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2. The Dawn-Breakers Nabil’s Narrative American Edition
Translated into English by Shoghi Effendi.
In his introduction, P. xxxvii, Shoghi Effendi says: “His [i.e.] Nabil’s chronicle was begin in 1888 [in Acre], when he had the personal assistance of Mirza Musa, the brother of Baha. It was finished in about a year and half, and parts of the manuscript were reviewed and approved. Some by Baha, and Abdul Baha [i.e. Sir Abbas Effendi]. The complete work carries the history of the movement up to the death of Baha in 1892. The first half of this Narrative, closing with the expulsion of Baha from Iran, is contained in the present volume”.
The original text of Nabil’s Narrative is in manuscript and is not available.
In the interest of science Shoghi Effendi should have printed and published the full original text. Shoghi Effendi failed to translate the second half of the Narrative, which deals with the events during the BÁBi exiles’ sojourn in Baghdad and Edirne. In his god passes by, Shoghi Effendi quotes from the second half of the Narrative.
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