Ocean of Lights

Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

1100 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم

Translation:

Provisional translation

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o]

Manuscripts (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

INBA_6007C.112-116

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_F14.088v05-091v09

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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.456

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one.pdf#page=25

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