificates of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, published in Baha'i World 1932-1934, Vol. 5, pp. 53, 63,

  27. Roll of Honor, Baha'i World Crusade 1953-1963, published as a pull-out in The Baha'i World Vol. XX, 1986-1992 (Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 1998), is a "scroll" listing the names of the Knights of Baha'u'llah.

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