Tablet catalog
Words to Otto Häfner, spoken on 1913-04-04
OOL 06 40113 Phelps: ABU 1846
ABU 1846•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words to Otto Häfner, spoken on 1913-04-04
160 words

مبلغی در طفولیت خوبست من باین سن که بودم تبلیغ می‌کردم شخصی از احباب برادری داشت

Notes:
MHMD2.671n583. Zarqani and Sohrab have different wording
Translation:
Provisional translation
It is good to be a spreader of the Teachings of God in childhood. I was a teacher
BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf
BDA2.218
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-226.html
DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914
DAS.1913-04-05
Not yet online
SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West
SW_v09#18 p.201
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18
MHMD2. Masumian, Adib (trans.). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe 1912-1913: The Talks and Travels of the Master as Recorded by Mírzá Maḥmúd Zarqání. George Ronald, 2024. English Translation of BDA2
MHMD2.281
Not yet online
VLAB. Honnold, Annamarie. Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 1982. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf
VLAB.103
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf
STAB. Badiei, Amir, ed. Stories Told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 2003. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf
STAB#114
https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=114