1. 2024. Mathnaví-yi Mubárak. Bahá'u'lláh, Kay Lynn Morton, trans. . — Provisional translation of a mathnavi (poem) written in Constantinople in 1863 following His initial...
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...
3. 2021. What is Bahá'í Orientalism?. Geoffrey Nash. — Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual otheri...
4. 2021. Nazif, Suleyman. Necati Alkan. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
5. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
6. 2018. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations. Stephen Lambden, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
7. 2016. Tablet to Ashraf. Bahá'u'lláh, Keven Brown, trans. . — Guidance to three men who later became martyrs, news to share about Baha'u'llah, and comments on the...
8. 2013-11. Divide and Rule: The Creation of the Alawi State after World War I. Necati Alkan. — Summary of 20th-century history of the Nusayri/Alawi Shi'i movement in Syria and Turkey. (No mention...
9. 2012. Medhat Pasha. Necati Alkan. — Bio of the 19th century Ottoman statesman, who served both as governor and grand vizier. Brief excer...
10. 2012. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude. Roshan Danesh. — The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Baha’u’llah speak...
11. 2012. Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire. Necati Alkan. — Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitu...
12. 2011. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The. Necati Alkan. — Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Baha on his political ...
13. 2008. Religious Minority Rights. Christopher Buck. — Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and h...
14. 2007-03. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh. Aqa Husayn Ashchi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
15. 2007. Dreams and their Interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion: Some Preliminary Remarks. Necati Alkan. — Outline of the importance of dreams and their interpretation in the Baha'i Religion; dream interpret...
16. 2005. 'Eternal enemy of Islam', The: Abdullah Cevdet and the Bahá'í religion. Necati Alkan. — Cevdet, a member of the Young Turk Committee of Union and Progress, in 1922 published an article on ...
17. 2004-06-15. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith. Necati Alkan. — Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in ...
18. 2004. Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The. Juan Cole. — On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Babi movement in the nineteenth-century Middle ...
19. 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 ...
20. 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.
21. 2002. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The. John Walbridge. — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history.
22. 2001. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95. Necati Alkan. — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
23. 2000. Report to the Shah from Akka, A. Ala'u'l-Mulk, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — Brief report from the Iranian ambassador to Istanbul on the activities of the Baha'is in Turkey, 190...
24. 2000. Tablets concerning the Divine Test. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Baha'u'llah's writings about the divine test between Baha'u'llah and Mirza Yahya at the Sultan Selim...
25. 1999. Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak'. Frank Lewis (published as Franklin Lewis). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
26. 1999. Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak. Bahá'u'lláh, Frank Lewis, trans. . — Provisional translation
27. 1998. Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. .
28. 1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
29. 1993. Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A. Alexandra Yerolimpos. — Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period o...
30. 1992-10. Surah of God. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation" (1866) and historical events in Baha'u'llah's house...
31. 1991-2001. References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. United States Department of State, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. . — Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...
32. 1986-03. From Adrianople to 'Akká', The Austrian Lloyd. Kent Beveridge. — Aiming to identify the Lloyd vessels transporting Baha'u'llah and His companions, investigating vess...
33. 1985-12. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan). Abdu'l-Bahá, Moojan Momen, trans. . — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
34. 1983-09. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s. Moojan Momen. — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
35. 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.
36. 1981. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Moojan Momen, ed. — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
37. 1980. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí. Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. . — Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follo...
38. 1977. Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 2: Adrianople, 1863-1868. Adib Taherzadeh. — Link to formatted book (offsite).
39. 1970-71 (127 B.E.). مجموعه الواح و مناجاتهای ترکی حضرت عبدالبهاء طهران ١٢٧ بدیع (Collected Azeri Turkish Tablets and Prayers of `Abdu'l-Bahá). Abdu'l-Bahá. — مجموعه الواح و مناجاتهای ترکی حضرت عبدالبهاء - مؤسّسه �...
40. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
41. 1930. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries. Zia M. Bagdadi. — Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (A...
42. 1915. Ayesha of the Bosphorus: A Romance of Constantinople. Stanwood Cobb. — A novella combining fiction with scenes from the lives of Abdu'l-Baha and the Baha'is in Haifa in th...
43. 1914. Real Turk, The. Stanwood Cobb. — Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall ...
44. 1913. Fringe of the East, The: A Journey through the Past and Present Provinces of Turkey. Harry Charles Lukach. — Overview of the Baha'is and Azalis, mentions of their history in Akka, the Twelfth Imam and the Mahd...
45. 1912-01. Difficulties of the Young Turk Party, The. Stanwood Cobb. — Reflections on the character and political fortunes of the Young Turks, written shortly before the p...
46. 1863/1868?. Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl. Juan Cole, trans, Alison Marshall, ed. — The Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl is a short story, which reads like a fairy tale, about the...
47. 1848-1851. Le Journal de Constantinople. Various. — Collection of 818 files, unsorted. They contain an unknown number of references to the Bab and his m...

1. 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128] 'Abdu'llah Pasha was the governor of 'Akka from 181...
2. 1844-03-21 — Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire ...
3. 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
4. 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
5. 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
6. 1845-06-28 — Prince Dolgorukov was appointed Russian ambassador to Tihran. He was previously first secretary of t...
7. 1846-12-00 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Babi Dispensa...
8. 1861-06-25 — Death of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid and accession of Sultan 'Abdu'l-'Aziz to the Ottoman throne. He ruled ...
9. 1862-05-10 — The Persian ambassador requested that the Ottomans move the Baha'u'llah farther from Persia.
10. 1863-01-00 — The governor of Baghdad, Namiq Pasha, received the first of 'five successive commands' from 'Ali Pas...
11. 1863-03-26 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Holy Mariner on the fifth day of Naw-Rúz. The Tablet was rev...
12. 1863-03-27 — Baha'u'llah met the deputy governor in a mosque opposite the Government House where the Farman which...
13. 1863-04-26 — Mirza Yahya fled Baghdad, travelling to Mosul in disguise. [BKG158; RB252–5] Mirza Yahya had, s...
14. 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
15. 1863-08-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party departed from Samsún by steamer for Istanbul. [BKG196; GPB157] They to...
16. 1863-08-16 — Baha'u'llah and His party arrived at Constantinople at noon. He was received with great honour by a ...
17. 1863-08-17 — Baha'u'llah in Constantinople "spot that art situate on the shores of the two seas" [KA217]
18. 1863-08-30 — Death of Sadhijiyyih, 18-month-old daughter of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i-'Ulya. Her body was buried in ...
19. 1863-08-31 — Baha'u'llah was resident in the House of Shamsi Big near the mosque of Khirqiu-i-Sharifh. During thi...
20. 1863-09-17 — Because the Shamsi Big residence was too small Baha'u'llah and His family were moved to the house of...
21. 1863-11-31 — Prelude to the exile from Constantinople: It was during Baha'u'llah's stay in Constantinople that t...
22. 1863-12-01 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Constantinople for Adrianople. Carriages, wagons and pack animal...
23. 1863-12-12 — Baha'u'llah in Adrianople Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Adrianople (the "remote pr...
24. 1863-12-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party spent three nights in the Khan-i-'Arab caravanserai. [BKG218]
25. 1863-12-15 — Baha'u'llah and His family stayed for one week at a house in the Muradiyyih quarter of the city, in ...
26. 1863-12-22 — Baha'u'llah and His family spent about six to ten months in another house in the Muradiyyih quarter ...
27. 1864-00-00 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic trad...
28. 1864-04-01 — Sulayman Pasha, a Súfi, succeeded Muhammad Pashay-i-Qibrisi as Governor of Adrianople. Both were ad...
29. 1864-08-15 — Birth of Mirza Diya'u'llah, the third son of Baha'u'llah and Mahdi-'Ulya. [BKG222]
30. 1864-09-01 — Baha'u'llah and His family moved to the house of Amru'llah (The Cause of God) located to the north o...
31. 1864-12-00 — At some point near the end of His life the Bab had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qal...
32. 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
33. 1864-12-01 — Death of Governor Sulayman Pasha of Adrianople. He was succeeded by 'Árif Pasha, who was not well-d...
34. 1864-12-02 — In their efforts to discredit Baha'u'llah and His companions, the followers of Azal made complaints ...
35. 1864-12-03 — Mirza Yahya began his attempts on Baha'u'llah's life about one year after the arrival of the exiles....
36. 1864-12-31 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Persian Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad-i-Farsi) sometime between 1864 and 18...
37. 1865-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad) for Ahmad, a believer from Yazd. [RB2...
38. 1865-12-31 — Prior to and during the crisis that was to follow, Baha'u'llah began revealing Tablets at a prodigio...
39. 1866-03-01 — The Most Great Separation Mirza Yahya's behaviour could no longer be tolerated or concealed. Bah...
40. 1866-03-02 — Khurshid Pasha took up the governorship of Adrianople. [BBR487; BKG233]
41. 1866-03-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Baha in honour of Khatún Jan, a believer and close friend of Tahiri...
42. 1866-03-10 — Baha'u'llah and His family withdrew from the house of Amru'llah, the residence shared with the exile...
43. 1867-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Badi'u'llah, fourth son of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i'Ulya in Adrianople. [BKG247]
44. 1867-03-00 — Baha'u'llah moved back to the now empty house of Amru'llah. [GPB168] He stayed for about three m...
45. 1867-06-00 — Baha'u'llah rented the house of 'Izzat Áqa where He and His family lived until their departure from...
46. 1867-08-00 — Baha'u'llah refused to draw the allowance granted Him by the Ottoman government. [RB2:327] Mirza...
47. 1867-09-02 — "The Most Great Idol" was cast out of the community. Mirza Yahya's henchman, Siyyid Muhammad, con...
48. 1867-09-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Badi', the Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting), the first Tabl...
49. 1867-09-04 — Thinking that He will not accept, Mirza Yahya, prodded on by Mir Muhammad, challenged Baha'u'llah to...
50. 1867-09-05 — In this period the extent of the Faith was enlarged with expansion in the Caucasus, the establishmen...
51. 1867-12-15 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Súriy-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings). [BKG245; GPB171–2; RB2:301-336; BW19p58...
52. 1868-04-00 — Seven Baha'is in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mand...
53. 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
54. 1868-08-00 — One morning without warning Baha'u'llah's house was surrounded by soldiers. The inhabitants were rou...
55. 1868-08-12 — Baha'u'llah, His family and companions, escorted by a Turkish captain and a number of soldiers, set ...
56. 1868-08-15 — The Baha'is imprisoned in Constantinople arrived in Gallipoli to be exiled with Baha'u'llah's party....
57. 1868-08-16 — They arrived in Gallipoli on the fifth day. [BKG260] GPB180 says it was a four-day journey. CH62...
58. 1868-08-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Gallipoli on an Austrian-Lloyd steamer. [BKG263; GPB182; RB2:411...
59. 1868-08-22 — Soon after sunrise the ship arrived at Smyrna. [BKG264] It stays for two days and left at night. ...
60. 1868-08-23 — The steamer left Smyrna at night for Alexandria, which she reached on the morning two days later. [B...
61. 1876-05-30 — Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz was deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]
62. 1876-06-04 — `Abdu'l-`Aziz either committed suicide or was assassinated. [BBD2; BBR485; GPB225] Accession of M...
63. 1876-08-31 — Deposition of Murad V followed by the accession of `Abdu'l-Hamid II to the Sultanate of the Ottoman ...
64. 1877-00-00 — As a result of the war between Russia and Turkey some 11 million people were freed from the Turkish ...
65. 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [...
66. 1901-04-00 — The Iranian ambassador to the Ottoman government at Istanbul, `Ala'u'l-Mulk, filed a report with the...
67. 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
68. 1904-00-00 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
69. 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in...
70. 1907-00-00 — After becoming a Baha'i in 1906 in the United States, Stanwood Cobb taught history and Latin at Rob...
71. 1908-07-23 — The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Pas...
72. 1908-07-24 — In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid as he returned from the mosque on Friday...
73. 1909-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486] Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and rei...
74. 1911-09-29 — The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empi...
75. 1911-10-21 — News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of t...
76. 1913-06-13 — The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with the territorial gai...
77. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr...
78. 1922-00-00 — Abdullah Cevdet was one of the founding members of the Young Turk ‘Committee of Union and Progress...
79. 1928-10-00 — A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Baha'is began in Turkey. [BBR474] Several Baha'is were ...
80. 1928-12-13 — The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Baha'is of Turkey was brought before a crim...
81. 1928-12-13 — The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities...
82. 1932-11-00 — A number of Baha'is were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]
83. 1932-12-02 — By this time there were 15 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]
84. 1933-02-06 — By this date there were about 50 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317]
85. 1933-03-31 — The 50 Baha'is imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475]
86. 1954-00-00 — The purchase of the House of Baha'u'llah in Istanbul was concluded. [SS38]
87. 1954-12-16 — Shoghi Effendi announced the death of Avarih in Iran, "CONDEMNED POSTERITY MOST SHAMELESS, VICIOUS, ...
88. 1959-03-01 — A number of Baha'is, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC30...
89. 1959-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey was formed. For the letter of the Custodians to the nat...
90. 1961-01-17 — Following the arrest of Baha'is in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish c...
91. 1961-07-15 — The Turkish court declared the Baha'i Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the l...
92. 1987-04-21 — The National Convention of Turkey was held for the first time with the official permission of the Tu...
93. 1990-05-18 — The first of seven European women's conferences sponsored by the Continental Board of Counsellors wa...
94. 1992-04-04 — The first Children's Festival and Family Conference of Turkey was held in Cankaya, Ankara. [BINS269:...
95. 1996-06-03 — The Baha'i International Community and 150 Baha'is from many countries participated in the Second Un...
96. 2003-04-27 — Baha'is from the north and south of Cyprus met when they were permitted to cross the demarcation lin...
97. 2009-02-14 — Regional Conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey. [BWNS698]
98. 2016-05-23 — The first World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The summit, organized by the Unite...

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