FOREWORD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
3. Illustrations 9
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11
5. FOREWORD 15
6. INTRODUCTION 17
7. 1. Reforms in the Late Ottoman Empire 25
8. 2. Early Babis in the Ottoman Empire 35
9. 3. The Babis, Iran and the Ottoman Reform Elite 57
10. 4. The Baha'is and the 'Fathers' of Ottoman Constitutionalism 97
11. 5. Iranian Reformers, Young Turks and the 'Babis' in 19th Century Istanbul 115
12. 6. 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Ottomans, 1890s - 1910s 143
13. 7. From Empire to Republic: State and Religion in the Era of Kemalist reform 181
14. Conclusions 217
15. Appendices 225
16. Illustration 237
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
18. INDEX 265