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Papers

The Bab’s Stay in Kashan: A Historiographical Analysis of the Kitab-i-Nuqtatu’l-Kaf based on the Kashan Pericope

    Kavian Milani

Symbolism in the Badi‘ Calendar
    Robin Mihrshahi

Mark Tobey, His Art, and the Seattle Baha’i Community
    Robert G. Wilson

Methodology
Biographical Zoning and Baha’i Biographical Writing: The Case of Rose Henderson
    Will C. van den Hoonaard

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Translations

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentary on the Qur’anic Verses concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul

    Moojan Momen

Historical Documents
The Bab in Shiraz: An account by Mirza Habibu’llah Afnan
    Ahang Rabbani

Commentaries
A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha’i Scriptures: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha’i Studies
    Ismael Velasco

What is a Man? Some Thoughts on Keven Brown’s ‘‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Response to Darwinism: Its Historical and Philosophical Context’
    Thomas Linard

Reviews
Nazila Ghanea, Human Rights, the UN and the Bahā’īs in Iran
    Payam Akhavan

Seena Fazel and John Danesh (eds.), Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Bahā’ī Thought.
    Brian Miller

Peter Smith (ed.), Bahā’īs in the West
    Will C. van den Hoonaard

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Author Biographical Notes