A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental mss. belonging to the late E. G. Browne / by Edward G. Browne, completed & edited with a memoir of the author and a bibliography of his writings by Reynold A. Nicholson.

  • Edward Granville Browne
Date:
1932
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental mss. belonging to the late E. G. Browne / by Edward G. Browne, completed & edited with a memoir of the author and a bibliography of his writings by Reynold A. Nicholson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    F. 66^15). A portfolio containing original letters received by Professor Browne from leading Bdbis and Baha’is (1889-1913), together with other letters and documents connected with the subject and belonging to the same period. The following note by Professor Browne is written at the end: “ Full particulars concerning the more important of my Bdbi (Azali and Baha’i) correspondents whose letters are contained in this volume will be found in my Traveller s Narrative (Cambridge University Press, 1891), New History (Cambridge University Press, 1893) and Materials for the Study of the Bdbl Religion (Cambridge University Press, 1918). Pp. i-io contain letters from Mirzd Yahya ‘ Subh-i-Azal ’—‘the Dawn of Eternity’—himself and from his sons ‘Abdu’l-‘Ah and Rizwdn ‘All, his nephew Ruhu’lldh, and his followers ‘Abdu’l-Ahad of Zanjdn and Mahmud ibn Muhammad Ja‘far of Kirmdn, the brother of Shaykh Ahmad Ruhi of Kirmdn. The Bahd’i letters include those from all BahTu’lldh’s four sons, viz. ‘Abbds Efendi ‘Abdu’l- Bahd ; his rival Muhammad ‘All; Badi‘u’lldh ; and Ziyd’u’lldh. Also from Mirzd Muhammad ‘All of Yazd ; Hdjji Sayyid ‘All of Shirdz ; ‘Azizu’lldh of Bukhdrd (a converted Jew); Muhammad Jawid and his son Ghulimu’lldh of Qazwin, two of the partisans of Muhammad ‘All.” Most of the letters have been numbered by Professor Browne, who has usually noted the writer’s name, the date at which the letter was written or posted, and also in many cases the date at which it was received, while some indication is often given as to the nature of its contents. The letters are not always arranged in their exact numerical order; different letters are occasionally denoted by the same number ; and there are one or two numbers to which no letter appears to have been assigned^ /. Letters from Subh-i-Azal, his sons and his adherents, etc. No. I (facing f. 4). From Subh-i-Azal, written July 29, 1889, enclosing a copy of Subh-i-Azal’s appointment by the B4b. No. 2 (facing f. 4). From Subh-i-Azal, posted from Famagusta on Oct. i, 1889, treating chiefly of the writings of the Bdb and his early disciples. No. 2a (facing f. 5). Transcript of a letter of Qurratu’l-‘Ayn to Mulld Shaykh ‘Ah. Both the transcript and the autograph were received from Subh-i-Azal on Oct. II, 1889. The text of the former, with facsimile of the original, was published in Professor Browne’s translation of the TcHrikh-ifadid (see pp. 421 and 434—437). ^ [ The following list should be compared with that given by Prof. Browne in Materials for the Study of the Bdbl Religion, pp. 234—237, the existence of which I had forgotten at the time when I drew up mine. In Prof. Browne’s list the letters sent to him by each of his correspondents are arranged under the writer’s name, and as a rule nothing is added except the date.]
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