1. 2025-12. Bahá'í House of Worship: Design, Construction and Community, by Joe Carter and Nooshfar Afnan: Review. Ann Boyles. — Examines the evolving Baha’i House of Worship as an emergent institution uniting architecture, com... Reviews.
2. 2023-10. Encouragement of the Arts During the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Services of Master Calligrapher Mishkín-Qalam. Nooshfar B. Afnan. — ‘Abdu’l-Baha promoted the arts, including through support of Mishkin-Qalam and artistic concepti... Articles.
3. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025. Writings.
4. 2015-07-02. Mashriq al-Adhkār. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopedia.
5. 2014-12-18. To the Bahá'ís in Iran. Universal House of Justice. — Emphasizes Mashriqu’l-Adhkar’s integration of worship and service, urging Baha’is in Iran to f... UHJ-letters.
6. 2014. Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith. Fuad Izadinia. — Biographies of many dozen Baha'is of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Tu... Books.
7. 2012-09-09. История Ашхабадского храма бахаи (History of the Ashgabat Bahá'í Temple). Olga Mehdi. — Небольшое историческое эссе о строительстве ашхабадс�... Articles-unpublished.
8. 1991-06-20. Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions. Universal House of Justice. — On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Baha revealed during t... UHJ-letters.
9. 1986. Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The. Universal House of Justice, Horace Holley, Fariborz Sahba, Sheriar Nooreyezdan. — Five documents from Baha'i World 18 part four section 5: Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, its s... UHJ-documents.
10. 1979-01. Rise of the Bahá'í Community of 'Ishqábád, The. Anthony Lee. — Materials about the early history of Ishqabad, site of the first Baha'i Temple, based in part on int... Articles.
11. 1975-07. City of Love, The: Ishqábád and the Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár. Bruce Whitmore. — History of the building of the temple in Turkmenistan, north of the Iranian province of Khurasan. Articles.
12. 1939-06-06. Seizure of the Ishqabad Temple: Horace Holley Interview with State Department Officials. Author unknown. — Brief report of an interview with the secretary of the US National Spiritual Assembly on whether and... Documents.

1. 1830-01-00 — Birth of Haji Mirza Muhammad Taqi Afnan (Vakilu'd-Dawlih), maternal uncle of the Bab, who supervised...
2. 1902-11-28 — Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of `Ishqabad with the laying of its cornerstone. [BFA2:1...
3. 1908-00-00 — The outer structure of the House of Worship in `Ishqabad was completed and the dome was in place. [A...
4. 1911-08-00 — Haji Muhammad-Taqi Afnan, Vakilu'd-Dawlih, the cousin of the Bab largely responsible for the buildin...
5. 1928-04-00 — As part of a general anti-religious campaign launched under Stalin, the Soviet authorities abrogated...
6. 1928-04-02 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in M...
7. 1938-02-05 — Baha'is in the Soviet Union were persecuted by the authorities. [BBR473, BW8p87-90, 179-81, BW14p479...
8. 1948-00-00 — The Baha'i Temple in 'Ishqabad (now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) was damaged by an earthquake. The streng...
9. 1963-08-25 — The Universal House of Justice announceed the demolition of the House of Worship in 'Ishqabad (now A...
10. 2012-00-00 — The Office of Temples and Sites was established at the Baha'i World Centre. The purpose of the offi...

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