… His sister, who is also called Shams-I Jahan Khanum (but is different to the above person of
… amounts to criteria 1 and 4, and that for Shams-i Jahan Khanum criteria 1 and 2 in the above …

To date, most studies concerning early Babi and Baha’i women of Iran have focused on the
biographies of individuals. 1 This trend has, in part, been dictated by the nature of the …

… a princely one, that of Shams-i Jahan Fitna, a Qajar princess … he was hired to tutor Shams-i
Jahan. He secretly brought her … Shams-i Jahan determined to meet the leader of the Babis, …

… One of those women was a prominent poet, Shams-i-Jahan, the grand-daughter of a
former King of Persia.She arrived at the Mayor’s house, stepped into the inner courtyard and …

In this paper, I start by discussing a controversy that has erupted recently over the issue of the
exact point in time that Baha’u’llah became aware of his mission. The controversy revolves …

To date, most studies concerning early Babi and Baha’i women of Iran have focused on the
biographies of individuals. 1 This trend has, in part, been dictated by the nature of the …

Aman-Allah's effort to modernize Afghanistan in the first quarter of the twentieth century appears
on the historic record as a failure. In this work we have sought to illuminate the nature of …

In the 19th century, countless individuals believed a new Revelation was imminent. In Persia,
the Báb fulfilled the prediction by several clerics of the appearance of the Promised Qa'im. …