1. 2025-09. From 'the Most Great Prison' to the 'Holy Land': The Transformation of 'Akká in Bahá'í Sacred Geography. Sivan Lerer. — Examines how ‘Akka transformed from Baha’u’llah’s place of exile into a Baha’i sacred cent... Articles.
2. 2021 Fall. Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance. Christopher Buck. — Baha’u’llah encouraged Baha’is to pray for their rulers. This essay presents a newly authorize... Articles.
3. 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 ... Articles.
4. 2003. Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid. Necati Alkan. — The Bab's Tablet to Sultan Abdulmecid and some notes on early Babis in the Ottoman Empire. Articles.
5. 2002. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The. John Walbridge. — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history. Articles-unpublished.
6. 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... Histories.
7. 1986. Mafia, Mob and Shiism in Iraq: The Rebellion of Ottoman Karbala 1824-1843. Juan Cole, Moojan Momen. — On the role of gangs in urban social history of the 19-century Ottoman empire; with a decline in gov... Articles.
8. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.

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2. 1861-06-25 — Death of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid and accession of Sultan 'Abdu'l-'Aziz to the Ottoman throne. He ruled ...
3. 1876-05-30 — Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz was deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]
4. 1909-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486] Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and rei...
5. 1922-00-00 — Abdullah Cevdet was one of the founding members of the Young Turk ‘Committee of Union and Progress...

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