A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb

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LibriVox recording of A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater. “This book is the history of a proscribed and persecuted sect written by one of themselves,” writes Professor Edward Granville Browne, the Cambridge Orientalist who translated this narrative. “After suffering in silence for nigh upon half a century, they at length find voice to tell their tale and offer their apology. Of this voice I am the interpreter.” This work is the story of the life of the Siyyid ‘Alí-Muhammad-i-Shírází (1819-1850), known as the “Báb”, which is Arabic for “Gate”. He claimed to be none other than the Promised One of Islám and a new Manifestation of God. He also proclaimed that He was the Gate, Herald and Forerunner of an even greater Manifestation of God who would come soon after Him, the Promised One of all religions and Return of Christ in the Glory of the Father, Mírzá Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí (1817-1892), known as Bahá’u’lláh (Arabic for “The Glory of God”). The followers of the Báb were known as Bábís. When Bahá’u’lláh declared His mission in 1863, most Bábís accepted Him as the Manifestation foretold by the Báb. Bahá…

Directors & creators

‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás

Subjects

Bahá'í­; Bahá'í­ Faith; Baha'i; Bahai; Bábí; Babi; Babism; Bayán; al-Báb; The Báb; Sayyid 'Alí-Muḥammad Shírází; 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás; 'Abdu'l-Baha; 'Abbas Effendi; 'Abbás Effendi; maqálih-i-shakhsí-i-sayyáh; traveller's narrative; Persia; Iran; Iranian history; history; religion; audiobook; librivox

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