1.   Baha claiming to be the return of the Primal Point

1.3    Shoghi Effendi's Account
In his introduction to the Dawn-Breakers. Nabil's Narrative, of 1932, American Edition, Shoghi Effendi refers to the Primal Point as the "Teller-of-Good-News about the coming of Baha.", the text sums as follows:
"And as John the Baptist had been the Herald or Gate of Christ, so was the BÂB the Herald or the gate of Bahaullah.:. P. xxxi.

In authoritative interpretation of the Point's station, contained in the revised edition of Esslemont’s Bahaullah and the New Era, of 1937, P.26, Shoghi Effendi refers to the Primal Point as the Co-author of Bahaism together with Baha. The text sums as follows: "The BÂB has been compared to John the Baptist, but the station of the BÂB is not merely of the Herald or forerunner. In himself the BÂB was a Manifestation of God, the Founder of an independent religion, even though that religion was limited in time to a brief period of years. The Bahais believe that the BÂB and Bahaullah were Co-Founders of their faith, the following words of Bahaullah testifying to this truth: "that so brief a span should have separated this most mighty and wondrous manifestation is a secret that no man can unravel and a mystery such as no mind can fashion. Its duration had been foreordained, and no man shall ever discover its reason unless and until he be informed of the contents of my Hidden Book."

In his Introduction to the Dawn-Breakers, Nabil's Narrative, ibid, P. xxx, Shoghi Effendi states: "At the beginning of his mission, the BÂB, continuing the tradition of the Shias, proclaimed His function under the double title of, first, the Qaim, second, the Gate or BÂB."

In the Chosen Highway, of 1940, by Lady Blomfield, P. 262, Shoghi Effendi states: "The BÂB proclaimed his twofold mission as an independent manifestation of God and Herald of One greater than Himself."
Shoghi Effendi contradicted Baha, contradicted Sir Abbas Effendi, contradicted himself and made his exit.

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