A friend asked about the ‘days of marriage’ which Abdu’l-Baha referred to in a letter to Alwyn Baker in late 1920. That led me to two letters from Abdu’l-Baha, one of them translated by Shoghi Effendi and available only in an edited form, the other not available in English in Ocean and the other search engines, and containing some remarks on philosophy, evolution and the eternity of creation. And, in the end, I also found out about the ‘days of marriage.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December, 2009
Days of marriage
Posted by Sen on December 20, 2009
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Heroes of modernity: Rushdiyh
Posted by Sen on December 10, 2009
Mirza Hasan Rushdiyh – the father of modern Persian education
(contributed by Ahang Rabbani)
Mirza Hasan was born on 5 July 1851 in Tabriz, which one year earlier had seen the tumult associated with the execution of the Bab and which had emerged as a stronghold of Shaykhi faction of the Twelver Shiites. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in History | Tagged: Constitutional Revolution, education, modernity, Rushdiyh | Leave a Comment »
Violetta Zein mentions this letter, and the preceding events, at around 1 hour 24 minutes in her excellent youtube video:…