The Development of the Babi/Baha'i Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives (Iranian Studies)

Baron Rosen's Babi/baha'i Archives Presents Private Letters And Diplomatic Correspondence From The Nineteenth Century, Preserved Among The Prominent Russian Scholar Baron Victor Rosen's Materials In The Archive Of The Russian Academy Of Sciences, St. Petersburg Branch. The Materials Cast Light On The First Studies Of The Babi And Baha'i Faiths, New Religious Phenomena Which, In Baron Rosen's Time, Were Emerging In Persia. Iran Has Always Been A Strategic Concern Of Russia's Geopolitical Interests And The Traditional Importance Which Has Been Given To Persia Has Manifested Itself In Hundreds Of Documents And Writings Collected By The Pre-revolutionary Russian Diplomats And Scholars. These Documents, Large Parts Of Which Have Never Been Published Before, Reveal New Information On The Attitude Of The Russian Government Towards Religious And Ethnic Minorities As Well As Towards Related Issues Within The Russian Empire And Abroad. Bringing Together Materials In Russian, English, Persian, Arabic And French Related To The Babi And Baha'i Faiths From Rosen's Archive In The Original Languages With An English Translation, This Book Will Be Of Great Interest To Students And Researchers In The Fields Of Iranian Studies, Religion And Middle East Studies Amongst Others.--publisher's Website. A Brief Look At The Babi And Bahai Faiths As An Object Of Study In Nineteenth Century Russia And Britain -- Baron V. R. Rosen's Archive In The Russian Academy Of Sciences And This Book -- From A. G. Tumanski's Correspondence With V. R. Rosen -- Official Reports And Private Letters Of Russian Diplomats Concerning The Babis/bahai's -- Report By The Russian Charge D'affaire In Tehran Mr. Zinovyev To Duke Gorchakov -- Babis In Adrionople. Report Of Chief Of The Consulate Staff In Adrionople -- Information About The Babis Presented By Persians Living In Adrionople -- Information About The Babis By Yunus Mehdi Effendi, The Qadi In Adrianople -- Report Of The Russian Consul General In Adharbayjan Bezobrazov -- Anonymous Diplomatic Dispatch Concerning An Episode In Isfahan -- From G. Batyushkov's Correspondence With V. R. Rosen -- From V. I. Ignatyev's Correspondence With V. R. Rosen -- Sebastian Voirot's Correspondence With V. R. Rosen -- Some Separate Transcripts In V. R. Rosen's Archive -- From E. G. Browne's Correspondence With Rosen -- I. Khayrulláh's Letter To V. R. Rosen -- Abul-fazl Gulpáygání's Transcript. Youli Ioannesyan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Russian Archival Sources Translated Into English. This book provides a range of original translated documents from the late 19th and early 20th century on the development of the Baha’i/Babi communities.