Jelal A. Azal Papers 1967-1971

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

Consists of letters by Jelal A. Azal, an Iranian Muslim scholar in Cyprus, to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago.

Description

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Description

The collection consists of original and Xerox copies of letters by Azal in Cyprus to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago. The letters contain Azal's comments on Miller's translations of Bahai material, suggested amendments to Miller's writings, and historical background on the development of the Bahai movement.

Collection Creator Biography

Jelal A. Azal was an Iranian Muslim scholar living in Cyprus. Bahaullah was the half-brother of Subh-I Azal who was an important leader of the Babi movement to which Bahaullah also belonged. When both men were sent into exile by the Iranian authorities, Bahaullah broke away from the Babi movement then led by his half-brother and announced his mission from God to form a new religion. Subh-I Azal had two sons, Ahmad and Jalal; hence, Jalal Azad is the half-nephew of Bahaullah.

Collection History

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Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Alicia Corona '2013 in 2011.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

Jelal A. Azal Papers; 1967-1971, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Religion

Subject Terms

• Bahai faith
• Bahais
• Chicago
• Church buildings
• Clergy
• Cyprus
• Doctrines
• History
• Illinois
• Iran
• Islam
• Israel
• Miller, William M. (William McElwee), 1892-
• Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
• Scholars, Muslim
• Shiite literature
• Shiites
• Sources
• Theologians, Muslim
• Translations into English
• United States

Genre Terms

• Documents
• Letters
• Photographs

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

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	Title	Date	Container
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1967-1969	Box 1, Folder 1
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1967-1968	Box 1, Folder 2
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1968	Box 1, Folder 3
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1968	Box 1, Folder 4
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1968	Box 1, Folder 5
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1968	Box 1, Folder 6
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1968-1969	Box 1, Folder 7
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1969	Box 1, Folder 8
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1969-1970	Box 1, Folder 9
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1970	Box 2, Folder 1
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1970	Box 2, Folder 2
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Xerox)	1971	Box 2, Folder 3
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1967	Box 2, Folder 4
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1967	Box 2, Folder 5
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1967-1968	Box 2, Folder 6
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1968	Box 2, Folder 7
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1968	Box 2, Folder 8
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1968	Box 2, Folder 9
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1968-1969	Box 2, Folder 10
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1969	Box 2, Folder 11
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1969-1970	Box 2, Folder 12
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1970	Box 2, Folder 13
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1970	Box 2, Folder 14
	Azal's Notes, General Manuscript (Original)	1971	Box 2, Folder 15
	Pictures of Baha'i Houses of Worship	undated	Box 2, Folder 16