Peter Smith's academic history of the Babi and Baha'i religions, published by Cambridge University Press, traces the movement from messianic Shiism to a world religion and situates Abdu'l-Baha's 1908 release from Ottoman confinement in Akka as the turning point that opened his own subsequent journeys to Egypt, Europe and North America.
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A Cambridge University Press academic monograph, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable university press religious histories, used here for the 1908 release's place in the faith's wider spread westward, corroborated by bahai.org's own account of the revolution and the release. Citation
AuthorPeter Smith
PublisherCambridge University Press
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Source Peter Smith, The Babi and Baha'i Religions: From Messianic Shiism to a World Religion (Cambridge University Press, 1987)Peter Smith
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- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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