Name: Exploring the History of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Start: 2026-08-08T09:00:00-0400
End: 2026-08-08T10:15:00-0400

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Exploring the History of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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Saturday August 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

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Drawing on the research published in Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith, this seminar investigates the at once fascinating and unprecedented history of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. It explores how Bahá’u’lláh foresaw the revelation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, waited until the midpoint of His ministry to compose it, was deliberate in disseminating it, and personally arranged for its publication. That so much information is available about the role of the Founder of an independent world religion in the composition and distribution of His central Text is without parallel in recorded history.

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Omid Ghaemmaghami

Omid Ghaemmaghami is Professor of Middle East Studies at Binghamton University, the State University of New York (SUNY). He has coauthored Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (with Shahin Vafai) (I.B. Tauris, 2025) and authored other works, including Encounters with the Hidden Imam in E... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
206

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Omid Ghaemmaghami

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