Vahid Rafati
- BAHAISM x. Bahai Schools
BAHAISM x. Bahai Schools The Bahai schools were a series of government recognized educational institutions established, owned, and controlled by…
- BAHAISM ix. Bahai Temples
BAHAISM ix. Bahai Temples The Bahai temple, designated in Bahāʾ-Allāh’s Ketāb al-aqdas (Most holy book) as Mašreq al-aḏkār (lit. Dawning…
- BAHAISM vi. The Bahai Community of Ashkhabad
BAHAISM vi. The Bahai Community of Ashkhabad (ʿEšqābād) Attracted by religious freedom and economic opportunities unavailable to them in Iran,…
- BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran
BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community of Iran Origins. With the Declaration of the Bāb in 1260/1844, followed by his being…
- ḴORĀSĀNI, MOLLĀ ṢĀDEQ
ḴORĀSĀNI, MOLLĀ ṢĀDEQ (ملا صادق خراسانی), teacher, defender and promulgator of the Babi-Bahai faiths (b. Mashhad; d. Hamadan, 1291/1874). Mollā Ṣādeq,…
- BURIAL v. In Bahai Communities
BURIAL v. In Bahai Communities Principles of Bahai burial. Bahai laws on burial are limited to a few basic principles…
- FANĀʾĪĀN, Mīrzā FARAJ-ALLĀH JONŪN
FANĀʾĪĀN, Mīrzā FARAJ-ALLĀH JONŪN b. Loṭf-ʿAlī b. Moḥammad-Reżā, poet, born in the village of Sangsar, near Semnān in 1290/1873. A…
- EŠRĀQ ḴĀVARĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD
EŠRĀQ ḴĀVARĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤAMĪD (b. Mašhad 1320/1902, d. Tehran 15 Mordād 1351 Š./6 August 1972) Bahai scholar, teacher, and author. He…
- NABIL-E AʿẒAM ZARANDI, MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD
NABIL-E AʿẒAM ZARANDI, MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD (ملّا محمد نبیل اعظم زرندی), Persian Bahai poet, teacher, and chronicler of Babi history (b. Zarand,…