The BAb: The Herald of the Day of Days

Contents

Foreword		ix
A Note on the Construction of Persian Names		xi
Prologue		1
1.	All Hail ShÍrÁz	15
2.	He Whom They Sought	32
3.	?ihrÁn	48
4.	The First Martyr	58
5.	Pilgrimage to Mecca	69
6.	Forces of Opposition Arrayed	76
7.	Belief and Denial	85
8.	The City of `AbbÁs the Great	106
9.	The Antichrist of the BÁbÍ Revelation	117
10.	Where the Aras Flows	124
11.	The Grievous Mountain	134
12.	That Midsummer Noon	148
13.	The Dawn-Breakers	161
	Epilogue	189
APPENDICES
1.	The Siege of KarbilÁ	193
2.	The Martyrdom of the BÁb	202
3.	Prelude to the Episode of NayrÍz	204
4.	The Seven Martyrs of ?ihrÁn	206
5.	The Episode of ZanjÁn	209
6.	Lord Palmerston's Enquiry	214
7.	Myth-Making	217
	Bibliography	225
	Notes	229
	Index	243

TO
THE SHINING MEMORY
OF
A LONE AND NOBLE WOMAN
WHO SUFFERED IN SILENCE
FOR FORTY YEARS
THIS STORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND
IS DEDICATED

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