Tahirih in History : Perspectives on Qurratu'l-'Ayn from East and West
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in the Babi and Baha’i Religions ; 16Publication details: Los Angeles Kalimat Press 2004Description: XIV, 292 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 1890688355 (pbk.)
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One hundred and fifty years ago, Tahirih stunned Iran and shocked her fellow believers by removing her veil in the company of men at the conference of Badasht. This volume is a compilation of historical work that has been written about her in the years since. It brings together most of what we know about Tahirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn. Included is history from Baha'i sources: 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi; the work of scholars in India and Pakistan, where Tahirih's work is well known; and essays by Western scholars, such as E. G. Browne, A.-L.-M. Nicolas (translated from French), Abbas Amanat, Farzaneh Milani, and others. Many of these are new research published in this volume for the first time. An essential book for anyone interested in Tahirih!
Table of Contents
Sabir Afaqi
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xv
Baha'i Sources
'Abdu'l-Baha
Jinab-i Tahirih
3
Shoghi Effendi
Valiant Tahirih
15
Eastern Impressions
Sabir Afaqi
Qurrat'ul-'Ayn in Urdu Literature
23
Muhammad Iqbal
Javid-nama: The Sphere Of Jupiter (Excerpts)
45
M. Hidayat Hosain
A Female Martyr of the Babi Faith
51
Muhanmmad Ishaque
Qurratu'l-Ayn-a Babi Martyr
57
Mohammad Ali Siddiqui
Qurrat'ul-Ayn: A Profile In Courage
67
Masudu'l Hasan
Qurratu'l-Ayn Tahira
71
Khwaja Masud
The Cry of Tahira
75
Suleyman Nazif
Passages on Tahirih from: Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler
79
Western Considerations
Edward G. Browne
Kurratu'l-'Ayn
85
A.-L.-M. Nicolas
Qourr't-oul-Ane: Prodigy in 'Knowledge and Beauty
97
Abbas Amanat
Qurratu'l-Ayn: The Remover of the Veil
113
Farzaneh Milani
Becoming a Presence: Tahereh Qorratol'Ayn
159
Susan Stiles Maneck
Tahirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood
185
Negar Mottahedeh
Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories
203
Jan Teofil Jasion
Tahirih on the Russian Stage
231
The Writings of Qurratu'l-'Ayn
Denis MacEoin
The Writings of Qurrat al-'Ayn Qazvini
241
A Prayer of Tahirih
A Gathering of the Poems
253
Poems of Tahirih in the original languages
257
Bibliography
265
Contributors
280
Poems of Tahirih in the Original Languages