Tahirih in History : Perspectives on Qurratu'l-'Ayn from East and West 

 - Los Angeles  Kalimat Press  2004 
 - XIV, 292 pages ; 23 cm 
 - Studies in the Babi and Baha’i Religions  16 .
<br/><br/>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<br/>Sabir Afaqi <br/>Preface<br/>xi<br/>Acknowledgements<br/>xv<br/>Baha'i Sources<br/>'Abdu'l-Baha <br/>Jinab-i Tahirih<br/>3<br/>Shoghi Effendi <br/>Valiant Tahirih<br/>15<br/>Eastern Impressions<br/>Sabir Afaqi <br/>Qurrat'ul-'Ayn in Urdu Literature<br/>23<br/>Muhammad Iqbal <br/>Javid-nama: The Sphere Of Jupiter (Excerpts)<br/>45<br/>M. Hidayat Hosain <br/>A Female Martyr of the Babi Faith<br/>51<br/>Muhanmmad Ishaque <br/>Qurratu'l-Ayn-a Babi Martyr<br/>57<br/>Mohammad Ali Siddiqui <br/>Qurrat'ul-Ayn: A Profile In Courage<br/>67<br/>Masudu'l Hasan <br/>Qurratu'l-Ayn Tahira<br/>71<br/>Khwaja Masud <br/>The Cry of Tahira<br/>75<br/>Suleyman Nazif<br/>Passages on Tahirih from: Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler<br/>79<br/>Western Considerations<br/>Edward G. Browne <br/>Kurratu'l-'Ayn<br/>85<br/>A.-L.-M. Nicolas <br/>Qourr't-oul-Ane: Prodigy in 'Knowledge and Beauty<br/>97<br/>Abbas Amanat <br/>Qurratu'l-Ayn: The Remover of the Veil<br/>113<br/>Farzaneh Milani <br/>Becoming a Presence: Tahereh Qorratol'Ayn<br/>159<br/>Susan Stiles Maneck <br/>Tahirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood<br/>185<br/>Negar Mottahedeh <br/>Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories<br/>203<br/>Jan Teofil Jasion <br/>Tahirih on the Russian Stage<br/>231<br/>The Writings of Qurratu'l-'Ayn<br/>Denis MacEoin <br/>The Writings of Qurrat al-'Ayn Qazvini<br/>241<br/>A Prayer of Tahirih<br/>A Gathering of the Poems<br/>253<br/>Poems of Tahirih in the original languages<br/>257<br/>Bibliography<br/>265<br/>Contributors<br/>280<br/>Poems of Tahirih in the Original Languages<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1890688355 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tahirih Qurrat al-‘Ayn 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History--Babism<br/>Letters of the Living--Babism