THE BÁB The Herald of the Day of Days _By the same author_ `ABDU'L-BAHÁ The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh BAHÁ'U'LLÁH The King of Glory BAHÁ'U'LLÁH A brief life, followed by an essay entitled THE WORD MADE FLESH [_KH_]ADÍJIH BAGUM The Wife of the Báb EDWARD GRANVILLE BROWNE AND THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH EMINENT BAHÁ'ÍS IN THE TIME OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH MUḤAMMAD AND THE COURSE OF ISLÁM THE BÁB _The Herald of the Day of Days_ by H. M. BALYUZI GEORGE RONALD OXFORD First published 1973 by George Ronald 46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2DN Reprinted 1973 and 1974 Paper edition 1975 Reprinted 1994 © H. M. BALYUZI 1973 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (except for fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956) without written permission from the publisher. ISBN 0 85398 054 3 EXTRACTS FROM Nabíl, _The Dawn-Breakers_ Copyright © 1932 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_ Copyright © 1944, 1971 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States WORLD ORDER, A Bahá'í Magazine Copyright © 1966 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Printed by The Cromwell Press, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8PH Contents Foreword ix A Note on the Construction of Persian Names xi Prologue 1 1. All Hail [_Sh_]íráz 15 2. He Whom They Sought 32 3. Ṭihrán 48 4. The First Martyr 58 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca 69 6. Forces of Opposition Arrayed 76 7. Belief and Denial 85 8. The City of `Abbás the Great 106 9. The Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation 117 10. Where the Aras Flows 124