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Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'U'Llah (Hardcover)

~ Abul-Qasim Afnan (Author) "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..." (more)
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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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  • Hardcover: 58 pages
  • Publisher: Kalimat Press; 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: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,910,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A racist text, December 13, 2004
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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