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"Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum"

  1. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Address to the 6th Annual ABS Conference in Canada (1981). Address to the 6th Annual Association for Bahá’í Studies Conference, Canada.
  2. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Address to the National Convention (1983).
  3. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Changing Needs in a Changing World (1960). Talk given in New York City in 1960, on bringing peace to the world.
  4. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Dawn Fasting Prayer (1982). Essay from ‘Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum's book The Desire of the World.
  5. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Amoz Gibson. Day of Victory, The (1963). Two notable talks given at the First Bahá'í World Congress (London, 1963).
  6. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Desire of the World, The: Materials for the contemplation of God and His Manifestation for this Day (1982/2005). Compiled from the Words of Bahá’u’lláh. Includes a compilation of names and titles of God and of Bahá'u'lláh.
  7. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. David Merrick. Eagle and Pillar over Shoghi Effendi's resting place, and his visits to Scotland (1981). Transcript of Ruhiyyih Khanum talking about Shoghi Effendi's visits to Scotland and how the pillar and eagle came to be over his resting place
  8. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Ann Boylan et al. "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of (1912/1947/1974). Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also questions on assembly infallibility, and whether one with a minority opinion should vote against his conscience.
  9. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Rowshan Mustapha. Enoch Olinga: Hand of the Cause of God (2001). Lengthy biography of a Hand of the Cause, published in the In Memoriam section of Bahá'í World (1986), followed by a separate section "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him," by Rowshan Mustapha.
  10. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Rowshan Mustapha. Enoch Olinga: Main de la cause de Dieu (2006). French version of Ruhiyyih Khanum's "Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God" (Bahá'í World 18, 1986). Followed by a separate translation of Rowshan Mustapha's "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him." Translation anonymous or by committee.
  11. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Excerpts from a Letter from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1943-07-31). Passages from a letter distributed by the National Teaching Committee on the topic of steadfastness in light of living a busy life in times of chaos.
  12. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Freedom and Liberty (1981). Short talk on the meanings of "liberty" in the Bahá'í writings.
  13. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, The (1988). An abridged and updated version of the author's biography Priceless Pearl.
  14. May Maxwell and Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Haifa Notes of Shoghi Effendi's Word: Volumes 1 and 2 (1937). Transcriptions of talks given by Shoghi Effendi by May Maxwell and Ruhiyyih Khanum, taken during their pilgrimage in 1937.
  15. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Letter to John B. Cornell (1943-05-25). Short personal letter relating answers from Shoghi Effendi to various questions of Cornell, on voting age, the election of the House, the "Source of all knowledge," etc.
  16. Shoghi Effendi and Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Letter to the Bahá'ís of Macy Nebraska (1947-12-21). One-paragraph letter of greeting from the Guardian, with a short intro from Ruhiyyih Khanum, stating that the original population of the United States has a "great future" and will find "great blessings" in accepting Bahá'u'lláh.
  17. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Letter to the Ecole des Jeunes May Bolles Maxwell Conference (1997-12-19).
  18. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, 1998 (1998-07-06).
  19. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Letter to the United States and Canada on racism, 1961 (1961-03-09).
  20. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Message to First Canadian National Convention (1948). Message to the delegates and friends attending the First Canadian National Bahá'í Convention, Montreal, 1948; also published in Baha’i News Sept/Oct 1948. It is not clear if this hand-typed document preceded, or followed, the published version.
  21. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (1969). Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Bahá'í Writings that their future is very great, and that they themselves best help to fulfill these promises by taking the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to their own people.
  22. Universal House of Justice and Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963 (1992). Account of the stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God from 1957-63, from the passing of Shoghi Effendi to the election of the House, riding the waves of crisis to the moment of victory — the fulfillment of prophecy.
  23. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Notes of Address in Ottawa, Ontario (1960-05-27). [needs abstract]
  24. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and John Ferraby. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The: 1896-1957 (1958). Detailed account of the final days of the life of the Guardian.
  25. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Personal Remarks to the Friends (1953). [needs abstract]
  26. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). Essay about various prayers and meditations of Bahá'u'lláh.
  27. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Prescription for Living (1950/1978/2015). Thoughts on how to weave a happy individual life and a happy, united, world life: on love and marriage, death, work, habits, sorrow and trial, and the Bahá'í teachings.
  28. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Priceless Pearl, The (1969). The classic biography of The Guardian, written by his wife.
  29. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Public Address of Ruhiyyih Khanum to the 1953 Conference in Wilmette (1953). [needs abstract]
  30. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Quote from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles (1953-06). One short note about the "urgency of this particular time in history," from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles, contained in a letter from Agnes Alexander to "Lucy," June, 1953.
  31. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The (1934). Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Bábí history authored by Nabil-i-A'zam.
  32. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. David Merrick, ed. Ruhiyyih Khanum's Tribute to Shoghi Effendi at the Kampala Conference (Uganda) 26 Jan 1958 (1958). Notes of the moving tribute by Ruhiyyih Khanum to Shoghi Effendi immediately after his passing, given at the Kampala International Conference (Uganda), 26 January 1958
  33. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Shoghi Effendi: The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (1970?).
  34. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Signs of God on Earth (1963). Talk presented at the First Bahá'í World Congress in London, 1963, about pioneering, teaching indigenous people, and about her memories of the Guardian.
  35. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Speaking in Edinburgh (1981-08). Address at Edinburgh Bahá'í Centre. Includes discussion of Shoghi Effendi in Scotland and the eagle and pillar at his resting place.
  36. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A (1976). A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly: some of the blunders, some of the problems; how certain types of people fit better into one office and others into another."
  37. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Teaching Problems / Success in Teaching (1949). Three versions of an article: first published as "Teaching Problems" in March 1949, then as "Success in Teaching" in June 1949, and a Persian translation.
  38. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. This is Faith (1954). One poem.
  39. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. To the Bahá'í Youth (n.d.). [needs abstract]
  40. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship (1948). An early account of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, written by his wife while he was still alive.
  41. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. What It Is to Be a Bahá'í?: A Letter to the Bahá'í Youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1948). The object of life to a Bahá'í is to promote the oneness of mankind.
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