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mellen
, November 05, 2006
A comprehensive biography of the Forerunner of the Bah?'? Faith by one of its foremost scholars. In the middle of the nineteenth century Iran was convulsed by the appearance of the B?b, whose brief ministry of six years (1844-50) ended in His own martyrdom and that of many thousands of His followers. The B?b was a young merchant who announced that `He Whom God shall make manifest' would soon arise to guide humanity into a new epoch of civilization. The B?b and His religion were observed firsthand by Western diplomats whose official reports and other accounts provide unparalleled data for the study of the rise of a Faith which `may not impossibly win a place amidst the great religions of the world'. Wide use has been made of many official documents and material gathered from family archives, accessible to the author as a relative of the B?b.
Balyuzi captures Bah?'? history in a way that is easy to read, and difficult to put down. His books suck you in and help you feel that you are really there.
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