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008			180524s2012 CNT 000 0 und d
020			_a978-84-615-9603-4
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
245	1	0	_aبهائىان کاشان
246			_aBahāʼiyān-i Kāshān
246			_aBaha'is of Kashan
260			_aMadrid : _bFundacion Nehal _c2012
300			_a40, 511 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
505			_aThe book consists of nine chapters. Chapter One offers a general history of the city and its social life while Chapter Two narrates an early introduction of the Babi message in Kashan and the emergence of the Baha'i Faith. Chapters Three to Six deal with the shaping of the Baha'i community, lives of major Baha'i poets and authors of Kashan, Baha'i schools and education, and Western Baha'i visitors to Kashan. Chapters Seven to Nine are a close study of Baha'i families of Kashan region, identifying their origins and tracing family histories over several generations, roughly up to the middle of the 20th century. In these chapters special attention is paid to genealogical details of converts, their Muslim or Jewish backgrounds, circumstances of their conversion, Baha'i writings and correspondences addressed to prominent members of each family, as well as major upheavals and persecutions they encountered. Perhaps the most salient feature in these chapters, and throughout the book, is the emerging cohesion within the young Baha'i community that stood above the diverse religious and economic backgrounds of its members.
650		0	_9119 _aHistory _vBaha'i Faith
650		0	_aHistory _vBaha'i Faith _zIran _91214
651		0	_9372 _aIran _vBaha'i Faith
651		0	_91286 _aKashan _vBaha'i Faith
700			_aMousa Amanat _91287 _qMūsá Amānat
700			_aNūrā Amānat Ṣamīmī _91288 _4Editor
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