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tag name: Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj) type: People
web link: Tahirih_(Qurratul-Ayn,_Zarrin-Taj)
variations: Fatimah Baraghani, Umm-i Salmih
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Táhirih; bahaiquotes.com/subject/tahirih
related tags: - Letters of the Living; - Poets
referring tags: Qurratu’l-‘Ayn (title)

"Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (66 results; expand)

  1. Constance Elizabeth Maud. Abdu'l-Baha (1924). — Chapter on Abdu'l-Baha and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies.
  2. Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2023). — 80 selections, updated August 2023.
  3. Universal House of Justice. Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002-05-28). — On apparent contradictions, regarding Mirza Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Baha and a ...
  4. Todd Lawson. Authority of the Feminine and Fatima's Place in an Early Work by the Bab, The (2007). — While Tahirih inspired many in Europe and eventually America, she is very much a daughter of her own...
  5. Anthony Lee. Bábí Theology in Poetry, A: The Creative Imagination of Táhirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn (2023). — Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, m...
  6. Moojan Momen. Badasht (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  7. Kamran Ekbal. Bagdádi Family (2014). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  8. Hussein Ahdieh. Bahá'í History and Videos (2013-2022). — Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqa, Baha'i schools for gi...
  9. Shoghi Effendi. Bahai Movement, The: A paper read by Shoghi Effendi at Oxford (1923-1924). — Text of an address given to the Oxford University Asiatic Society, February 1921, before the passing...
  10. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries (2017). — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
  11. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Chosen Path, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God (2020). — Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Babi history, written for a Baha'i yout...
  12. Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
  13. John S. Hatcher. Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets (2011-03-29). — Issues related to the ontology and powers of the Manifestations can test the mettle of even deepened...
  14. Moojan Momen. Family and Early Life of Tahirih Qurrat al-`Ayn, The (2003). — Summary of information about the ancestry and background of Tahirih available in Persian and Arabic;...
  15. Roger White. Figures in a Garden (1981). — Fictional monologues of the Persian poet Tahirih (1817/18-1852) and the American poet Emily Dickinso...
  16. Laura Clifford Barney. God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts (1910). — A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
  17. Jack McLean. Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The (2006). — Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portra...
  18. Jiling Yang. In search of Martha Root: An American Bahá'í feminist and peace advocate in the early twentieth century (2007). — Early life of Root, her four world teaching trips from 1919 to 1939 with a focus on peace advocacy, ...
  19. Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
  20. Layli Maria Miron. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916 (2018). — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
  21. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. David Merrick, ed. Life of Tahirih: The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn (1923-08). — The Life of the great Heroine of the Babi Faith
  22. Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  23. Sahba Shayani. Literary Imitation in Three Poems Attributed to Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn (2023-12). — The poetry of Tahirih has largely been ignored by historians, partly from politico-religious intoler...
  24. E. G. Browne. Literature of Persia, The: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society (1912-04-26). — A selection of Persian poetry, featuring poems by Nabil, Tahirih, and Babi martyrs.
  25. Lil Osborn. Mary Magdalene: Lioness of God in the Bahá'í Faith (2013). — On the symbolic role of Mary Magdalene in the Baha’i tradition as a female archetype in the contex...
  26. Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
  27. Negar Mottahedeh. Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís (1998). — A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis...
  28. JoAnn M. Borovicka. Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and Paul (2016). — Stories of early believers of the Bahá’í Faith as presented in "Memorials of the Faithful" com...
  29. Persia (1866). — Short summary of the Babi Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn, on last page of an entry about Persia.
  30. Mary A. Sobhani. Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much, A (2015). — Nakhjavani’s historical novel includes metaphors that underscore a link between the secular and th...
  31. A.L.M. Nicolas. Peter Terry, trans. Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn] (2004). — First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Tahirih. These p...
  32. Ruhiyyih Khanum. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The (1934). — Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Babi history aut...
  33. Michael L. Penn. Reflections on Human Rights, Moral Development, and the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence (2001). — A review some of the most significant developments in human rights law designed to contribute to the...
  34. Jack Kalpakian. Representing the Unpresentable: Historical Images of National Reform, by Negar Mottaheddeh: Review (2008). — Book review that touches on the Islamic Republic's treatment of judgment day and how it relates to B...
  35. Amin Banani. Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Bábí Movement in Iran, by Abbas Amanat: Review (1989-1990).
  36. Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). — The  unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
  37. Negar Mottahedeh. Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht (1998-02). — Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic his...
  38. Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn, Nabil-i-A'zam. E. G. Browne, trans. Selected Poems by Qurratu'l-`Ayn, Nabil, and other Babis (1918).
  39. Peter Mazal. Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). — Comparison of Baha'i and Christian morality, archetypal events and people (e.g. the ideal woman) in ...
  40. Bradford W. Miller. Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation (1998). — Explores parallels between the Seneca Fails First Woman’s Rights Convention in the USA and the Bad...
  41. William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings (1878 March). — Brief overview of the Babi Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of...
  42. Denis MacEoin. Still Lives (1993). — The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdi...
  43. Necati Alkan. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History (2000). — On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translati...
  44. Lowell Johnson. Tahirih (1982). — Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrin-Taj, "Crown of Gold."
  45. Amin Banani. Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry (2000). — An account of Tahirih allowing her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and...
  46. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck). Táhirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood (1989). — Tahirih, the Baha'i archetypal paradigm of womanhood, is remembered by Baha’is as the courageous, ...
  47. Terre Ouwehand. Tahirih (1816 - 1852) (1984/2015). — Written for performance in 1984, published 2015.
  48. Universal House of Justice. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage (1990-01). — Two letters on Tahirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You c...
  49. Moojan Momen, Todd Lawson. Tahirih Qurratul-ayn (2011).
  50. Martha L. Root. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World (1941). — Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭahirih, describing...
  51. Darius Shahrokh. Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb (1992). — Life stories of two key heroines of Babi history.
  52. Martha L. Root. David Merrick, comp. Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman (1938). — Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab.
  53. Janet Cundall. "Tahirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood,: Commentary (1992).
  54. Robert Weinberg. Tales of Magnificent Heroism: The Impact of the Báb and His Followers on Writers and Artists (2019-11). — This concise survey explores how this particular episode in humanity’s religious history resonated...
  55. Moojan Momen, Todd Lawson. The Báb; Husayn Bushru'i; Ruh al-Quddus; Tahirih (2004).
  56. Shahbaz Fatheazam. The Quickening: Unknown Poetry of Tahirih, by John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat: Review (2015).
  57. Marzieh Gail. The White Silk Dress (1945). — An "intimate portrait" of Ṭahirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
  58. Mary A. Sobhani. The Woman Who Read Too Much: A Novel, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2018).
  59. Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  60. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká (2019). — Talks from 1904-1907.
  61. Catherine Nash. Two Books on the Life of Tahirih: Review (2019). — Reviews of Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih and The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her Am...
  62. Moojan Momen. Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family (2003-09). — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
  63. Guy Murchie. Visit to Persia, A (1965 March/April). — Notes from travels to Baha'i holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission fro...
  64. Darius Shahrokh. Grace Shahrokh, comp. Windows to the Past (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
  65. Hussein Ahdieh. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Táhirih Písh-tár Ázádí-yi Zanán-i Sharq): Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East (2019). — A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, ...
  66. یادگار جشن پنجاهمین سال تاسیس محفل مقدس بهائیان طهران 55-103: Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bahá'í Assembly of Tehran B.E. 55-103 (1947). — Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of th...

2.   from the Chronology (29 results; expand)

  1. 1817-00-02 — The birth of Fatimih Umm-Salamih, Tahirih (the Pure One), Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), Zarri...
  2. 1830-00-00 — Marriage of Tahirih to her cousin Mulla Muhammad, the son of Mulla Taqi. [TB25]...
  3. 1844-01-10 — The arrival of Tahirih in Karbila. She had learned of the views of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim and...
  4. 1844-05-22 — Declaration of the Bab's Mission Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad ma...
  5. 1844-07-01 — Forty days after the Declaration of the Bab, the second Letter of the Living, Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami,...
  6. 1845-01-00 — Crowds gathered in Karbala in response to the Bab's summons, among them was Tahirih. [BabI62; BBRSM1...
  7. 1845-08-00 — In Karbala Tahirih revived the remnant of the Babi community. She was considered a part of the radic...
  8. 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13] Bab was...
  9. 1845-12-30 — The Bab's birthday fell on the first day of the mourning observance for the Imam Husayn. Tahirih, wh...
  10. 1846-00-03 — Tahirih was sent back to Baghdad from Karbala. She was lodged first in the house of Shaykh Muhammad ...
  11. 1846-12-02 — Tahirih provoked disturbances in Karbala. Her radical interpretation of Babism and her assumption of...
  12. 1847-03-31 — Tahirih's activities in Iraq so alarm some Babis of Kazimayn that they agitated against her. Siyyid ...
  13. 1847-04-17 — The Bab sent a letter to the Shah requesting an audience. [B121; DB229; TN11] Some accounts main...
  14. 1847-08-00 — Tahirih sent Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati to present to the chief mujtahid of Hamadan her dissertation in...
  15. 1847-08-00 — On her departure from Hamadan Tahirih asked most of the Arab Babis travelling with her to return to ...
  16. 1847-08-01 — Mulla Husayn was residing in Mashhad, in Khurasan, where he had been since returning from Shiraz in ...
  17. 1847-09-00 — The murder of Haji Mulla Muhammad Taqi, the powerful uncle of Tahirih, by Mulla `Abdu'llah of Shiraz...
  18. 1847-10-00 — Tahirih was accused of instigating the assassination of her uncle, Muhammad Taqi Baraghani, and was...
  19. 1847-11-00 — Baha'u'llah, who was living in Tihran, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41...
  20. 1848-00-02 — Baha'u'llah planed Tahirih's escape, giving the task to Mirza Hadiy-i-Farhadi, the nephew of Haji As...
  21. 1848-06-26 — The Conference of Badasht Baha'u'llah, who hosted and directed the event, rented three gardens, one ...
  22. 1848-07-01 — Quddús was arrested and taken to Sari where he was placed under house arrest in the home of Mirza M...
  23. 1848-07-17 — The Babis left Badasht for Mazindaran. They were attacked by a mob of more than 500 outside the vill...
  24. 1848-07-19 — The Women's Rights Convention was held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, NY. The principle org...
  25. 1852-08-16 — The martyrdom of Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) in Tihran. [BBR172–3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203] ...
  26. 1910-00-00 — The publication of God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts by Laura Clifford Barney, (London: Kegan Paul...
  27. 1960-04-30 — The unveiling of Statue of a Liberated Woman by sculptor Fuad Abdurahma...
  28. 2018-07-08 — The opening of the play about Tahirih called Daughter of the Sun to an audience of 450 people at the...
  29. 2020-09-18 — The passing of Talat Bassari (b. 1923 Babol, Iran) in Los Angeles. She was an Iranian Baha'i poet, f...
 
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