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  1. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Life and Teachings. Alessandro Bausani, Denis MacEoin (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
  2. Activities in the Bahá'í World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women. Bahá'í International Community (1985-07-15). Report presented to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace BIC.
  3. Adíb Tálaqání (Hand of the Cause). Moojan Momen (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
  4. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family. Moojan Momen (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Encyclopedia.
  5. Ahsá'í, Shaykh Ahmad. Denis MacEoin (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
  6. Alí Akbar Shahmírzádí (Hájjí Akhund). Moojan Momen (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Encyclopedia.
  7. Alí Bastámí, Mullá. Denis MacEoin (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Encyclopedia.
  8. All Flags Flying. William Sears (1985). Continuation of the story of Sear's life that he began in God Loves Laughter; written in a rapid-fire speaking style, this is not strictly a biography, but more a series of personal vignettes. Books.
  9. Amín Hájjí: Trustees of Huqúqu'lláh. Moojan Momen (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Encyclopedia.
  10. Báb and the Bábí Religion, The. Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. (1985). A general overview of Bábí history and thought, written in Arabic in 1896. Essays.
  11. Baha'i Faith in America, The: Origins 1892-1900, by Robert Stockman: Review. Author unknown (1985-09-25). Reviews.
  12. Baha'i Faith, The: The Emerging Global Religion. William S. Hatcher, Douglas Martin (1985/2011). Overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, designed as an introductory textbook. Available in English or in Persian. Introductory.
  13. Base Espiritual de la Igualdad, La. Bahá'í International Community (1985-07-10). BIC.
  14. Children, Oppression of. Universal House of Justice (1985). Discussion of the oppression of children at the hands of exploitative individuals and solace for those who have suffered such treatment. UHJ-letters.
  15. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan). Abdu'l-Bahá, Moojan Momen, trans. (1985-12). Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Bahá when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms "Hidden Treasure", "Love", "Creation", and "Knowledge" in a manner which suggests that the recipient was a Sufi and an admirer of Ibn 'Arabí. Translations.
  16. Commentary on the Saying "Knowledge is Twenty-Seven Letters", A. Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. (1985). An explanation of a saying of Imám Ja'far as Sádiq, which was quoted in the Kitáb-i-Iqán, about the Promised One bringing the remaining 25 letters of knowledge. Essays.
  17. Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz. Bahá'í International Community (1985-06-15). Informe presentado por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í acerca de las actividades de la Comunidad Bahá'í Mundial para mejorar la condición de la mujer durante el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer y Programas Futuros para el Adelanto de la Muje BIC.
  18. Desarme y la Paz, El. Bahá'í International Community (1985-02). BIC.
  19. Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants. Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1985-07-03). Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith. UHJ-letters.
  20. El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe. Boris Handal (1985). Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith: Mulla Ḥusayn, Vahid, Quddus, Mulla Sadiq, Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A’zam, Asiyih Khanum, Mirza Mihdi, Badi, and Varqa and Ruhu’llah. Books.
  21. Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh. Hasan M. Balyuzi (1985). Link to book (offsite). Books.
  22. Familiar `Akká Voices. Marzieh Gail (1985). Historical context of Phelps' 1903 collected memoirs Master in `Akká and some of the personages involved, with photographs. Biographies.
  23. First and Finest: John Henry and Clara Hyde Dunn in Australia. Graham Hassall (1985-07). Introduction of the Bahá'í Faith to Australia and New Zealand. Articles.
  24. For the Student of Religion. Bahá'í International Community (1985/2006). Adapted from William S. Hatcher and Douglas Martin's The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion (1985), for posting at bahai.org (2006). Introductory.
  25. Hidden Words. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1985 [1927]). Bahá'u'lláh's review of the most important themes of prior scriptures and religions, written in 1858 in the style of Persian mystical poetry. Writings.
  26. Human Suffering, the Reconstruction of Society, and the Places the Manifestations of God have Appeared. Universal House of Justice (1985-03-14). UHJ-letters.
  27. In Galilee and In Wonderland. Arthur S. Agnew, Thornton Chase (1985). Two essays of a pilgrimage to Akka in 1907. Books.
  28. International Youth Year, 1985. Universal House of Justice (1985-01). Two letters, giving words of inspiration and guidance for the International Youth Year, 1985. UHJ-letters.
  29. Iran since the Revolution. Nikki R. Keddie, Mangol Bayat, Farhad Kazemi, Barry M. Rosen, ed. (1985). Passing mentions in three articles: repression of Bahá'ís in 1982, Bábí "heresy" in the early 1900s, persecution of Jews and their conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, and the anti-Bahá'í campaign of 1955. Excerpts.
  30. Iran under the Ayatollahs. Dilip Hiro (1985). Mentions of persecutions of Baha'is in 1903, 1955, and 1978. Excerpts.
  31. Kansas Farm Boy. Duane L. Herrmann (1985). Brief autobiography, with background on the author's introduction to and acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith. Essays.
  32. Letters and Essays, 1886-1913. Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. (1985). Treatises of "the greatest and most learned of all Bahá'í scholars" about Alexander Tumansky; on meeting Abdu'l-Bahá; and on the meaning of angels, resurrection, civilization, tests, angels, holy spirit, and the saying "Knowledge is twenty-seven letters." Books.
  33. Library and Archival Resources at the Bahá'í World Centre. William P. Collins (1985:12). Overview of the nature of the Bahá'í World Centre; historical resources at the BWC; Centre for the Study of the Holy Texts; access to BWC resources; classification schemes. Articles.
  34. Light of Divine Guidance: Volume 2. Shoghi Effendi (1985). Writings.
  35. Lucha Contra el Hambre, La. Bahá'í International Community (1985-06-10). Declaración a la 11a Sesión de Ministros del Consejo Mundial de la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas, París, Francia, 1985. BIC.
  36. Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, Extracts on the Institution of. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice (1985). Readings on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, in both English (unpublished) and German (published as Das Bahá'í-Haus der Andacht Bedeutung und Bestimmung). Compilations.
  37. Master in 'Akká, The: Including the Recollections of The Greatest Holy Leaf. Myron Henry Phelps (1985). Abdu'l-Bahá's life, partly as told by his Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Phelps. Includes introduction by E. G. Browne and foreword by Marzieh Gail, and many photographs. Books.
  38. Mentions of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in Encyclopedia Iranica: Sixty Excerpts. Hamid Algar, Moojan Momen, Denis MacEoin, L. P. Elwell-Sutton, Janet Afary, Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, et al. (1985-2013). Excerpts of 60 articles in the Encyclopedia (up to 2013) with links to the originals, which contain a reference to the Faith. These items are not long enough to warrant a separate entry in this Library, yet are included here for ease of discovery. Encyclopedia.
  39. Methodologies and Development Strategies. Farzam Arbab (1985?). Audio.
  40. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáyegání. Moojan Momen (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
  41. Negahi-bi-Tarikh (Examination of History). Alí-Akbar Furútan (1985). This book, "Examination of history," is about the word history. It talks about history in general and its relation to events, including the history of a country, of a person, and the philosophy of history. Articles.
  42. Notes on the Thornton Chase Papers. Robert Stockman (1985). Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Bahá'í Thornton Chase. Resources.
  43. Papel de la Juventud en los Derechos Humanos, El. Bahá'í International Community (1985-02). BIC.
  44. Paz y el Desarrollo, La. Bahá'í International Community (1985-05). Declaración presentada al Seminario de las Naciones Unidas para las regiones de Asia, el Pacífico y Asia Occidental, para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Bangkok, Tailandia, 20 al 24 de mayo de 1985 BIC.
  45. Portion of Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí). Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Translations.
  46. Preparación para Vivir en Paz, el Papel de la Juventud. Bahá'í International Community (1985-05). BIC.
  47. Preparación Para Vivir En Paz, La. Bahá'í International Community (1985-02). Charla presentada durante el Seminario Regional de las Naciones Unidas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe, auspiciado por la Comisión Económica y Social para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ECLAC) 26 de febrero de 1985 BIC.
  48. Preparación para Vivir en Paz, La Contribución de la Mujer. Bahá'í International Community (1985-05). Declaración preparada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í para el Seminario Regional Europeo para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Viena, Austria: 6 al 10 de mayo de 1985 BIC.
  49. Promise of World Peace, The. Universal House of Justice (1985-10). Call to global unity, affirming peace as humanity’s next evolutionary stage and urging moral, spiritual, and collective responsibility for its realization. Distributed to many leaders, politicians and prominent individuals since its writing in 1985. UHJ-documents.
  50. Promise of World Peace, The: In multiple languages. Universal House of Justice (1985-10). Call to global unity, affirming peace as humanity’s next evolutionary stage and urging moral, spiritual, and collective responsibility for its realization. Available in 35 languages. Introductory.
  51. Ridván 1985: Bahá'í Era 142. Universal House of Justice (1985). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. UHJ-documents.
  52. Selección de los Escritos de 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, comp. (1985). Spanish translation of Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Books.
  53. Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered. Juan Cole (1985 Winter). A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams should be the source of law, vs. those who held that rational study of scripture could yield worthy principles. (No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í faiths.) Articles.
  54. Spirit of Allah, The: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution. Amir Taheri (1985). Anti-Bahá'í sentiment in the 1930s; Mahmoud Halabi's and Falsafi's anti-Bahá'í campaigns 1955-1957; Mohammad Reza Shah's ties to Bahá'ís; Khomeini's anti-Bahá'í activities. Includes diagram of social structure of political power in Iran (at end). Excerpts.
  55. Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá). Abdu'l-Bahá, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís. Translations.
  56. Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá): Excerpt. Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet to The Báb's aunt's son, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís. Translations.
  57. Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán): Excerpt. Abdu'l-Bahá, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís. Translations.
  58. Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II). Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Translations.
  59. Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada). Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. (1985). Short tablet of tribute to the King and Beloved of the Martyrs, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís. Translations.
  60. The Story of Mona: 1965-1983. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada (1985). Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz on the grounds of being a member of the Bahá'í Faith. Books.
  61. Throne of the Inner Temple, The. Elias Zohoori, comp. (1985). Selections from the Bahá'í Writings about the human body, health and nutrition, purity and holiness, science and medicine, physical sickness, and spiritual healing. Books.
  62. To the Peoples of the World: A Bahá'í Statement on Peace by the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice (1985/1987). Text of the 1985 statement by the House of Justice on the theme of peace, followed by 60 pages of annotations and reviews. Books.
  63. Trono del Espiritu, El: Enseñanzas Baha'is Sobre el Cuerpo Humano. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Elias Zohoori, comp. (n.d.). Selecciones de Escrituras Bahá'ís sobre el cuerpo humano, su salud y nutrición, ciencia y medicina, enfermedad y curación espiritual. Spanish translation of The Throne of the Inner Temple. Compilations-personal.
  64. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh. National Youth Committee, comp. (1985). Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Bahá'í youth. Compilations-NSA.
  65. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher (1985). A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism. Articles.
  66. Whether Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb Met, Indications in the Writings and Historical Records Relative to the Question. Universal House of Justice, Research Department (1985 Winter). Overview of sources indicating that Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb never met in person. UHJ-letters.
  67. Whole World is but One Family, The. Harilal M. Munje (1980/1985). Booklet demonstrating, with scriptural references, that the world is a unified human family. Includes many quotes from the Vedas and the Bhagavad-Gita in English and Sanskrit, and the Bahá'í Writings. Books.
  68. Worlds of God: Basic Classifications of Existence as Defined in the Bahá'í Writings: A Compilation. Marian Lippitt, National Reference Library Committee of The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. (1966 / 1950s-1985). Comprehensive set of notes and cross-references intended to analyse the nature of reality according to Bahá'í categories: the world of Deity, the world of Prophethood, the world of servitude; a subject index to Bahá'í-related topics. (Offsite links.) Bibliographies.
 

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