Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Us & Them by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani is an Iranian writer who grew up in Uganda in the 1960s. [1] She was educated at Dr Williams School, Dolgellau, United Kingdom and the United States. She taught European and American literature in Belgium, and later moved to France, where she teaches. [2] Contents. Novels Bibliography Novels 2 Other books See also References External links. In 2007, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani received the honorary doctorate Doctorats Honoris Causa from the University of Liège. [2] Her books have been translated into many languages. Novels. Her first novel The Saddlebag - A Fable for Doubters and Seekers was an international bestseller. It describes events set in the Najd plateau along the pilgrim route between Mecca and Medina during one day in 1844-1845, when a mysterious saddlebag passes from hand to hand, and influences the lives of each person who comes across it. Inspired by Chapter VII of The Dawn-Breakers by Nabíl-i-Aʻzam, where the Bab - the forerunner to Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baháʼí Faith - has His saddlebag stolen while travelling to Mecca and Medina for pilgrimage. The main characters are the Thief, the Bride, the Chieftain, the Moneychanger, the Slave, the Pilgrim, the Priest, the Dervish and the Corpse. The novel Paper - The Dreams of A Scribe is an allegory centered on a Scribe who is searching for perfect paper for writing his masterpiece. It is set in Máh-Kú, a bordertown in north-west Persia, between the Summer of 1847 and the Spring of 1848. It contains 19 chapters which are structured symmetrically around five dreams. Other main characters are the Mullah, the Widow, the Warden, his Mother and his Daughter, and the Prisoner. Her third novel The Woman Who Read Too Much is also set in the middle of the nineteenth century, and centers around Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn, a poet and scholar from Qazvin, who shocked the political powers of Qajar Persia and violated religious convention by casting aside her veil. This protagonist is a heroine from early Baháʼí/Babi history and was one of the Bab's early followers who were known as the Letters of the Living. This novel is divided into four parts with revolving points of view, of mother, sister, daughter and wife respectively. It traces the capture, incarceration, torture and final execution of the central figure of the mysterious poet while exploring her impact on mayor, minister, mullah and monarch in a world of intrigue and corruption in Qajar Persia. The book has been translated into French, Italian in 2007 and will be out in Korean and Spanish by 2008/9; [3] it was nominated for the 2008 Latifeh Yarshater Award, and has been published in English by Stanford University Press in 2015. Bibliography. Novels. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2000). The Saddlebag - A Fable for Doubters and Seekers . London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 0-8070- 8342-9 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2004). Paper - The Dreams of A Scribe . London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 0-7475-6921-5 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2015). The Woman Who Read Too Much: A Novel . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804794299 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2017). Us & Them . Stanford, CA: Redwood Press. ISBN 9781503601581. Other books. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (1979). When We Grow Up . Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-086-1 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (1981). Response . Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-107-8 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (1983). Four on an Island . Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-174-4 . Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (1990). Asking Questions: A Challenge to Fundamentalism . Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-314-3 . Augusto López-Claros and Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (2018). Equality for Women = Prosperity for All: The Disastrous Global Crisis of Gender Inequality . New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781250051189. See also. Related Research Articles. The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i-Salmih , an influential" ,طﺎھﺮه :Tahereh (Tāhirih) (Persian poet, women's right activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the Babi community, wedded messianism with Bábism. Riḍván is a twelve-day festival in the Baháʼí Faith, commemorating Baháʼu'lláh's declaration that he was a Manifestation of God. In the Baháʼí calendar, it begins at sunset on the 13th of Jalál, which translates to the 20th or 21st of April, depending on the date of the March equinox. On the first, ninth and twelfth days of Ridván, work and school should be suspended. K͟ hadíjih Bagum was the wife of the Báb. In Baháʼí literature she is sometimes referred to as K͟ hadíjih-Sultán Bagum , K͟ hadíjih Bigum or K͟ hadíjih K͟ hánum . Rúhíyyih Rabbání , born as Mary Sutherland Maxwell and best known by the title Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum , was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957. In 1952, she was elevated to the office of Hand of the Cause of God, for which she attended to issues related to the expansion and protection of the Baháʼí Faith, and served an important role in the transfer of authority from 1957 to 1963. Mírzá Mihdí was the youngest child of Baháʼí Faith founder Baháʼu'lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum. He was given the title G͟ husn-i-Athar . Ásíyih K͟ hánum was the wife of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. She is viewed by Baháʼís as the paragon of a devoted mother and wife. She is also known by her titles of Navváb , the Most Exalted Leaf , Búyúk K͟ hánum or Hadrat-i-K͟ hánum . K͟ hánum is a title usually given to a Persian lady and is equivalent to madam. Baháʼu'lláh and Ásíyih Khánum were known as the Father of the Poor and the Mother of Consolation for their extraordinary generosity and regard for the impoverished. Baháʼu'lláh, along with Ásíyih Khánum and her children, are regarded as the Baháʼí holy family. The following is a basic timeline of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions emphasizing dates that are relatively well known. For a more comprehensive chronology of the timeline, see the references at the bottom. The Letters of the Living was a title provided by the Báb to the first eighteen disciples of the Bábí Religion. In some understandings the Báb places himself at the head of this list. In this article, the former notation will be used except when specifically said otherwise. Mullá ʻAlí-i-Bastámí was the second Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement. He is also probably the first and one of the best known martyrs of the early Bábí period. Baháʼí history is often traced through a sequence of leaders, beginning with the Báb's declaration in Shiraz on the evening of May 22, 1844, and ultimately resting on an Administrative Order established by the central figures of the religion. The religion had its background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Bábism. Shaykhism centred on theosophical doctrines and many Shaykhis expected the return of the hidden Twelfth Imam. Many Shaykhis joined the messianic Bábí movement in the 1840s where the Báb proclaimed himself to be the return of the hidden Imam. As the Bábí movement spread in Iran, violence broke out between the ruling Shiʻa Muslim government and the Bábís, and ebbed when government troops massacred them, and executed the Báb in 1850. The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Baháʼí Revelation or Nabíl's Narrative ( Táríkh-i-Nabíl ) is an account of the early Bábí and Baháʼí Faiths written in Persian by Nabíl-i-Aʻzam in 1887–88. The English translation by Shoghi Effendi was published in 1932. Baháʼí literature covers a variety of topics and forms, including scripture and inspiration, interpretation, history and biography, introduction and study materials, and apologia. Sometimes considerable overlap between these forms can be observed in a particular text. Hasan M. Balyuzi was a prominent Iranian member of the Baháʼí Faith. He served in administrative institutions of the religion for decades, worked for the BBC, produced articles and books, and served as a Hand of the Cause for the religion. He set a library of materials which was later opened and a long lasting memorial lecture series was set in his name. Munírih K͟ hánum was the wife of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, a prominent figure in the Baháʼí Faith. She was entitled the Holy Mother . Her memoirs, first published in 1924, are regarded as one of the first published memoirs by a Persian woman in the 20th century. Martyrdom in the Baháʼí Faith is the act of sacrificing one's life in the service of humanity and in the name of God. In Hidden Words , Baháʼu'lláh's revelation incites believers towards martyrdom: "O son of being! Seek a martyr's death in My path, content with My pleasure […] To tinge thy hair with thy blood is greater in My sight than the creation of the universe and the light of both worlds. Strive then to attain this, O servant!" Bahíyyih Khánum was the only daughter of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum. She was born in 1846 with the given name Fatimih Sultan, and was entitled "Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá" or "Greatest Holy Leaf".