1. 2025-07. Convergent Identities: Mirza Yuhanna Dawud at a National, Religious, and Cultural Crossroads. Sivan Lerer. — Dawud’s life reflects converging Jewish, Baha’i, British, and Zionist identities, revealing the ...
2. 2022. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage. Iraj Ghanooni, Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. . — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
3. 2021. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás. Necati Alkan. — Abdu’l-Baha’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman...
4. 2019-11. Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France. Jan T. Jasion. — History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (wit...
5. 2019. Journey of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's "Tablet to the Hague", The: A Photo Chronology. Jelle de Vries, ed. — Link (offsite) to a visual tour of the history, people, and events relevant to Abdu'l-Baha's "Letter...
6. 2018. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916. Layli Maria Miron. — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
7. 2012. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels. Wendi Momen. — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
8. 2007/2013. Eight Years Near `Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Dr. Habíb Mú'ayyad. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Memoirs of an occasional pilgrim to the house of Abdu'l-Baha from 1907, and later member of the Nati...
9. 2005. Life and Times of August Forel, The. Sheila Banani. — A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social con...
10. 2005. `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914. Ahang Rabbani. — The story of Abdu'l-Baha's relocating the Haifa/Akka Baha'i community of some 140 people to a nearby...
11. 2004. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s. Necati Alkan. — The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Baha'is from the ...
12. 2002. 'Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City. Duane L. Herrmann. — Early history of the Baha'i Faith in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, from 1896 to 1919 and beyond...
13. 2000. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History. Necati Alkan. — On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translati...
14. 1996 Spring. Bahá'í Faith in England and Germany, 1900-1913. Robert Stockman. — Historical overview of the early years of the Faith in the British Isles and Germany.
15. 1994. Memories of Shoghi Effendi. Alí M. Yazdí. — Brief recollections of time with Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, adapted from an oral account.
16. 1992. Development and Decline of an Early Bahá'í Community: Saint John, N.B., 1910-1925. Will C. van den Hoonaard. — The brief early history of the Saint John Baha'is. Established in 1910, the Baha'i community struggl...
17. 1986. Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Alí M. Yazdí. — Recollections by a prominent Iranian-American Baha'i.
18. 1986. Notes from the National Bahá'í Archives on the Chicago House of Spirituality. Robert Stockman. — Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Baha'i history. Prepared as background...
19. 1982. Kenosha, 1893-1912: History of an Early Bahá'í Community in the United States. William P. Collins. — First visited by Kheiralla in 1895, Kenosha was the second city in America to have resident Baha'is;...
20. 1982. Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Annamarie Honnold, comp. — Compilation of inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Baha'i way of life as demonstrated by ‘Abdu�...
21. 1982. American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917, The: A Preliminary Survey. Peter Smith. — A comprehensive and detailed survey of the American community from 1894 to 1917. Includes bibliograp...
22. 1974-?. Pilgrim Notes. Hassan Safa Baghdadi. — Memories of Abdu'l-Baha during the war years, by the nephew of Zia Bagdadi; on Zia Baghdadi's then-u...
23. 1974. Forty Years of the Bahá'í Cause in Hawaii: 1902-1942. Agnes Baldwin Alexander. — Four decades of history and travel, as told partly through personal letters, including many Tablets ...
24. 1972. Glimpses of Early Bahá'í Pilgrimages. Annamarie Honnold. — Discussion of early pilgrimages based on the resulting pilgrim's notes. Includes text from a variety...
25. 1971. 'Abdu'l-Baha - The Centre of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Link to book (offsite).
26. 1971. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá: Through the War Years. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Extract from Balyuzi's Abdu’l-Baha: The Centre of the Covenant of Baha’u’llah covering the yea...
27. 1962. Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Stanwood Cobb. — Recollections by eminent American Baha'i author Cobb (1881–1982).
28. 1936. Reminiscences of an Early Believer. Georgie Ralston. — Account of many travels and personages in the American Baha'i community of the 1910s-1930s, written ...
29. 1936. Bahá'í Movement, The: The Greatness of Its Power. Martha L. Root. — Tributes to the Baha'i Faith from various notables and thinkers across Europe.
30. 1935 March. `Abdu'l-Bahá's Historic Meeting with Jane Addams. Ruth Moffett. — On Abdu'l-Baha's visit to Hull House, the community "settlement house" in Chicago, and meeting with ...
31. 1931. Bahá'í Movement in Japan, The. Tokujiro Torii. — Summary of Baha'i visitors to, activities in, Tablets to, and publications in Japan, 1914-1930.
32. 1927-1928. Bahá'í Message, The. Walter Bryant Guy. — A series of 16 newspaper articles summarizing Baha'i history and teachings in "Florida's Oldest News...
33. 1925-1954. May Ellis Maxwell. Universal House of Justice, comp. — Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Baha'i World I-XII, 1925-1954; inclu...
34. 1925-03. Bahá'í Dawn, The: Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The. Edward T. Hall. — A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Baha'i in the North of England ci...
35. 1924. Abdu'l-Bahá. Constance Elizabeth Maud. — Chapter on Abdu'l-Baha and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies.
36. 1921. Excellency of Mt. Carmel, The. George Napier Whittingham. — Chapter 10, "The Excellency of Mt. Carmel," describes the author's visit to Haifa and gives an overv...
37. 1919. Pilgrim's Notes. Saichiro Fujita. — Two versions of notes of a pilgrimage in November and December, 1919. Includes detailed accounts of ...
38. 1917-03. Persian Reformer's View of Art, A. Juliet Thompson. — Personal recollections of Abdu'l-Baha's words on art and inspiration. Includes the portrait Thompson...
39. 1913-10. Account of the Main Events in Persia during October 1912 to October 1913, An. G. D. Turner. — Overview of developments in Iran in 1913, with passing references to Abdu'l-Baha and E.G. Browne.
40. 1898-1959. Pilgrims' Notes from U.S. Archives. Various. — Pilgrim notes from the U.S. Baha'i National Archives, organized by year, 1898-1959, unsorted, in 60 ...

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