Tablet catalog
Suriy-i-Ra'is
OOL 01 00272 Phelps: BH 00260
BH 00260•Bahá’u’lláh•Arabic
Suriy-i-Ra'is
2450 words

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Translation:
Official translation
Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth
Abstract:
Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul.
# Name Source
#1 Suriy-i-Rais Source Arabic
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 سورة الرئيس (عالي باشا) Source Arabic Translations English 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
INBA47:147
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v047/?page=149
INBA34:081
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=83
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_Or15735.129
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_BH2.354
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=354
Berlin. Manuscripts held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Ms or. Oct. 1237 found at at https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007. Ms or. Oct. 3655 found at: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002E63E00000000
Berlin1237#28
https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007
PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47
PR11.020b-026a
https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0181
UMich. Manuscripts held at the University of Michigan Libraries and hosted by HathiTrust.
Ms 962 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131432. Ms 968 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131499. Ms 991 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131788
UMich962.130-132x
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf
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#2
http://www.bahai.org/r/209688101
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#003
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-8.html
AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents
AVK4.453x
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-457.html
MJMM. Majmú`ih-yi Maṭbú`ih-yi Alváḥ-i Mubárakih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Collection of Tablets originally published in Cairo 1920. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/download.html, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-01-fa/ (typescript)
MJMM.087
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-88.html
ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf
ASAT3.048x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=26
ASAT4.254x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=129
ASAT5.230x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=120
BCH. Barnámiy-i Jashnháy-i Mu'avíy-i I`lán-i Amr-i Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. BPT Iran, 1967. Centenary program for the Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/bch.pdf
BCH.104x
https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/bch.pdf#page=101
YMM. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Miṣbáḥ-i-Munír. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Biography and notes of Abdi Misbah. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf
YMM.269x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=277
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#02
http://www.bahai.org/r/431449213
GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/
GPB.174x
http://www.bahai.org/r/756893340
GPB.179-180x
http://www.bahai.org/r/489808222
GPB.180x
http://www.bahai.org/r/489808222
GPB.181x2x
http://www.bahai.org/r/164934453
PDC. Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi- effendi/promised-day-come/
PDC.099x
http://www.bahai.org/r/991461543
PDC.120x
http://www.bahai.org/r/672554911
WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/
WOB.105-106x
http://www.bahai.org/r/441987268
WOB.178x
http://www.bahai.org/r/259670741
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#194
https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_surih_rais_1923
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.088 #039x
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
BSC.224 #444-445x
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
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
ROB2.411 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.259
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.146
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=158
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.109
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-109.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#326
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#326