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Articles

An Officer and an Orientalist: Alexander Grigorevich Tumanskii and His Contribution to Russian Historiography on and Policy towards the Babi-Baha’i Religion
    Soli Shahvar 

Scholar Meets Prophet: Edward Granville Browne and Baha’u’llah (Acre, 1890)
    Christopher Buck and Youli Ioannesyan

Shoghi Rabbani as ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Secretary, 1918–20
    Peter Smith

Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure
    Moojan Momen

Baha’i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey
    Bijan Masumian and Adib Masumian

Translation
Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri, Baha’u’llah, Tablet of Tribulations (Lawh-i Balāyā)
    William McCants

Baha’u’llah’s Paradise of Justice: Commentary and Translation
    Christopher Buck and Adib Masumian

Book Review
The Maxwells of Montreal, Vol 1. The Early Years 1870–1922, Violette Nakhjavani with the assistance of Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2011)
The Maxwells of Montreal, Vol 2. Middle Years 1923–1937, Late Years 1937–1952, Violette Nakhjavani with the assistance of Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2012)
    Graham Hassall

Research Note
Published English-Language Letters of Shoghi Effendi During the 1920s
    Peter Smith

Commentary
Essay: My Faith in Baha’u’llah: A Declaration
    Roland Faber