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Lawh Mallah al-Quds

Tablet of the Holy Mariner
Arabic and Persian


Lawh Mallah al-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner: Arabic and Persian Versions). Written by Baha'u'llah 26 March, 1863 (the "fifth day of Naw-Ruz") at Mazra`at al-Washshash outside Baghdad. Version A below (Arabic only) is a single-page manuscript said to be in the hand of `Abdu'l-Baha. Version B (Arabic and Persian) is from `Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari, ed., Ma'idih-i Asmani, Vol. 4 (Tehran: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1973/129 B.E.), pp. 335-341.

    References: Juan R. I. Cole, "Baha'u'llah's Tablets of the Holy Mariner"" Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts, vol. 3, no. 4 (December, 1999) at /~bahai/trans/vol3/mallap.htm ; Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah 4 vols. (Oxford: George Ronald, 1976-1987), vol. 1, pp. 238-244.

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