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• Abdu’l-Hamid II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire between what years? --> Answer
• As remarked by His mother, what was so unusual about the Báb during His very early childhood?  -->Answer
• By what name does Baha’u’llah refer to John the Baptist?  -->Answer
• Can you give a couple of examples of the extraordinary qualities that the Báb exhibited when He was about 5 years old?  -->Answer
• Can you name three of the major Tablets that Baha’u’llah revealed in Adrianople -- now included in the book called 'The Summons of the Lord of Hosts'?  -->Answer
• Did anyone from the West meet the Báb?  -->Answer
• During the reign of which king was Jesus born in the land of Judea?  -->Answer
• For the Baha’i religion, which woman was elevated by Baha’u’llah to “a ‘station such as none other woman hath surpassed’” Could you name such similar women in previous religions?  -->Answer
•  He passed away on November 22, 1925. The Guardian referred to him as his “warmest of friends, a trusted counsellor, an indefatigable collaborator, lovable companion.”  -->Answer
• He spent more than 40 years as a prisoner with his father.  -->Answer
•  His father was amazed at his son’s extraordinary qualities when he was just a young child.  -->Answer
• How old was Nabil, the author of Dawn-Breakers, when he recognized the Báb?  -->Answer
• In one of His Talks in the US, the Master explains that the purpose of man’s creation is the “attainment” of these virtues. What are they?  -->Answer
• In what year did the Baha’i world receive the first authorized source of the Báb's Writings in English?  -->Answer
• In which year did Baha’u’llah have a vision of a Maiden who told Him that He was a Manifestation of God? How does this incident compare to what previous Manifestations of God experienced?  -->Answer
• Is it true that ‘Abdu’l-Baha had 13 grandchildren?  -->Answer
• Is it true that ‘Abdu’l-Baha says in a Tablet that each person that has become a Baha’i has been “chosen” by God for that honor and privilege?  -->Answer
•  Is it true that Shoghi Effendi was less than 2 years old when the first group of pilgrims from the West visited the Master in the winter of 1898-9?  -->Answer
• Other than love, what other teachings would you say make up the “the foundation principles of the teachings” of Christ?  -->Answer
• The Guardian defines this place to be as the Heart of the entire planet?  -->Answer
• This book is viewed as a companion to ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’ and was translated by the Guardian in 1936-7.  -->Answer
• This disciple accompanied the Báb on His pilgrimage to Mecca in 1845.  -->Answer
• This preeminent Persian Baha’i was sent to America in 1901 to deepen the Baha’is. He is also named by Shoghi Effendi as one of the 19 Apostles of Baha’u’lllah.  -->Answer
•  We know that during the Bábi Dispensation the believers were allowed to defend themselves. What were the circumstances under which Mulla Husayn and seventy of his companions were attacked by a mob near a northern Persian city?  -->Answer
• What motivated Professor E.G. Brown to learn Persian and Arabic, leave Britain in the 1880’s, travel to the Middle East and live in that area for a while?  -->Answer
• What name did Baha’u’llah assume during His retirement to the mountainous region of Sulaymaniyyih?  -->Answer
•  What was the five- year-old Syyid Ali-Muhammad’s (the Báb) response when during His first day at school His teacher asked Him to recite this verse from the Qur’an: “He is the Deliverer, the All-Knowing.”  -->Answer
• When Abdu’l-Baha visited this city He referred to it as “Truly.. a wonderful city.” He commented that it had made great “progress in material civilization”. He hoped that “it may also advance spiritually in the Kingdom and Covenant of God” and that the friends there “may become the cause of the illumination of America..”  -->Answer
• Who did the Guardian refer to as “England’s outstanding Baha’i pioneer-worker”?  -->Answer