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tag name Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) type: Writings, Bahá'u'lláh

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inventory # BH01120; BH00259
related tags - Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World list); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (6. Edirne); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (7. Akká and Bahjí); – Tablets to kings and rulers; Bells; Napoleon III; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)
notes

Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets to Napoleon III.
The first Tablet had not been published in its original language until 2021, when the Bahá'í World Center published an authenticated typescript of the original Tablet on bahai.org/library, in the Persian version of "Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh" (Partial Inventory reference BRL_DA#706).

See also:
– Shoghi Effendi's comments in The Promised Day Is Come
– Covenant Library Unified Index

selected quotations
(authoritative sources)
These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"... Immediately upon His arrival in prison, He addressed an epistle to Napoleon which He sent through the French ambassador, the substance of which was: “Ask what crime We have committed to be confined in this prison.”¹³ Napoleon made no reply. Then a second epistle was issued, which is contained in the Súriy-i-Haykal, and which in substance says: “O Napoleon! Since thou hast failed to heed and answer My call, thou shalt lose Thy dominion and be reduced to naught.”¹⁴ This epistle was dispatched to Napoleon by post, through the care of César Catafago¹⁵ and, with the full knowledge of His companions in exile, the text of this address quickly reached all of Persia, for the Kitáb-i-Haykal was sent at that time to every corner of that land and this address was included therein. This took place in the year 1869, and as this Súriy-i-Haykal had been circulated throughout Persia and India, all the believers had it in their hands and were awaiting the outcome of this address. Not long after, in 1870, the fire of war was ignited between Germany and France, and although no one at the time anticipated the triumph of Germany, Napoleon was resoundingly defeated, surrendered to his enemies, and saw his glory changed into deepest abasement...."
Note: 13
Bahá’u’lláh’s first Tablet to Napoleon III was revealed in Adrianople (see Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, trans. Shoghi Effendi [Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1988, 2001 printing], p. 45), which Bahá’u’lláh called the “remote prison”.
Note: 14
Cf. Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple), ¶138.
Note: 15
The son of the French consul in Syria who, according to Nabíl-i- A‘ẓam, was a follower of Bahá’u’lláh; see H. M. Balyuzi, Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory (Oxford: George Ronald, 1980), p. 320.
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, Chapter 9, ¶16 (BSW 11.5.16; AB00029)

references bahaipedia.org/Lawḥ-i-Nápulyún_I; bahai9.com/wiki/Lawh-i-Nápulyun_I; bahai9.com/wiki/Lawh-i-Nápulyun_II; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/5#157306287

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2004-07-19. Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh. Marco Oliveira. Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh to Napoleon III. Biographies.
2003. Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III: A Research Note. Ismael Velasco. Comparison of Shoghi Effendi's English translation and Ismael Velasco's English translation ofDreyfus French version. Articles.
2002. Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Bahá'u'lláh. A collection of the tablets of Baháʼu'lláh, written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of Acre. Writings.
2001. First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun): Excerpts. Bahá'u'lláh, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, trans, Ismael Velasco, trans. . Translations.
1999. Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún). Author unknown. Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets. Biographies.
1999. Second Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún): Tablet study outline. Jonah Winters. Study.
1999. Tablets to Napoleon III: Comparison. Jonah Winters. Comparison of the First and the Second Tablets to Napoleon Study.
1997-11-06. Napoleon III and Queen Victoria, Responses to the Tablets of Baha'u'llah. Universal House of Justice. Do we know what Napoleon and Queen Victoria really said upon receiving tablets from Bahá'u'lláh? UHJ-letters.
1973-04-21. Three Momentous Years of the Heroic Age. Adib Taherzadeh. A look at the extraordinary period of Revelation immediately after Bahá’u’lláh’s imprisonment in Akká. Articles.

from the Chronology (3 results; collapse)

1867-09-03 —
- The Súriy-i-Ra'ís was published in the Summons of the Lord of Hosts. See Wikipedia for a synopsis of this Tablet.
- See RB2:370–82 for details of the Kitáb-i-Badí'.
- Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Súriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) in which 'Abdu'l-Bahá's future station was foreshadowed. [BBD218; BKG250; GPB177; GWB39]
- See RB2:338–9 for a description of the Tablet.
- It was probably about this time that the first Lawh-i-Salmán was revealed for Shaykh Salmán. [RoB2p281-290; Uplifting Words ]
1868-00-00 —
- See Wikipedia for a synopsis of Law-i-Ra'ís..
- The Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple) was also revealed in Adrianople, and later recast after His arrival in `Akká. In this version He incorporated His messages addressed to individual potentates -- Pope Pius IX, Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Násiri'd-Dín Sháh. Bahá'u'lláh instructed it to be written in the form of a pentacle, symbolizing the human temple. See the Introduction Summons of the Lord of Hosts pgi.
- An Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple) by Mohamad Ghasem Bayat.
- President Grant of the United States was in office when Bahá'u'lláh addressed a Tablet to the `Rulers of America and the Presidents of the Republics therein'. Copied below is a list of other heads of state of the Americas who were contemporary with Bahá'u'lláh in 1872-1873 as compiled by Bahá'í scholar Peter Terry. [BFA1:80N]
2002-05-01 —
- The 272-page book contained authoritative English translations of six major works written by Bahá'u'lláh between 1868 and 1870. Collectively, the works clearly enunciated His claim to prophethood and offered a prescription for peaceful and just leadership in the modern world as offered to the the monarchs and religious leaders of His time.
- Specifically, the book collects the Súriy-i-Haykal [Súrih of the Temple], Súriy-i-Ra'ís [Súrih of the Chief], Lawh-i-Ra'is [Tablet of the Chief], Lawh-i-Fu'ad [Tablet to Fu'ad Pasha], Lawh-i-Sultan [Tablet to the Shah of Iran], and Súriy-i-Mulúk [Súrih of the Kings]. [One Country Vol.14 Issue 1, BWNS163]

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tag name	Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)	type:	Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Lawh-i-Napulyun_(Tablets_to_Napoleon_III)
inventory #	BH01120; BH00259
related tags	- Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World list); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (6. Edirne); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (7. Akká and Bahjí); – Tablets to kings and rulers; Bells; Napoleon III; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)
notes	Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets to Napoleon III. The first Tablet had not been published in its original language until 2021, when the Bahá'í World Center published an authenticated typescript of the original Tablet on bahai.org/library, in the Persian version of "Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh" (Partial Inventory reference BRL_DA#706). See also: – Shoghi Effendi's comments in The Promised Day Is Come – Covenant Library Unified Index
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... Immediately upon His arrival in prison, He addressed an epistle to Napoleon which He sent through the French ambassador, the substance of which was: “Ask what crime We have committed to be confined in this prison.”¹³ Napoleon made no reply. Then a second epistle was issued, which is contained in the Súriy-i-Haykal, and which in substance says: “O Napoleon! Since thou hast failed to heed and answer My call, thou shalt lose Thy dominion and be reduced to naught.”¹⁴ This epistle was dispatched to Napoleon by post, through the care of César Catafago¹⁵ and, with the full knowledge of His companions in exile, the text of this address quickly reached all of Persia, for the Kitáb-i-Haykal was sent at that time to every corner of that land and this address was included therein. This took place in the year 1869, and as this Súriy-i-Haykal had been circulated throughout Persia and India, all the believers had it in their hands and were awaiting the outcome of this address. Not long after, in 1870, the fire of war was ignited between Germany and France, and although no one at the time anticipated the triumph of Germany, Napoleon was resoundingly defeated, surrendered to his enemies, and saw his glory changed into deepest abasement...." Note: 13 Bahá’u’lláh’s first Tablet to Napoleon III was revealed in Adrianople (see Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, trans. Shoghi Effendi [Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1988, 2001 printing], p. 45), which Bahá’u’lláh called the “remote prison”. Note: 14 Cf. Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple), ¶138. Note: 15 The son of the French consul in Syria who, according to Nabíl-i- A‘ẓam, was a follower of Bahá’u’lláh; see H. M. Balyuzi, Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory (Oxford: George Ronald, 1980), p. 320. – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, Chapter 9, ¶16 (BSW 11.5.16; AB00029)
references	bahaipedia.org/Lawḥ-i-Nápulyún_I; bahai9.com/wiki/Lawh-i-Nápulyun_I; bahai9.com/wiki/Lawh-i-Nápulyun_II; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/5#157306287