The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 18
It is indicative of the public fury which had been aroused that one of these
murdered men , Mírzá Qurbán - ' Alí , regarded as a person of unusual saintliness
, had served as spiritual mentor to the royal family as well as to several members
of ...
It is indicative of the public fury which had been aroused that one of these
murdered men , Mírzá Qurbán - ' Alí , regarded as a person of unusual saintliness
, had served as spiritual mentor to the royal family as well as to several members
of ...
Page 28
Bahá'u'lláh Prominent among the handful of Bábí leaders who escaped the
massacres of 1848–1853 was a nobleman named Mírzá Husayn ' Alí . His family ,
from among Persia's oldest landed gentry , held extensive estates in the area of
Núr ...
Bahá'u'lláh Prominent among the handful of Bábí leaders who escaped the
massacres of 1848–1853 was a nobleman named Mírzá Husayn ' Alí . His family ,
from among Persia's oldest landed gentry , held extensive estates in the area of
Núr ...
Page 35
One of these was his younger half - brother , Mírzá Yahya , who fled Persia in
disguise and joined the family shortly after their arrival in Iraq in 1853. It was from
this unexpected source that a new form of hardship and opposition arose .
One of these was his younger half - brother , Mírzá Yahya , who fled Persia in
disguise and joined the family shortly after their arrival in Iraq in 1853. It was from
this unexpected source that a new form of hardship and opposition arose .
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| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Baha'i Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1931847061, 9781931847063 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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