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Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800 words

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله

Translation:

Provisional translation

The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit

Manuscripts (3)Publications (3)Translations (2)Notes (5)

INBA. Iranian National Bahá’í Archives volumes. Two-digit entries are from the 105-volume private printing, Iran, 1975. Digitally reprinted by the Afnan Library: https://afnanlibrary.org/inba/, with typed volumes available at https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/manuscripts-fa/. Four- digit entries suffixed by “C” are taken from SRC Appendix 1; 6007C can be found at http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf

INBA64:001.04-013.08

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=3

INBA_6007C.130-137

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf

CMB. Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, E.G. Browne collection. See BRHL for details. Link to catalog entries: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/subject_sh2009116570

CMB_F14.104v04-110r01

Not yet online

TSHA. Malik-Khusraví, Muḥammad 'Alí. Táríkh-i-Shuhadá-yi-Amr (3 vols). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. History of the martyrs. Vol. 1: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_1.pdf; Vol. 2: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_2.pdf

TSHA1.412-414

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/660.pdf#page=218

MANU. Majmú`i'í az Áthár-i Nuqṭiy-i-Úlá va Ṣubḥ-i Azal. Iran, 1960. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/majmuih1/athar.htm

MANU.082-088

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/majmuih1/athar.htm

TZH. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Táríkh-i Ẓuhúr al-Ḥaqq (9 vols.). Vols. 3 and 8 published in Iran 1941/42 and 1975/76; vols. 3 and 4 republished 2008 and 2011 by Bahá’í-Verlag. Encyclopedic history of the Faith. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/mazand1.htm (ms images) and https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/historical-works-fa (typed volumes)

TZH3.424.20-426.02x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/497.pdf#page=430

RBB. MacEoin, Denis. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism. Cambridge, 1994. Monograph. https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

RBB.105-106x

https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PT#150

https://bahai-library.com/bab_ziyarat_quddus

JRAS. Browne, E.G. “Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Cambridge, 1892. https://bahai- library.com/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one

JRAS.457

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one.pdf#page=26

BRHL. Browne, E.G. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts Belonging to E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932. Includes list of mss in the Cambridge “F” series. https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf

BRHL.60

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=82

MSBR. Browne, E.G. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Cambridge, 1961. https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

MSBR.206-207

https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

SRC. MacEoin, Denis. The Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History. Brill, 1992. https://books.google.com/books?id=xqV9-zmMxsUC. Appendix 1 contains the most complete previous inventory of the Báb’s Writings

SRC.099

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=36

SRC.210

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=54