THE BÁB
The Herald of
the Day of Days


By the same author
`ABDU'L-BAHÁ
The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh
BAHÁ'U'LLÁH
The King of Glory
BAHÁ'U'LLÁH
A brief life, followed by an essay entitled THE WORD MADE FLESH
KHADÍJIH BAGUM
The Wife of the Báb
EDWARD GRANVILLE BROWNE AND THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH
EMINENT BAHÁ'ÍS IN THE TIME OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH
MUḤAMMAD AND THE COURSE OF ISLÁM

THE BÁB
The Herald of the Day of Days

by
H. M. BALYUZI

GR

GEORGE RONALD
OXFORD


First published 1973 by George Ronald
46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2DN
Reprinted 1973 and 1974
Paper edition 1975
Reprinted 1994

© H. M. BALYUZI 1973

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.It may not be reproduced in whole orin part, in any form (except for fair dealing forthe purposes of private study, research, criticismor review as permitted under the CopyrightAct, 1956) without written permissionfrom the publisher.

ISBN 0 85398 054 3

EXTRACTS FROM
Nabíl, The Dawn-Breakers
Copyright © 1932 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís
of the United States
Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By
Copyright © 1944, 1971 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís
of the United States
WORLD ORDER, A Bahá'í Magazine
Copyright © 1966 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís
of the United States

Printed by The Cromwell Press,
Broughton Gifford, Melksham,
Wiltshire SN12 8PH


Contents

Forewordix
A Note on the Construction of Persian Namesxi
Prologue1
1.All Hail Shíráz15
2.He Whom They Sought32
3.Ṭihrán48
4.The First Martyr...

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