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Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'U'Llah [Hardcover]

Abul-Qasim Afnan (Author)
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1890688037 978-1890688035 April 1999 2
Never told before: Here are the intimate stories of the black believers who served the families of the Bab and Bahaullah from the earliest days of the Faith. Their stories are pieced together from the oral traditions of the Afnan family and from written records.

The book recounts what we know of the lives of Haji Mubarak, the Ethiopian servant of the Bab who was present on the night of His declaration to Mulla Husayn; Fiddih, the devoted maidservant of the Babs wife; Isfandiyar, the only manservant to remain loyal to Bahaullah after His arrest and impreisonment in Tehran; Masud, faithful servant of the Bab who attained the presence of Bahaullah and became a steadfast believer; and Salih aqa, the Berber, who served in the household of Abdul-Baha.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 58 pages
  • Publisher: Kalimat Pr; 2 edition (April 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1890688037
  • ISBN-13: 978-1890688035
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,811,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Biographies of 19th-Century Slaves, January 4, 2012
This review is from: Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'U'Llah (Hardcover)
This little book contains the most complete biographies of African slaves in nineteenth-century Iran that have yet been published. As a primary source for slave history in Iran and in the Middle East it is invaluable. It has been cited many times in recent scholarship.

The book gives short biographies of the lives of the slaves and free servants of the central figures and founders of the Baha'i Faith, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha. The treatments are hagiographic, and focus a lot of attention on Baha'i principles of abolition of slavery and racial equality.

These biographies document the important role that Africans played at the genesis of the history of the Babi and Baha'i religions. They are based on the records and oral histories of the Bab's descendants. The introduction to the book attempts to place these events in historical context.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A racist text, December 13, 2004
This review is from: Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'U'Llah (Hardcover)
This racist text glorifies slavery and acts as an appology for the role of Islam in African slaving, trying to gloss over a hurendous 1400 year period by pretending that all slaves played pivotal role in Islam and that they manifested quick conversions and therefor were happy and loved, and treated as equals. The fact remains despite all the pretending is that these people were slaves, to be bought and sold as meat and used as the masters pleased, frequently being raped and beaten. But you wont find these stories here.

Seth J. Frantzman
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RECORDS INDICATE that both sides of the family of the Bab (paternal and maternal), in keeping with their social position and the customs of the time, owned black slaves. Read the first page
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