The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-17054-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 122, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series / Texts and Sources in the History of Religions

The Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths represent two of the most important religious
movements of modern times. This book relates the story of the evolution of
the Bábí-Bahá'í community, beginning with the birth of its founder, Siyyid
'Alí-Muhammad, known as the Báb, in 1819 and then traced over the next
century and a half in the city of his birth, Shíráz. Its author, Mírzá Habíbu'lláh
Afnán, was himself born in the house of the Báb, reared by the widow of the
Báb, who shared with him many stories of the Báb’s life, then spent nearly
a year with Bahá'u'lláh in the 'Akka-Haifa area, and some ten years in close
proximity to Bahá'u'lláh’s son 'Abdu'l-Bahá. He served for the next half century
as the hereditary custodian of the house of the Báb, and as such was uniquely
qualified to tell the story of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the city of Shíráz in
remarkable and moving detail.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabbani, Ahang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Ahang Rabbani, Ph.D. (1981) in Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, is Director of Research and Development at Invista Company. Ahang Rabbani has published extensively on the history and teachings of the Bábi and Bahá'i religions. His Research Projects inlcude a multi volume series entitled Witnesses to Bábi and Bahá'i History.