Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
Series |
Iranian Studies |
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Iranian Studies
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 h |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Includes Russian archival sources translated into English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Rozen, V. R. (Viktor Romanovich), 1849-1908 -- Archives
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Rozen, V. R. (Viktor Romanovich), 1849-1908 -- Correspondence
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SUBJECT |
Rozen, V. R. (Viktor Romanovich), 1849-1908 fast |
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Babism -- History -- Sources
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Bahai Faith -- History -- Sources
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Babism -- Study and teaching -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Bahai Faith -- Study and teaching -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Arabists -- Russia -- Correspondence
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Arabists
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Babism
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Bahai Faith
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Bahai Faith -- Study and teaching
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Russia
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Genre/Form |
Archives
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History
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Personal correspondence
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Sources
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012038140 |
ISBN |
9781136741487 |
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1136741488 |
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9780203568538 |
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0203568532 |
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9781299637627 |
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1299637620 |
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