Collection items

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s treatise on the establishment of a...

Manuscript Created date: 1911

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Asrār al-Ghaybīyah fī Asbāb al-Madanīyah (‘Secret of divine civilisation’), a treatise on the philosophy ...

Album of Baha’i calligraphy

Manuscript Created date: early 19th – early 20th century

An album of Baha’i calligraphy including childhood calligraphic exercises by Baha’u’llah and tablets by Baha’u’llah copi...

Baha’u’llah’s letter to Queen Victoria

Printed book

A volume containing Tablets revealed by Baha’u’llah. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri (1817–1892), known as B...

Collection of Baha’i Tablets

Manuscript Created date: June 1911

A collection of twenty-six of Baha’u’llah’s most important works. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri (1817–1892...

Kitab al-aqdas and other Tablets by Baha’u’llah

Manuscript Created date: mid-January 1887

A volume containing al-Kitāb al-aqdas and other Tablets revealed by Baha’u’llah. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza Husayn ‘Ali ...

Kitab-i Iqan (‘Book of Certitude’), a major Baha’i...

Manuscript Created date: late 19th century

The Kitāb-i Īqān (‘Book of Certitude’), a major work by Baha’u’llah. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri (1817–1...

The Bab’s Star Tablet

Manuscript Created date: Mid-19th century

A tablet revealed by the Bab, written by himself in the form of a five-pointed star (haykal). Who was the Bab? The Bab w...

The earliest Baha’i publication

Printed book

The Kitāb-i Īqān (‘Book of Certitude’), by Baha’u’llah. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri (1817–1892), known a...

The ‘Hidden Words’, Baha’u’llah’s mystical sayings

Manuscript Created date: August 1912

The ‘Hidden words’ are a collection of sayings by Baha’u’llah on spiritual and moral themes. Who was Baha’u’llah? Mirza...

The Persian Bayan (‘Explanation’)

Manuscript Created date: 19th century

The Persian Bayān (‘Explanation’) is one of the principal works of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi, known as the Bab. Who w...

The Qayyum al-asma' (‘Maintainer of the names’), t...

Manuscript Created date: 19th century

The Qayyūm al-asmāʼ (‘Maintainer of the names’), or Tafsīr Sūrat Yūsuf (‘Commentary on Sūrat Yūsuf’) by Sayyid ‘Ali Muha...