Tablet catalog
Lawh-i-Sultan
OOL 01 00044 Phelps: BH 00038
BH 00038•Bahá’u’lláh•Arabic and Persian
Lawh-i-Sultan
6890 words

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

Notes:
Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal
Translation:
Official translation
O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God
Abstract:
Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.
# Name Source Translations
#1 Kitáb-i-Sulṭán (Tablet to the Sháh of Persia) Source Persian Translations Arabic
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 لوح السلطان ناصر الدين شاه القاجاري Source Persian Translations English Resources
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 كتاب سلطان Source Persian Translations English Arabic Resources
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
INBA34:047
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=49
BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained
BLIB_Or03115.001
Not yet online
BLIB_Or15705.032
Not yet online
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_F31.022
Not yet online
NLAI. Manuscripts held at the National Library and Archives of Iran, Tihran. https://www.nlai.ir/ Includes “BH1” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH1_.pdf), “BH2” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf), “BH3” = KB_622 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf), “BH4” = KB_834 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH4_.pdf), “BH_AB” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH_AB_misc.pdf), and “NLAI_22848” = KB_833 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf)
NLAI_BH2.367
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=367
NLI. Manuscripts held at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem. Includes Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no. 32 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002764084/NLI), Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no.50 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002781925/NLI)
NLI.32p100r
https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002764084/NLI
PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47
PR11.001b-020b
https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0181
LEID. Manuscripts at Leiden University, Netherlands, listed by Or number
LEID.Or4970 item 7
Not yet online
LEID.Or8685
Not yet online
NRJ. Nidá-i-Rabb-i-Junúd. Bahá’í World Centre, n.d. Original language texts corresponding to SLH. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts
NRJ#1e
http://www.bahai.org/r/702595068
AQA. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá (7 vols). Bombay and BPT Iran, 1890-1978. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh: Vol. 1 is the "Kitáb-i-Mubín" comprising the Súriy-i-Haykal and other Tablets in descending order of length; Vol. 2 also in descending order of length and based on earlier manuscripts containing the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as the first item; Vol. 3 includes early and mystical works; vol. 4 is best-known works from the Baghdad and Adrianople periods (two versions, 4a preceding 4); vol. 5 is Tablets mainly addressed to Bahá’ís in Qazvín. Republished by the Canada Association for Bahá’í Studies (2002- 2006) in 3 volumes, vol. 1 = old Vol. 1 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/565.pdf), vol. 2 = old vols. 2,3,4 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf), vol. 3 [typescript] = old vols. 5,6,7 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/567.pdf). Pagination in this catalog follows the old series but Tablet numbering follows the new series
AQA1#001e
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html
UAB. Uṣúl-i `Aqáyid-i Bahá'íyán. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1983. Basic principles of the Bahá’í Faith. http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf
UAB.022ax
http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=13
FBAH. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1994. Biography of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/HB2
FBAH.215x
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/HB2/hb2-219.html
DLH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Durj-i La'álíy-i Hidáyat (3 vols.). BPT Iran, 132 B.E. [1975]. Talks. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/729.pdf
DLH2.154x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/729.pdf#page=79
SLH. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 2002. Bahá’u’lláh’s call to the monarchs of the world. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord- hosts/
SLH#01e
http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547
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#186
https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_nasir-din_shah_browne
BLO_PT#187
https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_nasir-din_shah
BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
BSC.068 #037
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
BP1929. Prayers and Meditations (1929 ed.). New York: Baha’i Publishing Committee, 1929
BP1929.036x
Not yet online
almunajat.com [item 22]
https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm
S. Jaberi
https://youtu.be/dJpngN5UKOI
ROB. Taherzadeh, Adib. The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh (4 vols.). George Ronald, 1974-1987. Vol. 1: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Cover.html, Vol. 2: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Cover.html, Vol. 3: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Cover.html, Vol. 4: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Cover.html
ROB2.337 et al
https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html
BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980
BKOG.309 et al
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23
MMAH. Ḥisámí, Ḥabíbu'lláh. Manabi'-i-Maṭáli'-i-Amrí, Bakhsh-i-Avval: Áthár. n.p., n.d. Summaries of best-known Works, with sources. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf
MMAH.113
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=125
GSH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganj-i Sháyigán. BPT Iran, 124 B.E. [1967]. Summaries of best-known works of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS
GSH.102
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-102.html
LL. “The Leiden List of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh”. Sen McGlinn, ed. Index of ~500 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. This catalog references the March 1999 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai- library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html
LL#248
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#248