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  1. Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, by Isaac Adams. (1906). Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while the author was on lecture tours in the U.S.; an account of Iranian life, culture, and local religious practices before the modern petroleum state.
  2. 239 Days in America: Compilation of Essays from 239days.com, by Various. Harry Liedtke, comp. (2012/2023). Compilation of text and visuals from the website 239days.com, covering Abdu'l-Bahá's visit from April 11 - Dec 5, 1912.
  3. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. (1956). Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, the 1956 message to the Iroquois Indians in Mohawk and English, and a biography of the translator, "Charles A. Cooke, Mohawk Scholar," by Marius Barbeau.
  4. Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  5. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Center of the Covenant, by Juliet Thompson. (1948). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's vibrant personality and unique function as the Centre of the Covenant. His role as the servant of glory; the perfect exemplar; the stronghold of the Faith; and as link between the Heroic and Golden Ages of the Faith.
  6. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Moojan Momen. (1995).
  7. 'Abdu'l-Baha, by Author unknown. (2004).
  8. Abdu'l-Baha, by Constance Elizabeth Maud. (1924). Chapter on Abdu'l-Bahá and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies.
  9. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West, by Ali Kuli Khan, John Bosch, Louise Bosch. Marzieh Gail, ed. (1971 Fall). Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and Louise Bosch.
  10. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Life and Teachings, by Alessandro Bausani, Denis MacEoin. (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  11. 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás, by Firuz Kazemzadeh. (2009-04). On the eldest son and appointed successor of Bahá’u’lláh, the Center of His Covenant, and the Head of the Bahá’í Faith from 1892 to 1921, regarded, along with the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, as one of the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Faith.
  12. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Britain, 1913: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, by Ahmad Sohrab. David Merrick, ed. (2018). Diary of the travels to Liverpool, London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Woking, 1912/12/05-1913/01/21. Presented as a "hybrid" book with internet links, maps, and QR codes. Includes copious notes, alternative accounts, and an appendix of the talks.
  13. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Edinburgh: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, by Ahmad Sohrab. David Merrick, ed. (2008). Diary of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Edinburgh, January 6-10, 1913.
  14. `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt: September 1910, by Julio Savi. (2013). Historical and political background of Abdu'l-Bahá's various travels to Egypt, discussion of the people he met, and press coverage.
  15. `Abdu'l-Bahá, the "Mystery of God" / Abdu'l-Bahá, Le "Mystère de Dieu", by Violetta Zein. (2021). Slideshow prepared by the Utterance Project for the centenary of the ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. In English, French, Italian, and Indonesian.
  16. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts, by Marlene Macke, comp. (2012-08). Lengthy collection of passages from the books Origins of the Bahá’í Community in Canada, Maxwells of Montreal, Mahmúd’s Diary, and Abdu’l-Bahá in Canada, the newspaper Montreal Gazette, and other sources.
  17. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, by Necati Alkan. (2021). Abdu’l-Bahá’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman Empire; his unique station, unequalled in religious history; travels in the West; achievements and contributions to the expansion of His Father’s religion.
  18. Above All Barriers: The Story of Louis G. Gregory, by H. Elsie Austin. (1955/1976). Article, published as a pamphlet, summarizing the life of this famous lawyer and social activist.
  19. Account of How I Became a Bahá'í and My Stays in Paris in 1901 and 1937, An: Written at the Request of Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Thomas Linard, ed. (1958). Alexander's account of her acceptance of the Bahá'í teachings in Rome in 1900 and subsequent meetings with the Bahá'í group in Paris.
  20. Account of the Death of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal, by Alili Ridvan. E. G. Browne, trans. (1918).
  21. Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An, by Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). Originally written in Persian by Mírzá Áqá Khán Katírá’í (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payám-i-Bahá’í with minor edits by Hushidar Motlagh, this is an account of the former's great-grandfather, Ḥakím Áqá Ján (d. 1881), one of the first Jewish Bahá’ís.
  22. Account of the Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, An, by Shoghi Effendi, Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. (1973-04-21). On the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf.
  23. Adelbert Mühlschlegel: Seine Gedichte in zwei Sprachen: His Poetry in Two Languages, by Adelbert Mühlschlegel. Gisele Liedtke, trans, Harry Liedtke, trans. (2010). Overview of the life of this Hand of the Cause, written by his daughter and son-in-law, and a selection of 31 poems, with the original German and English translation presented side-by-side.
  24. Adíb Tálaqání (Hand of the Cause), by Moojan Momen. (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  25. Adventures in Biographical Research: John and William Cormick, by Vincent Flannery. (2004). Biographical details of the only European known to have met the Bab, William Cormick, and his father John Cormick.
  26. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family, by Moojan Momen. (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  27. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani. (2007). Genealogy of the Báb and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
  28. Ahmad, The Flame of Fire, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). History of the recipient of the Tablet of Ahmad, extracted from an article by Hand of the Case Jinab-i-Abu'l-Qasim-i-Faizi in Bahá'í News, 1967.
  29. Ahmad-i-Yazd, by Richard Francis. (1993/2003). Life of the recipient of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad.
  30. Ahsá'í, Shaykh Ahmad, by Denis MacEoin. (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  31. Akhund, Haji (Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi), by Moojan Momen. (1995). Short biography of an Iranian Hand of the Cause of God.
  32. Alain Locke, by Christopher Buck. (2004). The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with the Bahá'í Faith.
  33. Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher, by Christopher Buck. (2001/2002). Biography of one of the important African American intellectuals and his impact on American thought and culture. Includes two letters written by or on behalf of Shoghi Effendi.
  34. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck. (2005). The importance of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934), and an American Bahá'í.
  35. Alain Locke: Bahá'í Principles and the Salvation of Democracy, by Christopher Buck. (2007). Long presentation in slide format on the history and influence of Alain Locke.
  36. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Baha'i Pluralist: includes Alain Locke in his Own Words: Three Essays and a poem, by Christopher Buck, Alain Locke. (2005). Article by Buck, poem "The Moon Maiden" and three essays by Locke introduced by Buck: "The Gospel for the Twentieth Century," "Peace between Black and White in the United States," and "Five Phases of Democracy: Farewell Address at Talladega College."
  37. Alaskan Bahá'í Community: Its Growth and Development: The Formative Years: To 156 B. E. (1999), by John E. Kolstoe. (1999). Compilation of historical materials on the Faith in Alaska up through the late 1990s.
  38. Alavíyyih Khánum and 'Alí Ján, Mullá, by Mehraeen Mottahedin-Mavaddat, Moojan Momen. (2009). On the couple, both distinguished Iranian teachers of the Bahá’í Faith; Mullá ‘Alí Ján was executed for his faith.
  39. Alexander, Agnes: 70 years of service, by Duane Troxel. (1983-10/11/12). Biography of a prominent American Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause of God.
  40. Ali Akbar Furutan, In Memoriam, by Universal House of Justice. (2003-11-27). Obituary containing a brief biography of Ali Akbar Furutan, one of the longest surviving Hands of the Cause of God.
  41. Alí Akbar Shahmírzádí (Hájjí Akhund), by Moojan Momen. (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  42. Ali Bastami, Mulla, by Moojan Momen. (1995).
  43. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Moojan Momen. (2009). On the second disciple to recognize the Báb, and the first Bábí martyr.
  44. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Denis MacEoin. (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  45. Alice Buckton: Baha'i Mystic, by Lil Osborn. (2014-07). Buckton, a central figure in the re-establishment of Glastonbury as England's spiritual centre, visited Abdul Baha in Egypt and received him at her home in Surrey, and visited the U.S. to help spread the Bahá'í movement.
  46. Alice Buckton's Glastonbury Pilgrimage, by Lil Osborn. (2020). Buckton's spiritual awakening and pioneering activities in Glastonbury, including her setting up a womens' and pilgrims' hostel, and the Pilgrimage of Avalon.
  47. Allen, Wellesca Pollock, by Author unknown. (1915). Brief bio of a kindergarten teacher from Washington DC who visited Abdu'l-Bahá in 1907.
  48. Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India, by Violette Nakhjavani. (1966). The story of Rúhíyyih Khánum's 9-month journey across India and Southeast Asia in 1964, as told by her travel companion.
  49. Amazing Nashville Baha'i Community in the 1960s, The, by John S. Hatcher. (2019). "From the Editor's Desk": Hatcher's personal memories of time in Nashville; overview of the lives of Robert Hayden and Magdalene Carney.
  50. Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker, by Graham Hassall. (1999). Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Bahá'í.
  51. Ameen Rihani and the Unity of Religion: The Politics of Time and the Politics of Eternity, by Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui). (2014). Overview of the life and thought of a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual, and political activist, who believed in the oneness of religions and the brotherhood of nations and devoted his life to promoting East-West understanding.
  52. Amín Hájjí: trustees of Huqúqu'lláh, by Moojan Momen. (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  53. Amin, Haji Abu'l-Hasan, by Moojan Momen. (1995).
  54. Amoz Everett Gibson: The First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice, by Richard Francis. (1998). Biography of a prominent black Bahá'í teacher and former member of the Universal House of Justice.
  55. Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit, by Anne Gordon Perry. (2016). On the friendship and working relationship between Seattle art patron Hauberg and Seattle-based painter Tobey.
  56. Áqá Buzurg, Entitled Badí "The Wonderful", by Boris Handal. (2023). Áqá Buzurg and Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Sultán; Tablet to Badí from Bahá'u'lláh; the Pride of the Martyrs of the Bahá'í Faith; excerpts from the Lawh-i-Sultán.
  57. Áqá Khan Kermání, by Mangol Bayat. (1987). Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
  58. Aqasi, Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani), by Sholeh A. Quinn. (2009). On the prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Shah Qajar from 1835 to 1848, regarded by Bahá’ís as the Antichrist of the Bábí dispensation.
  59. Arches of the Years, by Marzieh Gail. (1991). Early days of the Bahá'í Faith in America and of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1912; Phoebe Hearst; Versailles Conference; and about Marzieh Gail herself.
  60. Ardakání, Hajjí Abu'l-Hasan (Hand of the Cause), by Denis MacEoin. (1987). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  61. Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait, by Kristine Leonard Asuncion. (1982-08). Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" (1895-1980).
  62. Artemus Lamb, 1905-1998, by Quentin Farrand. (1998-01). Biography of a pioneer to Central and South America, who also recorded pilgrim's notes with the Guardian.
  63. Artist Biographies from Arts Dialogue, by (2001). A list of artist profiles which can be found in the Bahá'í Association for the Arts newsletter (offsite). Linked articles include poetry, photography, and samples of visual art.
  64. Ashgabat Collection, by Olga Mehti. (2019). On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Bahá'í history.
  65. Ashraf, Ghodsieh, by Mahnaze A. da Silveira. (2012). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  66. Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh, by Boris Handal. (2023). The story of Bahá'u'lláh's wife Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (1820–1886), covering her life in Iran, Baghdád, Istanbul, Adrianople, and 'Akká.
  67. At 48 West Tenth (memories of Juliet Thompson), by Marzieh Gail. (1983). Thompson (1873–1956) was an American painter, a prominent early American Bahá'í, disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and also "friend and neighbour" of Kahlil Gibran.
  68. Augur, George Jacob, by Duane Troxel. (2009). On the American doctor who became one of the early Bahá’ís of Hawaii and was the first resident Bahá’í in Japan, designated by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
  69. August Forel Defends the Persecuted Persian Bahá'ís: 1925-1927, by John Paul Vader. (1986). History of Forel's involvement with the Faith. Includes correspondence from Shoghi Effendi.
  70. August Rudd: The First Bahá'í Pioneer to Sweden, by (1986). History of the Bahá'í Faith in Sweden, 1920-1947.
  71. Auguste Forel: His Life and Enlightment, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. (1976). Overview of Forel's life and his connections with the Bahá'í Faith.
  72. Australian Women and Religious Change: Margaret Dixson and the First Melbourne Baha'is, by Graham Hassall. (1988). Women played an important role in the initial spread and development of the Bahá’í Faith in Australia. In doing so, they struggled to break the bounds that traditionally defined women's place in the life and organization of a religious community.
  73. Australian-New Zealand Bahá'í Connections, The, by David Brown Carr. (1996). History and relationship of the early Australian and New Zealand Bahá'í communities, the magazine Herald of the South, and some brief biographies.
  74. Autobiography and Silence: The Early Career of Shaykhu'r-Ra'is Qajar, by Juan Cole. (1998). Early biography and thought of Abu al-Hasan Mirza Shaykh al-Ra'is, Qajar prince, dissident, Shi`ite jurist, poet and major figure in the Constitutional Revolution in Iran
  75. Autobiography of Harper John Pettypiece (1921-2002), by Harper John Pettypiece. (1999). Detailed life of a Canadian who found the Faith in 1952 in Toronto, and had personal experiences with many well-known Bahá'í figures and authors across North America and Europe.
  76. Áyatí, Abdu'l-Husayn, by Iraj Afshar. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  77. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán, by Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration; written by a relative.
  78. Báb, The: The Herald of the Day of Days, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. (1973). The classic biography of The Báb, by the eminent historian who also wrote the major biographies of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  79. Báb, The: The King of Messengers, by Riaz Ghadimi. Riaz Masrour, trans. (2009). A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
  80. Báb, The (ʿAlí Mohammad Shirází), by Denis MacEoin. (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  81. Babi Martyrs, Some, by John Walbridge. (2002). Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, and others.
  82. Bábí Theology in Poetry, A: The Creative Imagination of Táhirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn, by Anthony Lee. (2023). Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, most of which broke with Islam's traditional theology in favor of a revolutionary new doctrine. Link to article (offsite).
  83. Badi, Áqá Buzurg, by Richard Francis. (1993/2001). Life of "the Pride of the Martyrs."
  84. Badí` Khurasani, by Moojan Momen. (1995). Short biography of Badi, a Bahá'í renowned for his bravery and devotion.
  85. Baha'i a religion of unity and peace, by Liz Monteiro. (2011-10-14). Profile of Dharlene and Sheldon Valeda, and the Bahá'ís of Kitchener, Ontario.
  86. Baha'i Association for the Arts, by (-). Biographies of, essays about, and artwork by contemporary Bahá'í artists.
  87. Baha'i Doctrine Attracts Non-whites, by James S. Tinney. (1983-10-20). On the Bahá'í Faith's progress toward racial unity; brief bios of Glenford Mitchell, Amoz Gibson, Wilma Brady, Barbara Eaton Bond, and Alberta Deas; reflections on Black experiences of the Bahá'í community.
  88. Bahá'í Faith in Austin, The: The Early Years, by Catherine Gent. (1992). Covers years 1912–1971, and includes appendix "Anna Reinke: First Baha'i in Texas."
  89. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge. (2002). Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan.
  90. Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia, The: A History of the Initial Nine Decades, by Rowshan Mustapha. (2024). History of the Faith in Tunisia, written in first-hand perspective; rise of opposition by the authorities; how one Tunisian woman obliged the President of the Republic to undo the steps he had taken to deport her Bahá'í husband from the country.
  91. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge. (2002). Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Bahá'í history.
  92. Bahá'í History and Videos, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2013-2022). Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqá, Bahá'í schools for girls and Tahirih's influence, martyrs in Nayriz, Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, and Harlem Prep School.
  93. Bahá'í Proofs, The, by Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Ali Kuli Khan, trans. (1902). A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the Faith from a Christian point of view. Until Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, it was a standard Bahá'í textbook. Persian original included.
  94. Bahá'í Studies in Europe, by Peter Terry. (1981). Interviews with and bios of individuals engaged in study of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions, and descriptions of archives, in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, and Wales, 1980-81.
  95. Bahá'íyyih Khánum, by Moojan Momen. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  96. Bahá'u'lláh, by Juan Cole. (1995). Biography of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
  97. Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. (1980). Bahá’u’lláh's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who accompanied Him to Constantinople and into Akká, the marriage of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and the closing months of His life at Bahjí. Mirrored from other online sources.
  98. Bahá'u'lláh, by Juan Cole. (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  99. Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. (1963). Two long essays on the life of Bahá'u'lláh, published in conjunction with the Bahá'í Centennial (1963): "Bahá'u'lláh: A Brief Life," followed by an essay on the Manifestation, "The Word Made Flesh."
  100. Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahiyyih Khanum. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. (1982). A compilation from Bahá'í sacred texts and writings of the Guardian of the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum's own letters.
  101. Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf, in the Guardian's handwriting, by Shoghi Effendi. (1932). A hand-written tribute to Bahiyyih Khanum, a daughter of Bahá'u'lláh.
  102. Baker, Euphemia Eleanor, by Graham Hassall. (1996). Short biography of an early Australian Bahá'í.
  103. Baker, Richard Edward St. Barbe, by Wendi Momen, Anthony A. Voykovic. (2009). On the world-famous environmentalist, founder in 1922 of Men of the Trees, the first global conservation movement, author of many books and articles.
  104. Balágí, Muhammad Jawád (anti-Bahá'í activist), by Etan Kohlberg. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  105. Balyuzi, H. M., by Moojan Momen. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  106. Balyuzi, Hasan M., by Richard Francis. (1998). Brief bio of this "Hand of the Cause of God, the Treasure of All Humanity."
  107. Barághání, Muhammad Taqí, by Denis MacEoin. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  108. Barbara Senn Hilty Ehrsam, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1997). Ehrsam (1848-1924) was a religious seeker who was instrumental in the establishment of the first Bahá'í group in Kansas, USA.
  109. Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific, by Sandra S. Fotos. (2003-03). Two memorial articles for Barbara Sims, Pioneer to Japan from 1953-2002, biographer of Agnes Alexander, and author of many histories of Bahá'ís in eastern Asia.
  110. Bárfurúshí, Muhammad `Alí, by Denis MacEoin. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  111. Barney, Alice Pike, by Catherine McNickle Chastain. (2000). Barney (1857-1931) was an American artist and arts patron, and mother of prominent early Bahá'í Laura Dreyfus-Barney.
  112. Bausani, Alessandro, by Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti. (2008). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  113. Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The, by Edward T. Hall. (1925-03). A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Bahá'í in the North of England circa 1906, and the author himself who converted in 1910.
  114. Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Watauga County, North Carolina, by Audrey Mike Parker. (1988/2019). Beginnings of the Faith in a mountain community. Less an historical account, this is more an overview of the efforts of Bahá'ís to establish a community within a southern Appalachian county. Includes biographical interview with Janie Winebarger Dougherty.
  115. Bernard Leach, Potter: A Biographical Sketch, by Robert Weinberg. (1999). The life and work of the potter Leach (1887–1979), the 'Father of British studio pottery', and a Bahá'í.
  116. Bertha: An Early American Baha'i Stalwart, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1991). Brief profile of an early pioneer in Bahá'í publications and education (and sister of Mabel Hyde Paine). Many of the Guardian's letters on education were written to her as secretary of the Louhelen School Committee.
  117. Betty Becker, Valiant Servant Pioneer, by Earl Redman. (2017). The story of a Bahá’í from Kansas who moved first to Alaska to spread the Bahá’í Faith there and then to Chile. Link to document offsite.
  118. Bibi Tuba, the Sister of the Martyr Varqá, by Vedad Theophilus. (2021). One-page translation and abridgment of a passage from a Persian Bahá’í history book published by the father of Adib Taherzadeh, about the daughter of Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-‘Atri, and sister of Mirza Ali-Muhammad (Varqá).
  119. Bicentenaire de Bahá'u'lláh, by Bahá'í International Community. (1992/2017). French translation of the Bahá'í International Community's 1992 Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, updated for the 2017 bicentennial of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh.
  120. Billie Marie (Tuttle) Brackett, by Richard Francis. Arden Lee, ed. (2003). Tuttle Brackett (1921-2000) was an American Bahá'í from Reno, Nevada and niece of Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas.
  121. Biografía de Clemencia Pavón Mejía, by Miriam Zuleta. (2022). Biografía de Pavón Mejía (1931-2020), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador.
  122. Biographical letter from a Hindu villager, by Daya Ram Malviya. William Garlington, trans. (1974). A glimpse into the life of an Indian convert to the Faith.
  123. Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi, by Adib Taherzadeh, Dariush Lamie, Juan Cole. (1998). Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas.
  124. Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, by Laura Clifford Barney (published as Laura C. Dreyfus-Barney), Shoghi Effendi. Thomas Linard, ed. (1928). A biography of the first French Bahá'í, followed by telegrams and letters from Shoghi Effendi to Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Hippolyte's sister Mrs. Yvonne Meyer-May.
  125. Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún), by Author unknown. (1999). Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets.
  126. Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp), by Author unknown. (1999). Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
  127. Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih), by Author unknown. (1999). Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
  128. Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus), by Author unknown. (1999). Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
  129. Biography of Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain, by Jonah Winters, comp. (2013). Compilation of documents about an early feminist and peace advocate who received a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá in 1908.
  130. Bios of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan and Kaushal Kishore Bhargava, by Dipchand Khianra. (1986). "One Kind Deed," a bio of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan, and "Kaushal Kishore Bhargava: An Appreciation."
  131. Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah, by David Merrick. (2008). Childhood and Early Life of Bahá'u'lláh, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
  132. Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Abu'l-Qasim Afnan. (1988). Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history. Preface by Moojan Momen.
  133. Bourgeois, Jean-Baptiste Louis (1856-1930), by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. (1997). Short biography of the architect and designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois.
  134. Brief Biography of 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani, A, by Koumarth Sulaymani. Adel Shafipour, trans. (2007). Overview of the life and publications of a prominent Iranian scholar (1901-1985) who wrote on history, philosophy, and theology, and was especially known for his biographies of 99 Bahá'ís in the ten-volume series Masabih-i-Hidayat.
  135. Brief Sketch of the Life of Hugh Chance, A: Thirty-year member of the Universal House of Justice, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1994-11). Biography partly based on personal interviews with Chance over Thanksgiving weekend, 1994.
  136. Brittingham, Isabella, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  137. Browne, Edward Granville, by Moojan Momen. (1995). Short biography of an English orientalist and famous scholar of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths.
  138. Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career, by Michael Wickens. (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  139. Bushrú'í, Mullá Muhammad Husayn, by Denis MacEoin. (1990). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  140. By Thy Strengthening Grace: The First One Hundred Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Topeka: 1906-2006, by Duane L. Herrmann. (2006). An initial survey of the first century of the Topeka, Kansas Bahá'í community. Includes a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá unpublished for 100 years.
  141. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2017). Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On the life and martyrdom of Tahirih; the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the conference of Badasht; spiritualism and suffrage.
  142. Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa y Vicente Quiñonez de Esmeraldas: Epitafios, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador. (2020/2021). Messages from the NSA of Ecuador honoring the lives of Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa (-2020) and Vicente Quiñonez de Esmeraldas (-2021).
  143. Character: A Sequence in Spiritual Psychology, by Stanwood Cobb. (1938). A spiritual autobiography; scientific and religious foundations for character; self-development; the law of duty; altruism and selflessness; progress. Includes discussion of two days spent with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1908.
  144. Chase, Thornton: The First Bahá'í from the Western Hemisphere, by Richard Francis. (1998). Biography of the life of Thornton Chase, a prominent early American Bahá'í.
  145. Chase, Thornton, by Robert Stockman. (2009). On the first person in the West to become a steadfast Bahá’í, one of the founders of the Chicago Bahá’í community, included by Shoghi Effendi among a number of prominent early Bahá’ís he designated "Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá."
  146. Chase, Thornton, by Moojan Momen. (1992). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  147. Chase, Thornton, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  148. Chosen Highway, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. (1940/1967). Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940.
  149. Chosen Path, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2020). Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Bábí history, written for a Bahá'í youth audience. PDF of the book, and an audio podcast about it.
  150. Claiming legitimacy: Prophecy narratives from northern aboriginal women, by Julie Cruikshank. (1994-03-22). Includes a discussion of Angela Sidney, a Tagish elder who was very active in the Bahá'í Faith, and who believed that there is not necessary any conflict between Anglicanism, Bahá'í, and indigenous shamanism.
  151. Clara Dunn: A Spiritual Pioneer, by Michael Day. (2010). Brief bio of Dunn, followed by an overview of the Australian Bahá'í community.
  152. Cobb, Stanwood and Ida Nayan Whitlam: Bios and photos from "Find a Grave", by Jonah Winters, comp. (2014). Short biographies of Stanwood Cobb and his wife Ida.
  153. Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by Richard Francis. (1993/2003). Short biography of a prominent American Bahá'í.
  154. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Moojan Momen. (2013). Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the Epistle's references to Qayyumu’l-Asma and the Muslim dawn prayer for Ramadan.
  155. Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light, by Jack McLean. (2022). Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and other Europeans; recollections of Shoghi Effendi by ten individuals; dreams and visions; eulogies of the author's parents; travel teaching across Russia.
  156. Conqueror for St. Helena, A: A Tribute to Catherine Huxtable, by W. G. Huxtable. (1974-09). Huxtable, member of the LSA of Toronto, traveled from Canada to fulfil various pioneering goals, all while suffering from muscular dystrophy.
  157. Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks, and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Shirley Macias, ed. (2002). Collection of articles, personal letters, and learned talks, edited for posting as a single book. Includes Persian translation.
  158. Conqueror of Hearts: Talks by Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, by Shirley Macias, Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. (2002). Biography, and talks by Faizi to the World Congress (1963) and Wilmette House of Worship (1974).
  159. Contemporary Biographies and In Memoriams, by Jack McLean. (1999-2013). Biographies of contemporary Bahá'ís, known personally to the author: Andy Andrews, Charles Keedwell, Damian Firth, Edna Halsted Nablo, Ian Semple, Latifa Toeg, Majorie Eleanor Merrick, Michel Morisset, Peter Paul Morgan, Suzanne Sabih.
  160. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani. (1999 Spring). The history of Hájí Mírzá Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
  161. Count Joseph Arthur Gobineau, Professor Clement Imbault-Huart, by Joseph McCabe, comp. (1920). Two short dictionary entries.
  162. Crown of Glory: Memoirs of Jinab-i-Aziz'u'llah Azizi, by Aziz'u'llah Azizi. Nahzy Abadi Buck, trans, Christopher Buck, trans. (1991). Autobiography of Jináb-i-Azízí, "the Tailor," a companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá who travelled with the Master to London and Paris, and also met with Shoghi Effendi. Includes photographs, and provisional translations of several Tablets.
  163. Cyprus Exiles, The, by Moojan Momen. (1991-06). History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Bahá'u'lláh exiled with them in Cyprus. Includes genealogies.
  164. Czar Alexandre II: Breve apontamento biográfico e a sua relação com a religião Bahá'í, by Marco Oliveira. (2007). Breve resumo histórico da vida do Czar Alexandre II; a relação da Russia com os Bahá'ís e a Epistola de Bahá'u'lláh a Czar. Short description of the life of Tzar Alexander II, Russia, and the Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to the Tzar.
  165. Dans la Gloire du Père: Une Biographie de Bahá'u'lláh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi. Pierre Spierckel, trans. (2021). Translation of Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory.
  166. Darius K. Shahrokh: Obituary, by Grace Shahrokh. (2005-03-20). Bio of the creator of Windows to the Past study series.
  167. Dawlatábádí, Sayyed Yahyá, by Abbas Amanat. (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  168. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, by Nabil-i-A'zam. Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1932). The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Bahá'í Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí].
  169. Deganawida, the Peacemaker, by Christopher Buck. (2015). Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
  170. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The, by Nasir al-Din Shah. J. W. Redhouse, trans. (1874). Contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window into the Sháh's worldview.
  171. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation, by Ali Murad Davudi. Vargha Taefi, trans. (2021). Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed by a translation of a treatise on the transcendence of God, apophatic theology, knowledge of God, emanation and manifestation, and divine attributes.
  172. Discussion with Farida Vahedi, Executive Director of the Department of External Affairs, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, A, by Michael Bodakowski, Katherine Marshall. (2011-03-02). Overview of Vahedi's life and work, history of the Faith in India and development projects, the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity, and issues regarding migration and protection of women and girls.
  173. Dispensation of the Bab, The, by Boris Handal. (2023). Detailed, systematic presentation of the Báb's teachings; Bábí prophecies relating to Bahá'u'lláh; the extent to which the Báb's laws have been carried forward into the Bahá'í revelation.
  174. Divine Simplicity: Remembering the last Hand of the Cause of God, 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa, by Jack McLean. (2008-09-18). Biography of Dr. Varqa, partly based on interviews with people who knew him in Iran.
  175. Dodge, Arther Pillsbury, by Richard Francis. (1998). Life of the first president of the New York Bahá'í Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá."
  176. Dodge, Arthur, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  177. Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury, by Robert Stockman. (2009). On the early American Bahá’í named by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
  178. Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb, by Dr. Cormick. E. G. Browne, comp. (1848/1918). A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the persecution of Babis.
  179. Dr. David S. Ruhe: Kansas Author, by Duane L. Herrmann. (2003). Biography written for the Kansas Authors Club.
  180. Dreyfus-Barney, Hippolyte and Laura Clifford, by Shapour Rassekh. (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  181. Dunn, Clara and Hyde, by Graham Hassall. (2000-01). Biography of two early Bahá'í teachers and pioneers.
  182. Dunn, Clara and John Henry Hyde, by Graham Hassall. (2009). On the couple who went to Australia in 1920 in response to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s call for worldwide expansion of the Bahá’í Faith and firmly established it in the Antipodes, designated Hands of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi.
  183. Dunns, The: Keys to Their Success, by Madge Featherstone, Kaye Waterman. (1996). John Henry Hyde Dunn(c. 1855–1941) and Clara Dunn (1869–1960) were a pioneer Bahá'í couple in Australia.
  184. Dyar, Harrison Gray, Jr., by Pamela M. Henson. (2005). Bio and linked articles about the man who edited Reality magazine and also achieved infamy in Washington, DC for underground tunnel building.
  185. Early Baha'is of Enterprise, Kansas, 1897, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1997). Originally published to commemorate the centennial of the Bahá'í community of Enterprise, Kansas, the second in the western hemisphere.
  186. Early Believers in the West, Some, by Grace Shahrokh. (1992). Stories of Thornton Chase, John David Bosch, Lua Moore Getsinger, May Ellis Bolles Maxwell, William Sutherland Maxwell, Thomas Breakwell, John Ebenezer Esslemont, George Townshend, and Horace Hotchkiss Holley.
  187. Edward Granville Browne, by Christopher Buck. (2014). Bio of E.G. Browne, with focus on his books and translations.
  188. El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe, by Boris Handal. (1985). Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith: Mulla Ḥusayn, Vahid, Quddus, Mulla Sadiq, Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A’zam, Asiyih Khanum, Mirza Mihdi, Badi, and Varqa and Ruhu’llah.
  189. El Cuarto Acto: Una Pionera Bahá'í en Nicaragua durante los años 1976-1983: Un relato personal e histórico, by Anne King Sadeghpour. (2015). Un relato personal de la historia de la Fe en Nicaragua antes, después y durante la revolución Sandinista de 1979; la historia de Mathew Kaszab, primer pionero a Nicaragua; primera Bahá'í nicaragüense Blanca Mejía; referencia al poeta Rubén Darío.
  190. El Fuego en la Cima de la Montaña, by Gloria A. Faizi. Fred Frazelle, trans, Linda Frazelle, trans. (1993). Traducción de Fire on the Mountain-Top (Faizi, 1973).
  191. Elizabeth and Elsbeth: Typically Extraordinary Kansas Women, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1997-09). A sketch of two women who helped establish the Kansas Bahá'í community in 1897.
  192. Ella del Valiente Corazón: La Vida de Miss Eve Blanche Nicklin (1895-1985), "Madre Spiritual del Perú", by Boris Handal. (2002/2024). The life of Eve Nicklin, "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
  193. Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White, by Ron Price. (2002). A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Bahá'í Faith.
  194. Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer, by Amine de Mille. (1973-10). Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
  195. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections, by Various. (1986-2004). 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
  196. Enlightened Scholarship: E.G. Browne and H.M. Balyuzi, by Richard Logan. (1996-01). Examination of the qualities of scholarship embodied by E. G. Browne and H. M. Balyuzi.
  197. Enoch Olinga: Main de la cause de Dieu, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, Rowshan Mustapha. (2006). French version of Ruhiyyih Khanum's "Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God" (Bahá'í World 18, 1986). Followed by a separate translation of Rowshan Mustapha's "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him." Translation anonymous or by committee.
  198. Enoch Olinga: Hand of the Cause of God, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, Rowshan Mustapha. (2001). Lengthy biography of a Hand of the Cause, published in the In Memoriam section of Bahá'í World (1986), followed by a separate section "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him," by Rowshan Mustapha.
  199. Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz, by Anthony Lee. (2012-02). Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap in our knowledge of the experience of enslaved women in Iran.
  200. Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum, by Munirih Khanum. Ahmad Sohrab, trans. (1924). A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters.
  201. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Biography of Siyyid Ismail of Zavarih, by Iraj Ayman. (1999).
  202. Esslemont, John Ebenezer, by Moojan Momen. (1995). Short biography of a famous Bahá'í author and Hand of the Cause of God.
  203. Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri, by Abbas Amanat. (1998/2020). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  204. Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, by Robert Weinberg: Review, by Peter P. Morgan. (1997).
  205. Eve Nicklin: She of the Brave Heart, by Boris Handal. (2011). The life of the "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
  206. Events and Tragedies of Manshád, The, by Muhammad-Tahir Malmiri. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007). Events and martyrs from the uprisings in Manshad and Yazd, in 1903. A translation of Haji Málmírí's Tarikh Shuhaday Yazd, pp. 432-503.
  207. Extraordinary Life and Work of Robert Felkin, Bahá'í Mage, The, by Lil Osborn. (2012). Felkin was a physician, missionary, a Bahá'í — and a Golden Dawn "magician" searching for esoteric truths.
  208. Extraordinary Life and Work of Wellesley Tudor Pole, The: Baha'i Seer, by Lil Osborn. (2013-07). On the role of Bahá'í beliefs in the life and spiritual quest of Tudor Pole.
  209. Extraordinary Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Slideshow / La vie extraordinaire de 'Abdu'l-Bahá diaporama, by Violetta Zein. (2021). This slideshow is a condensed version of the nine-part, 400-page, 900-photos & graphics online chronology, designed as an introduction to his life created for the centenary of his passing, entitled “The Extraordinary Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.”
  210. Fádl Mázandarání, Mírzá Asadu'lláh, by Moojan Momen. (1999). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  211. Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). History of an early Bahá'í, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hikmat was revealed.
  212. Fadl-i-Shirazi: Guided By Dreams, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Life story of an early believer; content derived from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat by Aziz'u'llah Sulaymani.
  213. Failure of the Tommy Kabu Movement, The: A Reassessment of the Evidence, by Graham Hassall. (1991-03). The rise and fall of Koivi-Aua, better known as Tom Kabu (1922?-1969), an influential local innovator and "proto-nationalist" leader in colonial Papua New Guinea and the first Papuan Bahá'í.
  214. Family and Early Life of Tahirih Qurrat al-`Ayn, The, by Moojan Momen. (2003). Summary of information about the ancestry and background of Tahirih available in Persian and Arabic; tensions in her paternal family, which must have affected her as she grew up.
  215. Family of Mullá Husayn, The, by Boris Handal. (2023). The life, context, and times of Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú’í (1813-1849), the Bábu'l-Báb, "Gate of the Gate."
  216. Family of Vahid Darabi, The, by Ahang Rabbani. (2004). Ancestry and history of many Babis involved in the Nayriz uprising, 1850.
  217. Family Stories about Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq and His Son Ibn-i-Asdaq, by Shafigheh Fatheazam. (2020). Recollections from a descendant of Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Ismu'llah as-Sadiq, the Hand of the Cause who was one of the earliest to become a Babi, from the time of the Bab to the time of Shoghi Effendi; includes many stories not recorded in written sources.
  218. Fayzí, Abu'l-Qásim (Hand of the Cause), by Moojan Momen. (1999). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  219. Fazel Mohammad Khan, by Graham Hassall. (1999). The life of Fazel "Frank" Khan, an Australian Muslim convert to the Bahá'í Faith.
  220. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of Bahiyyih Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf, by Various. (1986). Includes compilations about Bahiyyih Khanum, a selection of her letters, the 50th anniversary commemoration (1982), a bibliography, and tributes by Ruhiyyih Khanum, Ali Nakhjavani, and Bahiyyih Nakhjavani.
  221. Fire on the Mountain-Top, by Gloria A. Faizi. (1973/2005). A collection of stories about early members of the Bahá’í Faith, based on accounts gathered in Persia by 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani.
  222. First and Finest: John Henry and Clara Hyde Dunn in Australia, by Graham Hassall. (1985-07). Introduction of the Bahá'í Faith to Australia and New Zealand.
  223. First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund, by Robert Weinberg. (1998). Bio prepared for the UK Bahá'í Centenary (1998-99).
  224. Flame of Fire, A: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. (1967/1973). Biography of the recipients, both called Ahmad, of the Persian and Arabic Tablets titled Lawh-i-Ahmad.
  225. Flame, The: The Story of Lua, by William Sears, Robert Quigley. (1972). Biography of Lua Moore Getsinger (1871-1916), "mother-teacher of the American Bahá'í community," one of the earliest pilgrims from the West to meet 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  226. Footprints in the Sands of Time, by Shahla Gillbanks. (2019). Memoir of time as a Bahá'í in Iran and pioneer to other countries around the world, and a historical account of service in the United States, New Zealand, and Czechoslovakia.
  227. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2019). Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society; his experience as a immigrant in the United States, struggle to make the American dream, and helped the innovative Harlem Prep, a Bahá'í inspired School.
  228. Foreword to 'Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons, by Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Richard Hollinger, ed. (1996). Overview of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to America and his meetings with Agnes Parsons.
  229. Forutan, Alí-Akbar, by Iraj Ayman. (2012). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  230. Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930, by Freya Stark. Lucy Moorehead, ed. (1974). Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Bahá'ís she met.
  231. From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker, by Dorothy Freeman Gilstrap. (1984). This biography’s purpose is to reflect not only the chronology of Baker’s life, but also the drives, the suffering, the delights, and the peak moments of decision that helped make her who she was.
  232. Genealogy of Bab, The, by Shoghi Effendi. (1932(?)). Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Bahá'u'lláh in relation to the Bab.
  233. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi, by Grover Gonzales. (1957/1992). A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history.
  234. Genealogy of the Aghsan and the Afnán, by Ahang Rabbani, comp. (2005). Two family trees, one for The Bab and the other for Bahá'u'lláh.
  235. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Kay Zinky. (1950?). Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations.
  236. Gertrude Bell and the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, by Jamileh Yazdi. (2017). Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a British scholar and government official who knew the Middle East well, met `Abdu’l-Bahá and was in contact with Bahá’ís in Iran, Iraq and Palestine. Link to document offsite.
  237. Giachery, Ugo: Obituary, by (1989-08). Born into a Sicilian aristocratic family, Giachery (1896–1989) migrated to the USA in his 20s, where he met his future wife and became a Bahá'í. The couple returned to Italy in 1947, and he was subsequently appointed as a Hand of the Cause.
  238. Gift of Love, A: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Gloria A. Faizi, comp. and ed. (1982). Booklet on various topics related to the life of Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-1932), dedicated as a gift of love to her memory on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of her passing
  239. Gillespie, Dizzy, by Barry Kernfeld. (2000). Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith is briefly mentioned. 
  240. Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Anecdotes about some early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, and the circumstances of his own life.
  241. Glimpse of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Her 17 Days in Korea, by Jack Davis. (n.d.). Overview of of Ruhiyyih Khanum (Mary Maxwell)'s tour through Korea, May 6-23, 1984.
  242. Glimpses into the Life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney, A, by Mona Khademi. (2009). The life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney (1879-1974), a prominent early American Bahá’í, compiler of Some Answered Questions, and wife of the French Bahá'í writer Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney.
  243. Gloriously Tragic Life of Mathew Kaszab, The: Letters from a Pioneer 1939-1942, by Anne King Sadeghpour, comp. and ed. (2019). The unusual drama of a pioneering life in Central America, revealed through personal letters. This account offers glimpses of a maturing Bahá’í administration in the U.S. and of what was learned through teaching efforts in Latin America.
  244. Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de, by Calmard Jean. (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  245. Great Safari of Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum, The, by Violette Nakhjavani. (1970-1973). A diary of Ruhiyyih Khanum's travels through Africa. Serialized in Bahá'í News in 26 issues, from 1970 through 1973.
  246. Greatest Holy Leaf's Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place, The, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. (2014). Biography of Abdu'l-Bahá's sister, who acted as his "deputy, His representative and vicegerent, with none to equal her." Her burial place on Mount Carmel determined the location of the Arc and the later buildings of the World Centre.
  247. Greenleaf, Charles, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  248. Greenleafs, The: An Eternal Reunion, by Emeric Sala. (1973-09). Brief bio of Elizabeth and Charles Greenleaf, who were members of the group of Midwest Bahá'ís which began with Thornton Chase in the 1890s in Chicago.
  249. Gregory, Louis G.: The Advancement of Racial Unity in America, by Harlan F. Ober. Richard Francis, ed. (1993/1998). Short biography of an early African-American Bahá'í.
  250. Gregory, Louis George, by Gayle Morrison. (2009). On the African American lawyer who became a leading Bahá’í speaker, writer, administrator, and proponent of race unity and equality, member of the national governing body of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, and Hand of the Cause.
  251. Grinévskaia, Izabélla Arkád'evna, by A. Gracheva. Marina Ledkovsky, ed. (1994). Short bio of a poet and playwright who wrote a social drama Bab ed-Din (1903), dedicated to the life and teachings of The Bab — a play she considered "her most significant dramatic work" — and its sequel Bekha-Ulla (1912).
  252. Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1988). An abridged and updated version of the author's biography Priceless Pearl.
  253. Gulick and Three Women: Diary of a Cross-country Auto Trip to and back from the 1942 Bahá'í National Convention, by Margaret Marie Rutledge. Sheridan Sims, comp. (2015). Diary by the sister of Barbara Sims of a cross-country road trip with Ramona Brown, Marzieh Gail, and Robert Gulick.
  254. Gulpáygání, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, by Moojan Momen. (1995).
  255. H. Collis Featherstone, by Graham Hassall. (1990-10). Biography of a prominent Australian Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause of God.
  256. H. Collis Featherstone 1913-1990: An Extraordinary, Ordinary Man, by Graham Waterman, Kaye Waterman. (1996). The life and activities of an Australian Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause.
  257. Hagiography: The Art of Setting Inspirational Examples for a Religious Community, by Iscander Micael Tinto. (2016). The life of Jesus was the example against which saints were measured, and the lives of saints were the examples against which the general population measured itself. Comparison of Attar's "Muslim Saints and Mystics" with Abdu'l-Bahá's "Memorials."
  258. Hainsworth, Philip, by Author unknown. (2001-12-21). Bio of a prominent pioneer, administrator, and author.
  259. Hajji Sulayman Khan Tabrizi, by Mohammad Norozi, comp. (2024). Extract from "To dance like Solomon: Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal" by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw.
  260. Halabi, Shaikh Maḥmud Khorásání, founder of Hojjatiya, by Mahmoud Sadri. (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  261. Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran, by Anthony Lee. (2015). Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Bab. A history of slavery in Iran can be written, not only at the level of statistics, laws, and politics, but also at the level of individual lives.
  262. Hand of the Cause Mr. `Alí-Akbar Furútan, 1905-2003, by Barron Harper, et al.. (2005). Compilation of information about Mr. Furutan: biography, in memoriam, photograph, and list of his books.
  263. Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí: Biography and photographs, by Shirley Macias, comp. (2002). A eulogy for Hand of the Cause Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, also spelled "Fayḍí" (1909 [or 1906]–1980).
  264. Hands of the Cause (Ayádí Amr Alláh), by Denis MacEoin. (1987). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  265. Hands of the Cause of God, by Author unknown. (2010/2020). List of mini bios and thumbnail photos of 43 of the 50 Hands of the Cause.
  266. Hands of the Cause of God: Personal Recollections, by Bill Washington. (2014). Recollections of A.Q. Faizi, A.A. Furútan, Clara Dunn, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ugo Giachery, Leroy Ioas, Enoch Olinga, Rahmátu’lláh Muhajir, Bill Sears, Agnes Alexander, John Robarts, Collis Featherstone, and Jalal Khazeh.
  267. Haney, Paul, by Richard Francis. (1998). Brief bio of the life of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  268. Harold and Florence Fitzner: Knights of Bahá'u'lláh to Portuguese Timor, by Graham Hassall. (1994). Harold Thomas Fitzner (1893–1969) and his wife Florence (c. 1906-1980) were early South Australian Bahá'ís who pioneered to Portuguese Timor during the Ten Year Crusade; Harold was also involved in the publication of Herald of the South.
  269. Harrison G. Dyar: Articles, by John Kelly. (2012). Links to a 10-part series of columns about Harrison Dyar, one of Washington D.C.’s most unusual residents (the "mysterious tunnel builder"), and another Bahá'í, Wellesca Pollock. Includes many mentions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Faith.
  270. Haydar Alí Isfahání, by Moojan Momen. (2004). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  271. Hayden, Robert, by Christopher Buck, Derik Smith. (2019). In his poetics of history and his nuanced representations of black life, Hayden's art showed that the African American experience was quintessentially American, and that blackness was an essential aspect of heterogeneous America.
  272. Hayden, Robert Earl, by Robert M. Greenberg. (2000). The life and work of Hayden (1913-1980), African-American poet and teacher; his membership of the Bahá'í Faith is briefly mentioned.
  273. Hearing "The Divinity in the Music": Dizzy Gillespie Remembered at 100, by Bahá'í World News Service. (2017-10-06). Reflections on the life of Gillespie and how his Baha’i beliefs seemed to inspire and drive his work. Includes photographs.
  274. Helen Elsie Austin (1908-2004), by John S. Hatcher. (2019). Overview of the life of the first black woman to graduate from the University of Cincinnati Law School, an active Bahá'í pioneer and travel teacher, and tireless educator on race issues.
  275. Helen Frances Grand (1865-1944): Traces of a Bahá'í Life, by Marlene Macke. (2020). Glimpse of one small facet of the Bahá’í Faith’s beginnings in cities like Toronto in the early decades of the 20th Century.
  276. Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry. (1997). Biography of a travel-teacher, translator of the Writings into Italian, and the first pioneer to Italy. She had a great impact on her fellow believers during her lifetime, but is little-recognized today.
  277. Hidden Meanings in the Poetry of Robert Hayden, by Duane L. Herrmann. (2012). The Bahá'í Faith influenced Hayden's work on multiple levels, beyond his obvious allusions to the Bahá'í teachings regarding brotherhood of races or acceptance of religions.
  278. Hilda Brooks and the Australian Bahá'í Community, by Graham Hassall. (1989). The role played by Hilda Margaret Brooks (1896-1969) in the development of the Australian Bahá'í Community.
  279. Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi, by Sepehr Manuchehri. (2001-03). Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
  280. History of Baha'u'llah and the Uniqueness of the Bahá'í Faith, by Darius Shahrokh. (1994). Overview of the life and writings of Bahá'u'lláh, with an epilogue on how the Bahá'í Faith differs from previous religions.
  281. History of the Báb, by Darius Shahrokh. (1994). Biography of the Bab, distributed by Images International as a 34-page booklet.
  282. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Arizona, The: The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950, by Maureen M. Thur. (2004). Historical details and biographies about Arizona, from Nellie French moving from Chicago to Bisbee in 1900, to the formation of LSAs in 1949. Includes biographies of Amelia Collins and Orcella Rexford aka Louise Cutts-Powell (Appendices 1-2).
  283. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Barbara R. Sims, ed. (1977). An account of the Bahá'í Cause in Japan, China, Korea, and the Hawaiian Islands, prepared by request of the Guardian.
  284. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Trinidad and Tobago: Biographies and newspaper articles, by Kathryn Anderson, Kathleen Farabi. (2010). Link to a website containing history and biographies. Includes newspaper articles "First Bahá'í wedding in Trinidad" (1970), "First NSA of the Bahá'ís of Trinidad" (1971), and "Hand of the Cause Ugo Giachery" (1972).
  285. Hoahania, Hamuel, by Graham Hassall. (1999). Short biography of an early Pacific islander convert to the Bahá'í Faith.
  286. Hoar, William, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  287. Hofman, David, by (1997/2003). Two short articles about Hofman, one from 1997 and one on his death in 2003.
  288. Holley, Horace Hotchkiss, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. (1995). Biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  289. Homage to Memorials of the Faithful, An, by Julio Savi. (2016). Poems inspired by eight of the personages of "Memorials": Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-Zarandi, Darvish-i-Sidq-‘Ali, Shaykh Sadiq-i-Yazdi, Zaynu’l-‘Abidin Yazdi, Shaykh ‘Ali Akbar-i-Mazgani, ‘Abdu’llah Baghdadi, and Jinab-i-Munib.
  290. Horace Hotchkiss Holley, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1970). Fairly detailed biography, including observations of the relationship between Holley and the Guardian.
  291. Ibn Abhar, Hand of the Cause, by Stephen Lambden. (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  292. Ibn Asdaq, missionary and martyr, by Stephen Lambden. (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  293. Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America, by Richard Hollinger. (1984). A study of the Lebanese Bahá'í who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced his allegiance to Abdu'l-Bahá, based on many primary source materials the author unearthed in public and private archives.
  294. Ideology, Ethics, and Philosophical Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Iran, by Juan Cole. (1989 Winter). Intellectual biography as a discipline assumes that the life and thought of an individual can shed light on an epoch. This paper examines 1700s Iran via the Shi'i scholar Mohammad Mehdi Niraq (d. 1794). No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
  295. In Memoriam, by (1956). William Sutherland Maxwell, Roy Wilhelm, Siegfried Schopflocher, Louis Gregory, Dorothy Baker, Marion Jack, Edward Kinney, Youness Afrukhtih, Ella Goodall Cooper, Sulayman Berjis, Ella Bailey, Maria Ioas, Nuri'd-Din Fath Azam, Muhamammad Tahir Malmiri ...
  296. In Memoriam, by (1932). Ethel Rosenberg, Claudia Stuart Coles, Consul Albert Schwarz.
  297. In Memoriam, by (1936). Bahiyyih Khanum, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Agnes Parsons, Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdani, Arastu Khan Hakim, George Benke, Edwin Scott, Alice Barney, Lisbeth Kitzing.
  298. In Memoriam, by (1937). Susan I. Moody, Hooper Harris, Harry H. Romer, Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, Edward C. Getsinger, Sarah Blundell, Khalil Qamar, Haji Muhammad Yazdi.
  299. In Memoriam, by (1942). May Ellis Maxwell, Lua Getsinger, Martha Root, Thornburgh-Cropper, Lady Blomfield, Rahmatu’lláh Alá’i, Grace Robarts Ober, Háji Ghulám-Ridá, Pauline Knobloch Hannen, Louise Waite, Isabel Fraser Chamberlain, Marie Moore, Robert Abbott, Grace Krug ...
  300. In Memoriam, by (1945). John Henry Hyde Dunn, Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad, Mirza Buzurg Afnan Ala'i, Margaret Stevenson, Mary Revell, M. Salih, Oswald Whitaker, Hilda Gilbert, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Howard Colby Ives, Mirza Abdu'l-Rahim Khan, Matthew Kaszab, Mabel Rice-Wray Ives ...
  301. In Memoriam, by (1939). Alfred E. Lunt, Zia Bagdadi, Laurie C. Wilhelm, Mary Hanford Ford, Elmore E. Duckett, Colonel I. Piruzbakht, Mirza Muhammad Kazim-Pur, Y. S. Tsao, Muhammad Basjhir, Malakat Nushugati.
  302. In Memoriam, by (1948). Siyyid Mustafa Rumi, Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg, Azizu'llah Mesbah, Muhammad Sa'id Adham, Ali-Asghar Qazvini, Lydia Zamenhof, Hasan Muhajir-Zihid, Muhammad Jadhbani, George Henderson, John Stearns, Sultan Nik-A'in, Ali-Muhammad Nabili, Esther Tobin...
  303. In Memoriam, by (1952). Fannie Lesch, Walter Olitzki, Fanny Knobloch, Marta Brauns-Forel, Fred Mortensen, Haj Taha El-Hamamsi, Friedrich Schweizer, John David Bosch, Ali Saboor, Orcella Rexford, Abu'l-Fetouh Battah, Ali Said Eddin, Mumammad-Taqi Isfahini, Haji Mahmud Qassabchi.
  304. In Memoriam, by (1930). Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney, Mirza Mahmud Zargani, William H. Randall.
  305. In Memoriam, by (1981). Anderson, Angela Annette; Azzáví, Siyyid Muḥammad; Battrick, Jeannette Hilda; Blackwell, Ellsworth; Blundell, Hugh; Boon, Choo Yeok; Bowman, Amelia; Brown, Ramona Allen Bray; Busey, Garreta Helen; Derozhinsky, Pamela; Ebo, António Francisco; Enongene...
  306. In Memoriam: Bill Washington, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia. (2014-11). Messages of condolence from the Universal House of Justice and the National Assembly of Australia.
  307. In Memoriam: Mahboubeh Arjmand (d. 2013), by (2014). Arjmand was an Iranian Bahá'í who settled in California, and was an active supporter of the Irfan project.
  308. In Memoriam: Amin Banani (1926-2013), by Anonymous. (2014). Bio of an Iranian-American Bahá'í and prominent academic who authored The Modernization of Iran, and pioneered the Iranian Studies program at UCLA; he and his wife Shiela also served as Bahá'í pioneers to Greece during the Ten Year Crusade.
  309. In Memoriam: Hushmand Fatheazam (1924-2013), by Shahbaz Fatheazam. (2014). Born into a prominent Iranian Bahá'í family, he pioneered to India where he was later elected to the National Spiritual Assembly, serving as its secretary until 1963, when he was elected to the Universal House of Justice, serving on that body until 2003.
  310. In Memoriam: Kamran Ekbal (1946 - 2014), by Ramez Ekbal. (2015). Bio of a scholar, translator of the Writings, and frequent contributor to the Irfan Colloquia.
  311. In Memoriam: Houshang Arjmand (1930-2015), by (2016). Short biography of the founder of the Háj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund at the Bahá’í National Treasurer’s Office in the United States, sponsor of Irfan Colloquia publications.
  312. In Memoriam: Muhammad Afnan (1930-2017), by (2018). Overview of the life of a supporter, active collaborator, and advisor for the Irfan Colloquia and its publications.
  313. In Memoriam: Heshmat Shariary (1934-2018), by (2018). Overview of the life of an active participant in the Irfan Colloquia and Bahá'í studies.
  314. In Memoriam: Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi, by (1938). Biography of one-time editor of Star of the West.
  315. In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999), by Boris Handal. (2021). On the life of one of the first Peruvian Bahá'ís, who encountered the Faith via Eve Nicklin, the first American pioneer to settle in Peru.
  316. In Memoriam: Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013), by Boris Handal, Enrique Sanchez. (2021). On the life of an active member of the early Peruvian community, who first encountered the Bahá'í Faith in her hometown in Argentina in 1948 before travel-teaching in Peru.
  317. In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor, by Boris Handal. Samuel Duboisme, trans. (2021-03). On the life of a distinguished Bahá'í from Rasht, Iran, who travel-taught to Africa and South America and later became a member of the National Spiritual Assemblies of Bolivia and Peru.
  318. In Memoriam: Salomon Pacora Estrada (Pacora Blue Mountain) 1899-1969, by Boris Handal. (2022). Short bio of the first known Bahá'í of Inca descent, who served as a pioneer in Ecuador.
  319. In Memoriam, by (1978). Ahmadpur, 'Inayatu'llah; Arbab, Ruhi; Ashen, Elizabeth Anna; Azamikhah, Qudratu'llah; Baghdadi, 'Abbas Ihsan; Baghtiyari, Isfandiyar; Bare, Karen; Becker, Matilda; Beeton, James Henry Isaac; Bode, Edward; Dhabih, Ishraqiyyih; Dreyfus-Barney, Laura ...
  320. In Memoriam, by (1970). Valiyu'llah Varqa, Amelia Collins, George Townshend, Corinne Knight True, Horace Holley, Clara Dunn, Juliet Thompson, Carrie Kinney, Harlan Foster Ober, Husayn Uskuli, Albert Windust, Pritam Singh, Louisa Mathew Gregory, Edith and Joseph de Bons ...
  321. In Memoriam, by (1976). 'Ala'i, Ni'mat; Alexander, Agnes Baldwin; Allen, Jeanne Gwendolin; Almond, Percy Meade; Backwell, Richard; Banani, Mbsa; Baxter, Evelyn; Bergamaschi, Napoleon; Blue Mountain, Pacora; Blum, Alvin; Bode, Mary Hotchkiss; Bolton, Mariette Germaine ...
  322. In Memoriam, by Author unknown, comp. (1986). 95 biographies from Bahá'í World 18. Includes detailed bios of H.M. Balyuzi, A.Q. Faizi, Robert Hayden, Bernard Leach, Stanwood Cobb, Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Adelbert Muhlschlegel, Doris Holley, Paul Haney, Enoch Olinga, Muhammad Labib, etc.
  323. In Memoriam, by (1974). Leroy Ioas, Jessie Revell, Mildred Eileen Clark, Marcia Steward de Matamoros, Charles William Dunning, Roy Fernie, Mabel Grace Geary, Elizabeth Hopper, Catherine Heward Huxtable, Alyce Janssen, Malcolm King, Richard Nolen, Ali Akbar Rafi‘i Rafsanjání ...
  324. In Memoriam: Hugh McKinley, by Ismael Velasco. (2007). McKinley (1924-1999) was a British Bahá'í pioneer to Cyprus during the Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963).
  325. In Memoriam 1992-1997, by Paul Vreeland, ed. (2010). The first In Memoriam supplement to Bahá'í World after the journal converted to a shorter, annual format in 1992.
  326. In memoriam Barbara Sims, by Universal House of Justice, Sheridan Sims, Sandra S. Fotos. (2002-05-10). Two obituaries of a prominent American Bahá'í teacher and pioneer to Japan.
  327. In Memoriam Fred Schechter: Bahá'í House of Worship Memorial Program, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Universal House of Justice, et al.. (2017). Messages from the Universal House of Justice and the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, and a selection of quotations, that summarize and celebrate the life of this Knight of Bahá'u'lláh and Continental Counsellor, for a memorial service at Wilmette.
  328. In Memory of Grace Anderson, by Beth McKenty. (1974-08). Memories of an early Bahá'í from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who met Abdu'l-Bahá.
  329. In the Light of the Rising Sun: Memoirs of A Bahá'í Pioneer to Japan, by Barbara R. Sims. Sheridan Sims, ed. (2002/2020). Expanded and newly-annotated version of Sims' auto-biography, covering the history of the Faith in Japan 1953-2002.
  330. Indexes to Bahá'í World volumes: Obituaries, chronologies, contents, illustrations, by Patricia Paccassi, comp, Frank Paccassi, comp. (2013). Seven separate indexes for Bahá'í World, in PDF, Word, and Excel versions.
  331. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022), by Christopher Buck. (2022-12). Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiritual traditions, prophecies, and the destiny of indigenous peoples.
  332. Ineffability in Scripture: A Conversation with 6 Medieval Mystics, by Ismael Velasco. (2006). On how the experience of six 13th- and 14th-century Christian mystics was shaped by their language, environment, and background; how that process illuminates Baha’i scripture; implications for the conduct and direction of Baha’i scholarship.
  333. Introduction: A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by E. G. Browne. (1891/1975). Overview of Browne's early research into the Bábís and his collecting their historical materials; autobiographical summary of part of his career; impressions of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  334. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith, by Annemarie Schimmel. (1990). One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed views on the the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in his dissertation "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia" and his poetical magnum opus the Javidnama.
  335. Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith, by Fuad Izadinia. (2014). Biographies of many dozen Bahá'ís of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Turkmenistan; Bahá'í schools for boys and for girls; stories of exiled Bahá'ís.
  336. Ishráq Khávarí, by Vahid Rafati. (1998). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  337. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery. (1956). On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb.
  338. Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley, by Reginald L. Priestley. (1991/2001). Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palestine Policeman service in the 1940s, and the story of his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith.
  339. J. E. Esslemont, by (1926). Esslemont's is the only biography or in memoriam in this first volume of Bahá'í World.
  340. Jack Boyd memoirs, by Jack Boyd. Gary Fuhrman, ed, Jonah Winters, ed. (2004/2013). Memoirs of Jack and Eileen Boyd, pioneers in Canada, covering the years 1960-2012. Includes recollections of travel, biographies of other Bahá'ís, and historical observations.
  341. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: In Memoriam, by Anthony Lee. (2004-10). A short biography of Bahá'í scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20, 2004.
  342. John Cornell: in memoriam, by (1998/2001). Brief bio note written by Dr. Cornell in 1998 for posting at the Bahá'í Library Online, and a memoriam biography published by the BCCA in 2001.
  343. John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over, by D. Llewellyn Drong. (1998). Book length biography of an early Bahá'í pioneer.
  344. Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948, by Charles Mason Remey. (1948). A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Bahá'í participation in the first U.N. convention on Human Rights, held in Geneva.
  345. Julia's Journey: A Life Illumined by the Light of Akká, by Robert Gregory Shaw. (2023). A brief record of the background of Julia M. Grundy and her lifelong services to the Faith following a 1905 pilgrimage, based on genealogical and internet sources, with extracts from her pilgrim notes relating to personal encounters with 'Abdu'l-Baha.
  346. Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail, by Juliet Thompson. (1978). Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran.
  347. Juliet Thompson: Champion of the Baha'i Faith in New York City, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2021-05-06). Essay about the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Bahá'í and friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  348. K. C. Porter, by Gary Eskow. (2002-04-01). Interview with a Bahá'í music producer and arranger with A & M Records
  349. Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui), Joe Jenkins. (1998). Includes portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá sketched by Kahlil Gibran.
  350. Kahlil Gibran, by Christopher Buck. (2010). A detailed study of the life and work of the Arab-American author and artist Gibran (1883—1931), who achieved fame in the West through his book The Prophet; a Maronite Christian by birth, he was influenced by Sufi ideas and admired 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
  351. Kaiser Guilherme I: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira. (2004-06-18). Short biography of Kaiser William I and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  352. Kansas Farm Boy, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1985). Brief autobiography, with background on the author's introduction to and acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith.
  353. Kasravi, Ahmad, by Ali Reza Manafzadeh, et al.. (2012/2020). Five brief excerpts that reference the Bahá'í Faith, with link to article offsite.
  354. Kázem Rashtí, by Armin Eschraghi. (2013). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  355. Khamsis, The: A Cradle of True Gold, by Boris Handal. (2020-07). Biography of the five-brother Báqirof-Khamsi clan, designated by Bahá'u'lláh as the "Five Siyyids" after they accepted the Bahá'í Faith in 1881.
  356. Knobloch, Fanny, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  357. Last Refuge, The: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice, by Shahbaz Fatheazam. (2015). History of the House by the son of 40-year member Houshmand Fatheazam, an eye-witness to its development; organizational structure of Bahá'í polity and its vision of politics; connections between institutions and culture; personal recollections.
  358. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916, by Layli Maria Miron. (2018). How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught the Bahá'í Faith in Europe and the United States.
  359. Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household, by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw. (2004). A study and translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-i Asdaq: Laqá'iyya, Huviyya, Rúhá and Talí`a. Includes various biographies and other tablets.
  360. Lettres à un bon catholique, by Jose Luis Marques Utrillas. Julien Hagelstein, trans. (1987). Translation of "Letters to a Good Catholic," in which Spanish Bahá'í Utrillas narrates his personal adventure, his inner crises and mental readjustments, his experience as a post-conciliar priest, and his secularization
  361. Lidia Zamenhof, by John T. Dale. (1996). Brief biography of the daughter of Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
  362. Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden, The: A Baha'i Perspective, by Ann Boyles. (2004-11-16).
  363. Life and Times of August Forel, The, by Sheila Banani. (2005). A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social concerns which led him to embrace the Bahá'i teachings as he understood them during the last decade of his life.
  364. Life of Agnes Alexander, by Duane Troxel. (1998). Essay prepared for the Bahá'í Esperanto League's 25th anniversary booklet (see wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_Esperanto-League).
  365. Life of Alexander Whyte, The, by G. F. Barbour. (1923). One-page overview of Abdul'-Baha's visit to a home in Edinburgh in January 1913.
  366. Life of Baha'u'llah, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. David Merrick, comp. (1938). Life of the Bahá'u'lláh by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
  367. Life of Shoghi Effendi, The, by Helen Danesh, John Danesh, Amelia Danesh. (1991). Chapter length biography, and overview of the Guardian's life's work.
  368. Life of Tahirih: The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. David Merrick, ed. (1923-08). The Life of the great Heroine of the Bábí Faith
  369. Life of the Bab, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. David Merrick, comp. (1938). Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
  370. Life of Thomas Breakwell, The, by Rajwantee Lakshiman-Lepain. (1998). Breakwell (1872–1902) was a religious seeker who became a Bahá'í in Paris in 1901, the first Englishman to become a Bahá'í as well as the first westerner to contribute to the Huqúqu'lláh.
  371. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh, by Aqa Husayn Ashchi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007-03). One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
  372. Lily Áhy Ayman (1929-2018), by (2019). Ayman was a prominent Iranian educationalist who later became a Bahá'í, moving with her family after the Revolution and finally settling in the USA and becoming actively involved in various Bahá'í educational projects.
  373. List of Descendants of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, the Father of Baha'u'llah, by E. G. Browne, trans. (1918). Brief genealogy of Bahá'u'lláh and His family.
  374. Lists of Articles, by Brent Poirier. (2009-2019). Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
  375. Locke, Alain, by Christopher Buck. (2010).
  376. Locke, Alain Leroy, by Leonard Harris. (2014). The life and work of Locke (1885-1954), the African-American philosopher and literary critic who helped initiate the Harlem Renaissance during the interwar period; there is a brief mention of his sympathy for the Bahá'í Faith.
  377. Lonely road to native title determination, A, by Walter Waia. (2000). A personal account of the Saibai Island Native Title Claim: a story of an Indigenous Australian who "walked a learning road to fulfill his obligations to his family, his clan and to the community."
  378. Louis Gregory (1874-1951), by John S. Hatcher. (2019). Overview of the life of a famous Bahá'í lawyer, anti-racism educator and travel-teacher, and Hand of the Cause.
  379. Louise Dixon Boyle and Maria Montessori, by Janet A. Khan. (2006). American Louise Dixon Boyle (1875–1953) was an active Bahá'í who engaged with wider social issues. Here the focus is on her involvement in the field of education, particularly the work of the Italian physician and educator Dr. Maria Montessori.
  380. Love That Could Not Wait, A: The Remarkable Story of Knights of Baha'u'llah Catherine Heward Huxtable and Clifford Huxtable, by Jack McLean. (2016). The story of the Canadian Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, Catherine Heward Huxtable and husband Cliff Huxtable, who opened the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia to the Bahá'í Faith in October, 1959.
  381. Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase, by Robert Stockman. (1999/2001). Detailed overview of the first American Bahá'í. Provided in draft form as "Love's Odyssey" as well as a link to the PDF published as Thornton Chase: The First American Bahá'í.
  382. Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant, by Amine de Mille. (1971-12). Biography of Getsinger, with recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  383. Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years, by Barbara R. Sims. (1991). Brief overview of the history of Macau, and a detailed account of Bahá'í involvement 1953-1975, and stories of early believers.
  384. Macnutt, Howard, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  385. Mahatma Gandhi and the Bahá'ís: Striving towards a Nonviolent Civilization, by M. V. Gandhimohan. (2000). Review of Ghandi's comments about the Faith as well as relationships between his ideas and those of the religion.
  386. Mahoma, Profeta de Dios, by Boris Handal. (2005/2020). Overview of the life of Muhammad and the teachings of the Qur'an, and world Islamic culture.
  387. Major Opus, The: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith, by Fuad Izadinia. (2014). The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Bahá'ís from Iran and the Templars from Germany. Includes early descriptions of Haifa from both sources, comparative translations of the Tablet to G. Hardegg, and more.
  388. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2019-05-22). The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished and taught him to be who he is today.
  389. Man of Courage, The: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí, by Hasan Nushabadi. Adib Masumian, trans. (2019). Mirza Aqa Khan Qa'im-Maqami (1868-1954) was the great grandson of Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, the Qa'im-Maqam, the first Prime Minister of Persia to serve under Muḥammad Sháh, and the first of the Qaʼim-Maqam’s descendants to accept the Bahá'í Faith.
  390. Margaret Ariel Gallagher: Field Sergeant of the Western Frontier, by Nevada Metherd. Richard Francis, ed. (1993). Gallagher (1920-2001) was an American Bahá'í and auxiliary board member.
  391. Margaret Danner, the Black Arts Movement, and the Bahá'í Faith, by Richard Hollinger. (2016 Summer). Short overview of the life of a black Bahá’í poet of some renown in the 1960s and 1970s. Includes one sample poem.
  392. Marian Crist Lippitt: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry. (1999). Controversial both during her lifetime and after, Lippitt was a trained engineer who applied her rigorous intellect to the study of metaphysics and epistemology, and is best known for developing an education philosophy titled "The Science of Reality."
  393. Maronite Physician's Encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, A, by Boris Handal. (2021). Brief notes from the autobiography of Lebanese doctor Shakir El Khoury on meeting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when he was working as a physician in ‘Akká (date unknown, circa 1870). Scan of original Arabic included.
  394. Martha Root: "Herald of the Kingdom", by Barbara Casterline. (1972 July-August). Two-part overview of Root's life and a concise history of her travels.
  395. Martyrdom of Hájí Muhammad-Ridá: 19 Historical Accounts, by Ahang Rabbani. (2007). Accounts of the 1889 martyrdom of Haji Muhammad Rida Isfahani in Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) in Russian Turkestan.
  396. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The, by Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (1890). Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers.
  397. Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him, by Universal House of Justice. (1997). Letter from the US NSA on the importance of commitment to the covenant, a letter from the UHJ on covenant-breaking, and the history "Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him."
  398. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, by E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. (1918/1961/2013). An early collection of historical documents related to Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.)
  399. May Ellis Maxwell, by Universal House of Justice, comp. (1925-1954). Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Bahá'í World I-XII, 1925-1954; includes photo.
  400. May Maxwell and the Maxwells of Montreal, by Jack McLean. (2019-10). Presentation of Violette Nakhjavani's book The Maxwells of Montreal.
  401. Mehrangiz Afnan (1937-2018), by (2019). Afnan was an Iranian Bahá'í and medical doctor who settled in Canada where she and her husband, Muhammad Afnan, established an Institute for Bahá’í Studies in Persian; the couple worked in the Bahá'í Research Department in Haifa for a number of years.
  402. Members of the Universal House of Justice 1963-2023 and Hands of the Cause: Timeline, by Arjen Bolhuis, comp, Sana Rezai, comp. (2003/2023). List of names and dates of all who served on the House of Justice or as Hands.
  403. Memoirs of a Bahá'í in Rasht 1889-1903: Autobiography of Mírzá Yahyá `Amídu'l-Atibbá Hamadání, by Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2007). Personal account of some activities of the Bahá'í community in Iran and persecutions they endured.
  404. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary, by Moshe Sharon. (2011). Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
  405. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein, by Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. (1999). Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City of the Covenant to the City of the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant), and pilgrim to Haifa in December 1953. First written June 1985, completed April 1999.
  406. Memoirs of Nora Crossley (1893-1977), by Nora Crossley. (1921). Autobiography of an early British Bahá'í, known for cutting her famous hair to help fundraise for the Chicago temple. Includes two Tablets of Abdu'l-Bahá, one to Crossley and one mentioning her and praising her "self-sacrifice."
  407. Memorials of the Faithful, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Marzieh Gail, trans. (1971 [1924]). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's volume of short biographies of Bábí and Bahá'í figures and heroes, translated from the original Persian text and annotated by Marzieh Gail.
  408. Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Ali M. Yazdi. (1986). Recollections by a prominent Iranian-American Bahá'í.
  409. Memories of Ashchi: Background, by Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn. (1999). Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
  410. Memories of Hands of the Cause of God, by Jack Boyd. (2014). Personal memories of meeting Zikrullah Khadem, John Robarts, and Tarazullah Samandari.
  411. Memories of My Life: Translation of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán's Khátirát-i-Hayát, by Ahang Rabbani. (2007). Bio of the life of Habíbu'lláh Afnán-i-A`lá'í, born 1875, especially his years with the family of the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Bagum, and her sister, Zahrá Bagum.
  412. Memories of the Sojourn of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. (1937). Memoir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s four-month stay in Paris in 1911. Notes taken by the author's daughters were later published as the book Paris Talks.
  413. Men on the Horizon, by Guy Murchie. (1932). Lengthy travel diary, the first book of a renowned journalist, war correspondent, and author/artist who would adopt the Bahá'í Faith in 7 years and published more extensively on Bahá'í-inspired themes explicitly after 1955.
  414. Mihdí, Mírzá, by Shahriar Razavi. (2009). On the son of Bahá’u’lláh, who entitled him "the Purest Branch," younger brother of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Bahíyyih Khánum.
  415. Milly: A Tribute to The Hand of the Cause of God Amelia E. Collins, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. (1977). A moving personal biographical history of Amelia Collins.
  416. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Bahá'ís often consider as ranking second to the Holy Writings and the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
  417. Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, by Babak Farrokhzad. (2021). Wikipedia-Artikel über Mirza Abu‘l-Fadl, der den neusten Stand der Literatur (Oct 2021) berücksichtigt.
  418. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáyegání, by Moojan Momen. (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  419. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl in America, by Ali Kuli Khan, Marzieh Gail. (1945). Khan's personal recollections of Gulpaygani, with mentions of other early American Bahá'ís.
  420. Mirza Hossein R. Touty: First Baha'i Known to Have Lived in the Philippines, by Graham Hassall, Orwin Austria. (2000-01). Touty was a Bahá'í who stayed in the Philippines for about five years (1921-26), teaching the Faith to Filipinos.
  421. Mirza Mihdi: The Purest Branch, by Boris Handal. (2017). Two excerpts from a book-length biography of the son of Bahá'u'lláh — "Akká, the Most Great Prison" (chapter 1) and "The Treasure of God in the Holy Land" (chapter 9) —  which describe the life and martyrdom of Mirza Mihdi on 23 June 1870.
  422. Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration, by Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert. (2017-10/2018-04). Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura Dreyfus Barney, Louis Gregory, Alain Locke, and Pocahontas Pope.
  423. Montana Baha'i History, by Betty Bennett. (1998). Collection of historical materials compiled between 1994-1998 and distributed at Montana summer schools.
  424. Moody, Susan, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. (1998).
  425. Moody, Susan I., 1851-1934: Obituary, by Miriam Haney. (1935-03). Tribute to a travel-teacher who was especially known for bringing education and medical care to women and girls in Iran, and who helped found the Tarbiyat School for Girls.
  426. Mortensen, Fred, by Justin Penoyer. (2007). Three biographies of an American who met Abdu'l-Bahá, by his great-grandson.
  427. Mother's Stories: Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall. (1998). Stories of Abdu'l-Bahá and early Bahá'ís told by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1897-1984), daughter of Howard Colby Ives and Elizabeth Church Hoyt.
  428. Moths Turned Eagles: The Spiritual Conquests of Sabri and Raissa Elias, by Gamal Hassan. (2008). Introduction of the Bahá'í Faith to Ethiopia and Djibouti, and the activities of Gila Bahta.
  429. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Shaykh Ahmad, by Vahid Houston Ranjbar. (2016-12-23). Brief comparison of two opposing ideologies: fundamentalist Wahhabism vs. the less literalistic teachings of Shaykhism and the Bábí Faith.
  430. Muhammad-Taqi Wakil al-Dawla Shirazi, by Soli Shahvar. (2016). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  431. Mulla Husayn, by Lowell Johnson. (1982). A biography of Mulla Husayn, the first Letter of the Living.
  432. Mulla Husayn Bushru'i: The Indomitable, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Life story of the first believer in the Bab.
  433. Mulla Rida: The Indestructible, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Extracts from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat, by Azizu'llah-i-Sulaymani, about a famous life-long teacher of the Faith in Iran.
  434. Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani (Muqaddas), by Vahid Rafati. (2016). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  435. Mulla `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib), by John Walbridge. (1997).
  436. Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters, by Munirih Khanum. Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. (1986). Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes the arrangements for her marriage, her travel to Akka, her time with the wife of the Bab, and memorial letters written on the anniversaries of the passing of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  437. Munson, Joy: A Shining Example of Steadfastness, by LeNelma Johnson. (1983-12). Munson was an American Bahá'í who pioneered to India in 1976 at the age of 73, remaining in her post until her death in 1983.
  438. My Memories of Baha'u'llah, by Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani. (1982). Memories of one of Baha'u'llah's companions during his exile.
  439. My Memories of Hand of the Cause of God, A. Q. Faizí, by Shirley Macias. (2002). Personal letters from Faizi to Macias, and her recollections of him.
  440. Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet, by Roy P. Mottahedeh. (1967 Winter). Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Bahá'í in the time of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  441. Nabil al-Dawla: Iranian diplomat and translator of Bahá'í scriptures, by Guity Etemad. (2012). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  442. Nabil-i A'zam (Mulla Muhammad Zarandi), by Vahid Rafati. (2016). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  443. Nabil-i Akbar, by Minou Foadi. (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  444. Namibia, Pacific Islands, Queen Marie, and Emeric Sala, by (2005-02).
  445. Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira. (2004-07-19). Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh to Napoleon III.
  446. Narayenrao Rangnath Vakil, by (1998-09). Short biography of the first Hindu Bahá'í (?-1943).
  447. Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry, by Paula Bidwell, comp. (2014). Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Bahá'ís, both from the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska, and indigenous Bahá'ís elsewhere around the world.
  448. Navidi, Dr. Aziz (1913-1987): Intrepid Pioneer, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, by Graham Walker. (1988-01). A brief tribute of this scholar, attorney, and travel teacher. Taken from an address by his son-in-law, Walker.
  449. Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai, The: (Chapter 68), by Maneckji Nuserwanji Dhalla. Gool Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans, Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans. (1975). Overview of the Faith, and the author's interactions with Bahá'ís in the early 1900s. (Navjote is the initiation ceremony where a child receives his/her ceremonial garments and first performs the Zoroastrian ritual.)
  450. Nayriz Heroes: 22 Biographies of Bábís and Bahá'ís from Nayriz, Calligraphy of Ahmad Nayrizi, and Poetry of Vafá, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2013). Bios of Muhammad Shafi, Nayrizi Vahidi, Abu Turab, Imam Jumih Shirazi, Ahmad Khoshnevis Nayrizi, Muhammad Nayrizi, Pari Jan Khanum, Shaykh Bahá'í, Jalal Misaghi, Rooha Ahdieh Misaghi, Muhammad Husayn, Shafi Rouhani, Ja'fari Yazdi, Ibrahim Khoshnevis, etc.
  451. Nazif, Suleyman, by Necati Alkan. (2021). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  452. Nicolas, Alphonse (A.-L-.M. Nicolas), by Nader Nasiri-Moghaddam. (2021). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  453. Nine Holy Days, by Jackie Mehrabi. (1975). Booklet geared to children and junior youth, giving an overview of all principal Bahá'í holidays, and bios of the Figures they commemorate.
  454. Notes on The Báb, Some, by Robert Stockman. (1998). Brief overview of sources on the Bábí period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
  455. O. Z. Whitehead (1911-1998): Actor and writer, by Robert Weinberg. (1998). Oothout Zabriskie 'Zebby' Whitehead (1911–1998) was an American stage and film character actor who later became a Bahá'í pioneer in the Republic of Ireland, and authored three books of Bahá'í biographies.
  456. Obituary: Knight of Baha'u'llah Mary Zabolotny McCulloch, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Kenneth C. McCulloch. Kenneth C. McCulloch, comp. (1996). Includes a tribute from the Universal House of Justice, a bibliography by Kenneth McCulloch, a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly, and a note from her husband.
  457. Obituary: Antonella Khursheed (1958-2000), by Anjam Khursheed. (2000). Bio of the co-founder and secretary of the Singapore Association for Bahá'í studies, who organized every annual Singapore ABS conference.
  458. Obituary: Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988), by Heshmat Moayyad. (2001). The life and work of Bausani (1921–1988), a leading Italian scholar of Islam, Middle Eastern studies, interlinguistics and the History of Religion, and a prominent Italian Bahá'í.
  459. Obituary: Alimurad Davudi (1922-1979), by Novin Doostdar. (1999). Davudi was Professor of Philosophy at Tehran University, and long-time secretary of the Iranian Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly; he was abducted by government agents, and assumed to have been murdered shortly after the Islamic Revolution.
  460. Obituary: James Heggie, by Graham Hassall. (1999). The life and work of Heggie (1915-1992), a prominent Australian Bahá'í and long-term member and secretary of the Australian National Spiritual Assembly.
  461. Obituary: James Nelson, by Keith Thursby. (2011-03). James Frank Nelson (1927-2011) was a Municipal Court judge in California and long-term member of the American Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly.
  462. Obituary: Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail (1908-1993): Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars, by Constance M. Chen. (1996). A short biography of a famous female Bahá'í scholar and translator.
  463. Obituary: R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: April 30, 1954 - Oct. 21, 2004, by Author unknown. (2004-12-04). An obituary of Bahá'í scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20, 2004, from his hometown newspaper.
  464. Olinga, Enoch, by Richard Francis. (1998). Life of Hand of the Cause of God and "Father of Victories."
  465. One Person's Search for a Better World, by Ted Cardell. (1992).
  466. Orbison, Virginia: 40 years of service to Faith, by (1980-01). Interview with Orbison at age 77.
  467. Our Beloved Guardian: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Shoghi Effendi, by Lowell Johnson. (1993). A comprehensive summary biography of Shoghi Effendi. Includes glossary of some antiquated English words and their contemporary or simplified English equivalents. Introduction by Marguerite Sears.
  468. Our Precious Heritage: The Coming of the Faith to Wales, by C. Edmund Card. (n.d.). History of Bahá'í activities in Wales 1942-1973, focusing especially the active sixteen-year period 1946-1962.
  469. Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi, by Anton Haddad. (1902). Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S.
  470. Paine, Mabel Hyde: Obituary, by Garreta Busey. (1979-10). Paine (1877-1955) was an American Bahá’í teacher and author.
  471. Panama, The Crossroads between the Continents: The Story of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Panama 1939-1972, by Fuad Izadinia. (2015). History of the first Bahá'í community in Panama, including a photo album; biographies of Martha Root, Mathew Kaszab, Louise Caswell, Cora Oliver, Julie Lois Regal, Hascle Cornbleth–Colon, Alfred Osborne, Raquel Francois, Clare Hamilton, Blanca De Campos.
  472. Papa Pio IX: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira. (2004-06-16). Short biography of Pope Pius IX and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this leader of the Catholic Church.
  473. Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and Paul, by JoAnn M. Borovicka. (2016). Stories of early believers of the Bahá’í Faith as presented in "Memorials of the Faithful" compared with the lives of early believers in Christianity as recorded in the New Testament; Táhirih and Paul represent a similar type of early convert.
  474. Part of the Baha'i History of the Family of Charles and Maria Ioas, by Viola Tuttle, Margarite Ioas Ullrich, Monroe Ioas, et al.. (1978-08). Biographies of Charles and Maria: from his birth in 1859, their introduction to the Faith in 1898, experiences with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, and four Tablets from 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  475. Passing of Abdu'l-Baha, The, by Shoghi Effendi, Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. (1922). A compilation on the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf. Later published in abridged form in World Order.
  476. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The: 1896-1957, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, John Ferraby. (1958). Detailed account of the final days of the life of the Guardian.
  477. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, by Sandra Lynn Hutchison. (1999-2000). An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidance, practical guidelines for Baha’i pioneering and teaching, inspirational essays, literary and scriptural commentary, biography, and even a film script.
  478. Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Iran: 1983-1986, by Universal House of Justice, comp. (1994). Lengthy survey of events, and life stories of participants.
  479. Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A, by Patricia Verge. (2016). On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation.
  480. Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study: Poetry and essays, by Ron Price. (1944-2013). Table of Contents for a memoir of six decades of teaching & international travel, an extensive personal account of the experience of a Western Bahai beginning in the 2nd epoch, 1944 to 1963, of the teaching Plans.
  481. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe, by Robert E. Hayden, Douglas Ruhe, John S. Hatcher. (2014). Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Douglas Ruhe in 1975 on the future of poetry, transcendence, American destiny, important American poets, the Library of Congress, and Bahá'í spirituality.
  482. Portrait of Abdu'l-Bahá: Selections From Memories of Nine Years in Akká, by Youness Khan Afroukhteh. Ismael Velasco, comp. (2006). Habits of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His daily tasks and services, his concentration, the way he revealed verses, his manner of speaking, his bearing, interactions with governments, his burdens and tasks, and his love and generosity.
  483. Portraits and Career of Mohammed Ali, Son of Kazem-Beg, The: Scottish Missionaries and Russian Orientalism, by A. D. H. Bivar. (1994). Kazem-Beg has a place in Bahá'í history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersburg, 1865). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
  484. Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2020). Highlights of the first forty years of the Bahá'í Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Includes chronology of meetings, conferences, activities, and milestones, and photographs.
  485. Priceless Pearl, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1969). The classic biography of The Guardian, written by his wife.
  486. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. (1977). The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam.
  487. Prison Memories of Mr. Amoui (Feb. 1984 - March 1989), by Ramezanali Amoui. Payman Amoui, trans. (1989). Memoirs of five years in an Iranian prison. Includes Persian original. The author's full name is not known — and the last name could be Amu'i — and the translator's name is not certain.
  488. Pritam Singh, by (1998-09). Short biography of the first Sikh Bahá'í (1881-1959).
  489. Professor: A Tribute to Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí, by Farideh Sobhani-Matejko. Adib Masumian, trans. (2022-07). Tribute by a young psychology student in the late 1960s to Dr. ‘Alí-Murád Dávúdí, a philosopher and intellectual giant of the Bahá’í Faith who was later kidnapped by the Islamic regime and never heard from again.
  490. Profiles of Some Topeka Bahá'ís, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1997). Background for the author's research into Kansas Bahá'í history.
  491. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco. (2004). On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential Islamicists of the 20th century, whose work is uniquely relevant in understanding the philosophical context for the emergence of the Bábí Faith.
  492. Promoting Peace: 100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Santa Paula, California, 1914-2014, by Anne King Sadeghpour. (2017). Detailed history of the community in southern California, including references to Marzieh Gail, Ethelwyn Drew Hall, Florence Mayberry, Molly King, the Yamamotos, Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani, Guy Murchie, Isabella Brittingham, Louise Waite, et al.
  493. Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran, The: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902, by Juan Cole. (2002). Biography and political/historical context of "the poet laureate of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution," who was secretly a second-generation Bahá'í.
  494. Qá'ení, Shaikh Mohammad-ʿAli, by Minou Foadi. (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  495. Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn], by A.L.M. Nicolas. Peter Terry, trans. (2004). First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Táhirih. These passages are from Seyyed Ali Mohammad dit le Bab (1905) by A.-L.-M. Nicolas, French diplomat and author.
  496. Quddus, by Lowell Johnson. (1982). Overview of the life of Quddus, the most prominent disciple of the Báb and the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living.
  497. Quddus, by Nosratollah Mohammad-Hosseini. (2009). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  498. Quddús, by Husayn Villar. (2008-01-02).
  499. Queen Marie and the Baha'i Faith, by Robert Postlethwaite. (1994). On the first monarch to embrace the Bahá'í Faith; the stature and the character of Queen Marie and her unique position in the early 20th century; her identification as a Bahá'í and her plan to visit Haifa in 1929; her relationship with Martha Root.
  500. Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís, by Peter Terry. (1992/2015). 'Abdu'l-Bahá is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article examines the historical sources for that story.
  501. Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity, by Richard Francis. (1998). Short biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  502. Rainha Vitória: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira. (2004-05-24). Short biography of Queen Victoria and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  503. Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History, by Barbara R. Sims. (1996). Bahá'í activities in Korea 1921-1988.
  504. Ransom-Kehler, Keith Bean, by Janet Ruhe-Schoen. (2009). On the American Bahá’í lecturer and world traveler, designated by Shoghi Effendi as the first American Bahá’í martyr, and a Hand of the Cause of God, the first woman to be so named.
  505. Real Turk, The, by Stanwood Cobb. (1914). Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall of Abdul Hamid; the character of the Turkish, their temperament, and their way of looking at life.
  506. Recollections of Muriel Handley, by Muriel Handley, John Handley. (1996). Personal history of an early Bahá'í life in Australia.
  507. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne. (1914). Early history of the Bábí and Bahá'í movements, life stories of their participants, and their contemporary religious context, written by a distinguished British Biblical scholar.
  508. Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt, by Anthony Lee. (2016). Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, servants of The Bab.
  509. Recuerdos de los amigos del Consejero Raúl Pavón Mejía: Padre de la enseñanza a los indígenas en Ecuador, by Various. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador, comp. (2008). Compendium of stories and testimonies from the many friends who shared life and Faith with this renowned teacher to the indigenous peoples of Ecuador. Includes five pages of poetry, at end.
  510. Reflections on the Art of My Poetry: An Interview of Roger White (1929-1993), by John S. Hatcher, ed. (2016). A glimpse into the mind of a gifted poet and the struggles that he, like many Bahá'í artists, encountered in responding to Bahá'u'lláh's exhortation that art best serves humanity when it elevates and edifies the soul and its spiritual receptivity.
  511. Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland, by Graham Hassall. (2001-02). The career of Apelis Mazakmat, the first native Bahá'í in Papua New Guinea, set against the complex period of rapid social change in New Ireland after World War II.
  512. Religion and Relevance: The Baha'is in Britain 1899 - 1930, by Lil Osborn (published as L.C.G. Abdo). (2003). On the Bahá'í history in the British Isles during the first decades of the 20th century, when it was an inclusive supplementary religious movement not requiring renunciation of existing affiliation; identification of the 80 or so earliest British Bahá'ís.
  513. Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The, by Ahang Rabbani. (1997). Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan," discussing the history of these remains. Includes biographical notes.
  514. Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh, by Lowell Johnson. (1980). Biography of the prophet-founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
  515. Remembering Bernard Leach, by Trudi Scott. (1986). Memories of the Bahá'í potter Bernard Leach (1887–1979).
  516. Remey, Charles Mason, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  517. Reminiscences of the Summer School Green Acre Eliot, Maine, by Charles Mason Remey. (1949). On the evolution of Green Acre from a meeting place for New England intellectuals and religious speakers into a Bahá'í-managed summer school; Sarah Farmer's family and her personal difficulties; personalities of some early Bahá'ís; anecdotes by Remey.
  518. Report to Abdul Baha of the Bahá'í Activities in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, A, by Charles Mason Remey. (1919-06-07). Diary of travel-teaching March-April 1919. Includes letter to the members of the Bahá'í Board of Teaching in America about successful techniques.
  519. Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón: Biographical Summary of the Life of Mrs. Isabel Pavón de Calderón, by Clemencia Pavon de Zuleta. (2009-03). Biografía de Pavón de Calderón (1929-2000), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador y Consejero Continental.
  520. Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review, by Lee Brown. (2013). History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyendinaga First Nation in Ontario in 1948.
  521. Robert Hayden, by Christopher Buck. (2004-01-29). The first African American poet-laureate of the United States (as Library of Congress "Consultant in Poetry").
  522. Robert Hayden and Being Politically Correct, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1993-08). Robert Hayden did not bow to or rebel against expectations of political correctness, and regarded his race as "human" rather than "black." He embraced his African-American identity, but did not want to be defined by it.
  523. Robert Hayden's Epic of Community, by Benjamin Friedlander. (1998). A study of Hayden's poetry in the context of the American experience.
  524. Roger White: An Obituary: Writer and editor, "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community (1929-1993), by Robert Weinberg. (1997). Brief biography, written as an obituary, of a famous Bahá'í poet.
  525. Rogers, Otto Donald, by Norman Zepp. (1997-09-06).
  526. Root, Martha, by Richard Francis. (1993/1998). Bio of the "Herald of the Kingdom, Lioness at the Threshold."
  527. Ruhe, David S. (1914-2005), by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (2005-09-06). A letter from the NSA, followed by a biography from Bahá'í World News Service.
  528. Rúhíyyih Khánum, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Miguel Gil, trans. (2024). Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, autora, dramaturga, directora de cine, poeta, embajadora bahá'í y, sobre todo, esposa del Guardián de la Fe bahá'í, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, a quien ‘Abdu’l-Bahá describió como la Señal de Dios sobre la tierra.
  529. Sacrifice to Fidelity, A: The senseless, brutal slayings of Enoch Olinga, his wife and children, by (1980-05). An account of the murder of Enoch Olinga in 1980.
  530. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (1993-06). Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the Cause of God.
  531. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (2009). On the Canadian Bahá’í of German-Jewish background named by Shoghi Effendi a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952.
  532. Select Clevenger Archives, 1926-1936, by Steven Kolins, ed. (2021). Personal letters to Ella Robarts, the National Spiritual Assembly, Horace Holley, and others; article "The Riddle of the Slain Co-ed" from Insider Detective.
  533. Self and Society: Biography and Autobiography in Baha'i Literature, by Graham Hassall. (1999). On some of the 'moral implications' in writing biography in a Bahá'í perspective; the modes, intentions, and problems of Bahá'í biography.
  534. Semple, Ian (1963-2005): A Personal Appreciation, by Jack McLean. (2011-12-04). Brief personal recollections of a scholar and member of the Universal House of Justice.
  535. Semple, Ian Chalmers: In Memoriam, by Anonymous, Universal House of Justice. (2012). Biography of long-serving member of the Universal House of Justice and frequent contributor to scholarly publications and conferences.
  536. Servants of the Glory: A Chronicle of Forty Years of Pioneering, by Adrienne Morgan, Dempsey Morgan. (2017). Memoirs of a black couple from the United States who lived and spread the Bahá’í Faith in across parts of east Asia and Africa in the 1950s-1980s. Text by Dempsey Morgan, poems by Adrienne Morgan. Link to document offsite.
  537. Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb, by A.L.M. Nicolas. (1905). The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language.
  538. Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
  539. Sheltering Branch, The, by Marzieh Gail. (1959). The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  540. Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles, by Various. (2003-10). Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Bahá'í community.
  541. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections, by Ugo Giachery. (1973). Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences.
  542. Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen, by Ali Nakhjavani. (2006). The evolving style of the Guardian's writings; comparison of different periods of his writing; his translations; his writings in Persian and Arabic.
  543. Shoghi Effendi, by Moojan Momen. (2011). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  544. Shoghi Effendi: The Sign of God on Earth, by Grace Shahrokh, Darius Shahrokh. (1998-07). The Guardian's life, his station, his accomplishments, and his passing.
  545. Shoghi Effendi: After a Hundred Years, by (1997 Fall). Editorial for an issue dedicated to the centennial of the Guardian's birth, summarizing his life and his place in Bahá'í history.
  546. Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium, by Glenford Mitchell. (1997). The Bahá'í community is a global laboratory in which a transformation in individual and collective behaviour is progressing, leading to a new sense of community and the glimmerings of a new world order.
  547. Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable", by Boris Handal. (2023). The Commissioner of Muhammad Sháh; Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayríz.
  548. Sohrab Arjmand (1935-2019), by (2019). Arjmand was an Iranian Bahá'í who settled in California and was active in the Irfan Colloquia.
  549. Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray Extracts from a compilation of tributes, photographs and stories, by June Perkins. (2000). Stories about and pictures of Fred Murray, an early Indigenous Baha’i.
  550. Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: A topical bibliography, by Jonah Winters, comp. (1999). Now outdated bibliography; retained for historical interest.
  551. Speaking in Edinburgh, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1981-08). Address at Edinburgh Bahá'í Centre. Includes discussion of Shoghi Effendi in Scotland and the eagle and pillar at his resting place.
  552. Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions, by Ali Kuli Khan. Terry Nelson Randolph, ed. (2013-04). Proofs of the Bahá'í Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes short biography of Khan regarding the history of this document, with photographs.
  553. Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A, by Bahá'í International Community. (1992-05). Introduction to the life and work of Bahá'u'lláh, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his death, at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
  554. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. (1980). Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follower of Bahá'u'lláh and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  555. Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers, by Adib Taherzadeh. Kiser Barnes, comp. (2003). Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, Volumes 1-4.
  556. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harry and Ruth Randall, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall. (1998). Brief account of William Henry ('Harry') Randall (1863-1929) and his wife Ruth's first encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Randall became a prominent American Bahá’í and was named a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi.
  557. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall. (1998). Brief account of Grace Ober's interactions with 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to the USA.
  558. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall. (1998). One-paragraph account of an incident in the life of Elizabeth Cheney, pioneer Bahá'í teacher in Paraguay.
  559. Story of Anis Zunuzi, The, by Houri Falahi-Skuce. (2020). Links to 53-minute video presentation with original music and narration. Includes transcript.
  560. Story of J. E. Esslemont and His Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, The: Bibliography, by Jan T. Jasion. (2020). List of all of Esslemont's known writings, including his Bahá’í pamphlets and his medical writings, plus a bibliography of all translations of New Era.
  561. Story of Mr. Rufino Gualvisí, by Ralph Dexter. (2020-07). Biography of a well-known travel teacher in Ecuador. English and Spanish text by Dexter; includes section by Isabel Pavon de Calderón; includes photographs.
  562. Storytelling and Once Upon a Time, The: Youtube Playlists, by Fariborz Sahba. (2020). Zoom videos of some historical events witnessed by the manager for the Arc Project during 10 years of the development of the Bahá'í Temple in India and 15 years of the development of the Mount Carmel Bahá'í Project in Haifa, and other stories.
  563. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History, by Necati Alkan. (2000). On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih.
  564. Summon Up Remembrance, by Marzieh Gail. (1987). Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Bahá'í Writings; writings of his wife Florence; other family papers and memories.
  565. Sunburst, by Lorol Schopflocher. (1937). Autobiography of the life story, and travels on behalf of the Bahá'í Faith, of prominent socialite and wife of the Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. (Author name misspelled as Shofflocher.)
  566. Sweet and Enchanting Stories, by Aziz Rohani, comp. (2005). Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar Furutan, Adib Tahirzadih, Abul-Qasim Faizi, and other loved and historic figures.
  567. Sydney Sprague: In Memoriam, by Willard P. Hatch. (1945). Sprague (1875-1943) was an American Bahá’í who traveled the East to promote the religion in the early 1900s. He became alienated from the Bahá’í community at some point but reconciled shortly before his passing.
  568. Tablet to Fuad (Lawh-i-Fuad): Translator's introduction, and bio from Encyclopedia Britannica, by Juan Cole. (1997).
  569. Tahirih, by Lowell Johnson. (1982). Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrín-Táj, "Crown of Gold."
  570. Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry, by Amin Banani. (2000). An account of Tahirih allowing her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and her motivations; it is her poetry that both reveals the layers of her complex motivations and makes her accessible.
  571. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World, by Martha L. Root. (1941). Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭáhirih, describing her as the foremost woman of her generation known across Persia for her beauty, intelligence, and courage, who gave her life for the emancipation of women.
  572. Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). Life stories of two key heroines of Bábí history.
  573. Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman, by Martha L. Root. David Merrick, comp. (1938). Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab.
  574. Take My Love to the Friends: The Story of Laura R. Davis, by Marlene Macke: Review, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). (2008). Key figures in the development of the Bahá'í community in Canada.
  575. Tales of Magnificent Heroism: The Impact of the Báb and His Followers on Writers and Artists, by Robert Weinberg. (2019-11). This concise survey explores how this particular episode in humanity’s religious history resonated so strongly through the decades that followed.
  576. Teaching the Faith in Australia 1963-1975: Personal Recollections, by Hedi Moani. (1999). [needs abstract]
  577. Teaching the Faith, Magic Moments, Meeting Great Souls, by Jack McLean. (2012-06-02). Autobiography of a prominent Bahá'í scholar, written on occasion of the 50th anniversary of his conversion.
  578. Tending the Garden: A Biography of Emeric and Rosemary Sala, by Ilona Sala Weinstein. (1998/2016). Detailed story of two pioneers from Canada to South America and Africa, told through reference to letters, papers, and archival documents.
  579. Terah: Personal reminiscences of teaching, traveling, loving, by Terah Cowart-Smith. (1981-02). Brief recollections of teaching in North America. Includes short letter from the Guardian.
  580. The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact, by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson. (2021-02-23). On Abdu'l-Bahá's interest in the Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration in New York, 1912, and the Quaker founders Albert and Alfred Smiley; Leroy Ioas and the World Unity Conferences; World Unity magazine (later World Order).
  581. The Story of Mona: 1965-1983, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. (1985). Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz on the grounds of being a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
  582. The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail. (1945). An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
  583. Thelma Perks, by Graham Hassall. (1998). Perks (1901-1988) was a prominent Australian Bahá'í who served at various times on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia, and as an inaugural Auxiliary Board member and later Continental Counselor.
  584. Theodore Russell Livingston, by Duane L. Herrmann. (1997). Bahá'í teacher and Mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
  585. Thomas Kelly Cheyne, by Crawford Howell Toy. (1916-01). Overview of the works and diverse intellectual interests of Cheyne, who championed the Faith as an independent Biblical scholar before joining it in 1914.
  586. Through the Eyes of Margaret Cousins: Irish and Indian Suffragette, by Keith Munro. (2018). Biography of the co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League, a theosophist, who met both Martha Root and Shoghi Effendi.
  587. Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God, by Charles Mason Remey. (1915-07). Experiences of two American Bahá'ís in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha in the Israel in 1914. Includes excerpt of address by Abdu'l-Bahá on proofs of the coming Prophet, and letter written by Abdul Sana to a friend in London.
  588. To Russia with Love: Journal of a Member of the Quddus Team, by Jack McLean. (1990/2018). Journal of a visit through Moscow, Kiev, and Levov in August 1990 by the four travel teachers Shamsi Sedagat, Ann Clavin, Leo Misagi, and Jack McLean.
  589. Tobey, Mark George, by Judith S. Kays. (2000). Tobey (1890-1976) was a famous American painter.
  590. Top Court Appointee a Model of Diversity, by Mahmud Jamal. (2021/06/18). Brief bio of Mahmud Jamal, the judge "poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada."
  591. Toumansky, Aleksandr Grigorevich, by Jahangir Dorri. (2009). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  592. Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese, by Barbara R. Sims. Sheridan Sims, ed. (1989). Extensive history of Bahá'í events and personages in Japan, 1914-1983.
  593. Traveler's Narrative, A: Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by Abdu'l-Bahá. E. G. Browne, trans. (1982). Reprint of Browne's original translation of 1891 but lacking all of Browne's notes.
  594. Tribute to Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, A, by Violette Nakhjavani. (2000). Born Mary Maxwell in Montreal, Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum’s life spanned almost the entire 20th century. To her husband, Shoghi Effendi, she was his "helpmate", "shield" and "tireless collaborator in the arduous tasks I shoulder."
  595. Tribute to Bahíyyih Khánum, A, by Marjorie Morten. (1934). Short biography of the daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, written by one of her close companions late in life.
  596. Tribute to Hand of the Cause Hájí Akhúnd, A, by Violetta Zein. (2023). Compilation of selections from biographies and articles, tablets and prayers, and photographs of one of the first Hands of the Cause, one of only four appointed by Bahá'u'lláh himself.
  597. Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf, A, by Violetta Zein. (2023). Compilation of biographical materials, quotations, and photographs, from the year of her passing (1932) and its 50th anniversary commemorations (1982).
  598. Trilogy of Consecration, A: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary, by Boris Handal. (2020). On the lives of Shaykh Salmán, Nabil-i-A'zam and Mullá Sádiq, three important people in the early years of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran.
  599. True, Corinne, by Robert Stockman. (1995).
  600. True, Edna M. (1888-1988), by (1989-01). Brief bio of the daughter of Hand of the Cause of God Corinne True.
  601. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1948). An early account of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, written by his wife while he was still alive.
  602. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran, by Moojan Momen. (2019). Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'lláh's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and on His experience in the Siyah Chal, close attention to the text of two Tablets leads to conclusions that differ from current Bahá'í history books.
  603. UK Bahá'í Histories: Links to stories of individual Bahá'ís in the United Kingdom, by UK Bahá'í Histories Project, ed. (2011-2013). Links to contemporary bios of English Bahá'ís (offsite).
  604. Uncle Bill: A Personal Memoir, by Robert Gregory Shaw. (2020-07). Personal recollections of Albert Edwin Dorrida, "Uncle Bill" (1901-1972), who became a Bahá'í after meeting 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912; history of the Bahá'í Faith in Baltimore. Includes articles from Bahá'í News from 1947 and 1982.
  605. Unfurling the Divine Flag in Tokyo: An Early Bahá'í History, by Barbara R. Sims. (1998). History of Bahá'í activities in Japan, 1909-1994, and life stories of notable persons.
  606. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Book, by Shahriar Jahanian. (2022/2024). Historical story of Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied an education, and whose relatives were imprisoned or killed because of their beliefs. Refusing to be silenced, she fought back with nothing but a pen in hand.
  607. Unity of Humanity, The: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson, by David Hornsby, Jane Clark. (2016). Biography of Lawson and his personal interests in the Qur'an and the Bahá'í Faith, discussion of contemporary Western approaches to Islam, and commentary on current world affairs and hope for the future. (Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.)
  608. Vahíd (Sayyed Yahyá Dárábí), by Moojan Momen. (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  609. Various Essays, by Susan Gammage. (2013-2018/2023). 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Bahá'í life, life coaching and counselling, recovery from substances or abuse, family matters, dreams, elections, debt, abortion, and more. Includes bios of Bruce Matthews and Caroline Lehmann.
  610. Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992). History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a father, and a son all named Hand of the Cause.
  611. Varqá, Wali-Alláh, by Iraj Ayman. (2017). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  612. Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move, by Boris Handal. (2020). On the lives of Varqa, the physician and talented poet, and his gifted adolescent son Ruhu'llah, who travelled across Iran to teach the Faith before being martyred in 1896.
  613. Views from a Black Artist in the Century of Light, by Elizabeth de Souza. (2020). On the experiences of Black artists; biographical notes on McCleary “Bunch” Washington; African-American spiritual songs.
  614. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology: Selected from Manuscripts of William Miller with a Memoir of His Life, by William Miller. Joshua V. Himes, ed. (1842). Miller's memoir; scriptural interpretation; Bible chronology; various addresses and lectures; various reviews and letters.
  615. Walking the Spiritual Path with Both Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground, by Joyce Baldwin. (2016). Overview of the life of a Bahá'í native from indigenous-Tsimshian ancestry, who pioneered to Alaska and a reserve in Washington, and member of the LSA of Arcata, California. Includes reflections on teaching to Natives.
  616. Wayfarer between Two Worlds, A: Recollections, by Harry Liedtke. (2013/2022). A chronicle of some of the highlights of the author's seventy-five years as a Bahá'í, and covering the years 1927-2022, including periods in Germany and Canada and historical events from each. Includes poems and photographs.
  617. We Kept the Light Bulb On: An Interview with Ellerton and Marjorie Harmer, by Charles Uzzell. (2000-02). Short overview of the lives of the first pioneers to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
  618. Well Dressed Woman of Recent Times, A, by Matt Briggs. (2000). Historical fiction which contains part of The Wardrobe of Gertrude Heim Remey, a book Mason Remey wrote about his wife's wardrobe (which the Des Moines Register wrote was "quite likely the best book ever written about his wife's clothes").
  619. What A Young Man Learned from Laura Rumney Davis about Shoghi Effendi, by Jack McLean. (2007-09-02). Interview with Laura Davis, "The Mother of the Toronto Bahá’í Community," and some recollections of the Guardian.
  620. What Stanwood Cobb Told Me about 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Jack McLean. (2007-08-12). Reflections on Cobb's life and his recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, partly based on two personal interviews.
  621. When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography, by Sidney Edward Morrison, Frank Lewis. (1986). Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Bahá'í biographies. Includes response "In Praise of Saints" by Frank Lewis (from dialogue 1:3).
  622. Whiting, Lilian, by Blanche Cox Clegg. (2000). Whiting (1847-1942) was an American journalist, essayist, and poet; a religious seeker, she showed interest in the Bahá'í teachings.
  623. Who Was Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette Temple Was Built?, by Ismael Velasco. (2011). Brief investigation into the surname "Ouilmette" (Wilmette), and the identity of a Native American girl named Archangel whose home was at one time on this point of land.
  624. Who Was Daniel Jordan?: A Tribute, by Wm. Keith Bookwalter. (1992/2023). Detailed overview of the life and thought of Dr. Jordan, philosopher and educator.
  625. Who Was Thomas Breakwell?, by Robert Weinberg. (1997-08). Brief biography of the first English Bahá'í and an individual central in early European Bahá'í community.
  626. Why Constructive Resilience? An Autobiographical Essay, by Michael L. Penn. (2020). Reflections on growing up African-American; guidance from and a meeting with William Hatcher; the relationship between stress and anxiety, depression, and powerlessness; the practice of constructive resilience.
  627. William S. Hatcher 1935-2005, by Jonah Winters, comp. (2008). Bio and CV from the author's website.
  628. Witness to Shaykh Tabarsi: The Narrative of Haji Nasir Qazvini, by Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2007). Biography of Qazvini, sources for the study of the conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, and Qazvini's narrative. Includes the Persian text, and bios of Táríkh Samandar and M. A. Malik-Khusravi (in Persian).
  629. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience, by Miriam Dixson. (2000). The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith.
  630. Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The, by Moojan Momen. (1981). Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
  631. Xá Nasiri'd-dino: Breve relato da sua vida e da Epistola revelada por Baha'u'llah, by Marco Oliveira. (2007). Breve resumo da vida deste monarca persa do sec. XIX e sua relação com a religião Bahá'í. Short description of Nasiri'd-Din Shah and his relation with the Bahá'í Faith.
  632. Yahyá, Mírzá, by Moojan Momen. (2009). On the younger half-brother of Bahá’u’lláh, later his opponent, known as Subh-i-Azal, described by Shoghi Effendi as "the arch-breaker of the Covenant of the Báb."
  633. Yamamoto, Hiroshi: Eldest son of the world's first Japanese believer, by Marion Yazdi. (1980-04). Japanese-American Yamamoto (c. 1909-1979) was the eldest son of Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first ethnic Japanese Bahá’í in the world.
  634. Zaynab, by John Walbridge. Reina Pennington, ed. (2003). Brief biography of a female Bábí fighter.
  635. Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran, by Anthony Lee. (2017). Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th and 20th centuries; historiography of African women in Iran; the Herati-Khorasani family tree.
  636. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East), by Hussein Ahdieh. (2019). A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, marriage, the murder of her uncle, the events at Badasht, and final years leading to her martyrdom. Features appendices including excerpts of her writings.
  637. غریب از تیریز تا نیویورک (Foreigner: From Nayriz to New York), by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. (2020). A memoir detailing the author's life journey from a rural village in Iran to the director of a University in New York, offering intimate firsthand glimpses of the history of the Faith in Iran and the immigrant experience in America.
  638. میرزا مهدی غصن اطهر (Mirza Mehdi, the Purest Branch), by Boris Handal. Ehsan Kazemi, trans. (2022). The dramatic story of Mirza Mihdi, the son of Bahá'u'lláh who fell from a skylight in the roof of the prison where they were imprisoned.
  639. یادی از حارسان مدنیت الهیّه خاطراتی از ایادیان امرالله جک بوید بیل واشنگتون (Recollections of the Hands of the Cause Jack Boyd and Bill Washington), by Jack Boyd, Bill Washington. Faruq Izadinia, trans. (2024). Persian translation of the short essays in "Memories of Hands of the Cause of God" by Jack Boyd and "Hands of the Cause of God: Recollections" by Bill Washington: Z. Khadem, J. Robarts, T. Samandari, A.Q. Faizi, A. A. Furutan, C. Dunn, U. Giachery, etc.
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