Bibliography: BIB26407

Key	BIB26407
Reference type	Electronic Article
Title	Petition of Baha'is of Baghdad, March, 1867, to U.S. Government : Text, Translation, Commentary
Periodical title	Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts
Author	Stauffer, Robert B.
Year	1997
Epub date	July 1997
Publisher	H-Bahai
Place published	Ann Arbor, MI
Issue	3
Abstract	In 1867 the considerable number of Baha'is remaining in Baghdad, four years after Baha'u'llah's exile to Constantinople [Istanbul] and hence to Adrianople [Edirne], petitioned the United States Congress for assistance for Baha'u'llah's release and for assistance for the Baha'is in general. The twenty-four line petition was signed with ringstone emblems by 53 Baha'is in Baghdad on March 16, 1867. It reached the United States Consul General's office in Beirut, Syria on April 3, 1867*. From there it finally reached the Secretary of State Sewards office in the United States in July of that year.
Notes	Titled in Microfilm: "Petitions from the Persian Reformers."
Language	English
Keywords	PERSECUTION; IRAQ; BAHA'U'LLAH; UNITED STATES
URL	http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/trans/bhpetit.htm
Author address	United States National Archives Record Group 59 T 367 Roll 5.