Contents

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Articles

The Baha’i Faith and the Perennial Mystical Quest: A Western Perspective

    Julio Savi 

Jamal Effendi and Sayyid Mustafa Rumi in Celebes: The Context of Early Baha’i Missionary Activity in Indonesia
    Jelle de Vries 

Baha’i Approaches to Christianity and Islam: Further Thoughts on Developing an Inter-Religious Dialogue
    Seena Fazel 

Translation
‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Proclamation on the Persecution of Baha’is in 1903
    Ahang Rabbani

Methodology
The Modes and Intentions of Biography
    Graham Hassall

Historical Documents and Chronicles
A Chronicle of the Babi-Baha’i Communities in Sangsar and Shahmirzad
    Moojan Momen 

Soundings/Commentary
Imagining Baha’i Law: Commentary on Udo Schaefer, ‘An Introduction to Baha’i Law’
    Roshan Danesh 

Research Note
The global distribution of Baha’is in the 1920s
    Peter Smith 

Compilation
The Baha’i Concept of Evil 

Obituary
Abu’l-Qasim Afnan
    Iraj Ayman 

Reviews
Nusrat’u’llah Muhammad-Husaini, Hadrat-i Bab, and Abu’l-Qasim Afnan, ‘Ahd-i A‘la
    Armin Eschraghi

Margit Warburg, Baha’i
    Daniel Grolin 

William Garlington, The Baha’i Faith in America
    Peter Smith

Frank Lewis, Rumi: Past and Present
    Bruce Wannell