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Title: The Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Author: Baha'u'llah

Release Date: October 28, 2005 [Ebook #17309]

Language: English

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The Summons of the Lord of Hosts

by Baha'u'llah

Edition 1, (October 28, 2005)

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CONTENTS

Baha'i Terms of Use
Introduction
Suriy-i-Haykal
Pope Pius IX
Napoleon III
Czar Alexander II
Queen Victoria
Nasiri'd-Din Shah
Suriy-i-Ra'is
Lawh-i-Ra'is
Lawh-i-Fu'ad
Suriy-i-Muluk
NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION
KEY TO PASSAGES TRANSLATED BY SHOGHI EFFENDI

INTRODUCTION

The years following Baha'u'llah's arrival in Adrianople witnessed His
Revelation's attainment, in the words of Shoghi Effendi, of "its meridian
glory" through the proclamation of its Founder's message to the kings and
rulers of the world. During this relatively brief but turbulent peri