Bibliography 2: #BIB00269

Key	BIB00269
Reference type	Book
Title	The Táríkh-i-Jadíd, or New History of Mírzá `Alí Muhammad the Báb
Author	Husayn of Hamadán, Mírzá
Translator	Browne, Edward Granville
Year	1893
Date	1893
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Place published	Cambridge
Issue	7.1251
Abstract	"Decades of suppression and persecution suffered by Babis caused a sense of disillusion and frustration in the scattered communities throughout Iran, which in turn led to the temporary neglect of their historical past, both in oral and written forms. Toward the 1880's... the revival of the Babi circles in Iran demonstrated a... need for the compilation of new general narratives... in a different language and style and with an emphasis on historical events that could satisfy the new ideological orientation of these groups [Bahá'ís and Azalís]." (Amanat, The Early Years of the Babi Movement). This history was written by Husayn Hamadání under the patronage of Mánakjí Limjí Hataria, with assistance from Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Browne's harsh criticisms of this work, which includes what he regarded as "distortions and deviations" may be questioned, for it is not yet known whether other versions of an earlier history (published by Browne as the Kitáb-i-Nuqtatu'l-Káf) were in existence. Other versions of that earlier history might cast doubt on what Browne believed to be the correct history of the Bábís. See also Balyuzi, Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith.
Notes	LC card 49-43545.
Language	English
Keywords	BABI FAITH; HISTORY
Number of pages	lii, 459, 26

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