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1. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is referring to the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05.—ED.
   
   
2. Abu’l-Fazl, The Bahá’í Proofs: Also A Short Sketch of the History and Lives of the Leaders of This Religion, trans. Ishtael-ebn-Kalenter (New York: Bahá’í Publishing Committee, 1929).—ED.
   
   
3. Bahá‘u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Iqán: The Book of Certitude, trans. Shoghi Effendi, 3d ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974)—ED.
   
   
4. Becheveh may be Bíchárih, which means poor.
   
   
5. See Bahá‘u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá‘u’lláh: Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, comp. Research Department of The Universal House of Justice, trans. Habíb Taherzadeh and Committee at Bahá’í World Centre (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre,1978).—ED.
   
   
6. See Bahá‘u’lláh, A Synopsis and Codification of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book of Bahá‘u’lláh, [comp. The Universal House of Justice], (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1973).—ED.
   
   
7. See Bahá‘u’lláh, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, trans. Ali-Kuli Khan and Marzieh Gail, 3d rev. ed. (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978), p. 6.—ED.
   
   
8. See Bahá‘u’lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá‘u’lláh, trans. Shoghi Effendi (Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939), p. 4.—ED.
   
   
9. See Bahá‘u’lláh, Seven Valleys, pp. 40-41.—ED.
   
   
10. See Bahá‘u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá‘u’lláh, pp. 99-134.—ED.