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and translated by Browne, who added a large introduction and appendices. Browne was fascinated by the development of the written historical perspectives of the Baháʼís regarding successorship after the
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A Volume of Oriental Studies Presented to Edward G. Browne, M.A., M.B., F.B.A., F.R.C.P., Sir Thomas Adam's Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge on the 60th Birthday (7 February 1922)
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A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character, & Thought of the People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months' Residence in that Country in the Years 1887-1888
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These teachings are in themselves admirable, though inferior, in my opinion, both in beauty and simplicity to the teachings of Christ.
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period, through whom he broadened his interest and knowledge of Persian history, culture, and language. Naeini gave Browne a set of
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listed as the Báb's successor. Browne expressed sympathy for Subh-i-Azal and surprise at the route the religion had taken.
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at the University of Cambridge. Browne was mainly responsible for the creation at Cambridge of a school of living
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Browne published in areas which few other Western scholars had explored. Many of his publications are related to
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In London (1885), Browne met Haji Pirzadeh Naeini, a famous intellectual-mystic and world traveler of the
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Browne was granted four successive interviews with Bahá'u'lláh during the five days he was a guest at
1291: 1102: 1072: 158: 77:, England, the son of civil engineer Benjamin Chapman Browne and his wife, Annie. He was educated at 1231: 90: 548: 1140: 1057: 1042: 987: 932: 825: 389: 121: 1185: 1107: 1007: 866: 309: 238: 212: 1241: 1150: 1092: 1062: 937: 613: 192:." Browne wore the garb in his meetings with Persians and used the title in signing all his 1281: 1276: 1037: 871: 162: 113:, motivated by an interest in the Turkish people. After graduating in 1882 he travelled to 861: 593:پیرزادهٔ نائینی، محمدعلی، سفرنامه، به کوشش حافظ فرمانفرماییان، ج۲، ص۱ به بعد، تهران، ۱۳۴۲ش 355:
in 1902 with subsequent volumes in 1906, 1920, and 1924. It remains a standard authority.
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Amongst Iranians, Browne is still well remembered today. A street named after him in
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Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion
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Bosworth, C. Edmund (1995). "E. G. Browne and His "A Year Amongst the Persians"".
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and Reynold A. Nicholson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922).
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A Traveller's Narrative: Written to illustrate the episode of the Bab
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Russian Empire involvement in the Persian Constitutional Revolution
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Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i Íqán
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Memorial, an organisation which since 1905 has published the
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Lord Curzon and E. G. Browne Confront the 'Persian Question'
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including their idea of an independent dispensation of
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Oxford University Press. 428:Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion 333:Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion 260:Letter by Browne to Snouck Hurgronje (1921) 233:Browne married Alice Caroline (daughter of 791: 777: 497:Gurney, John. "Browne, Edward Granville". 734:Works by or about Edward Granville Browne 529: 120:Browne then spent a further two years at 456: 255: 56: 20: 1332:Sir Thomas Adams's Professors of Arabic 659: 561:"University intelligence - Cambridge". 500:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 287:Browne was not a Baháʼí, but rather an 1317:Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1269: 531:"Browne, Edward Granville (BRWN879EG)" 492: 490: 488: 205:the repository of the secrets of truth 142:Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic 1312:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge 772: 602:«ادوارد براون تاریخ نگاری ایران دوست» 268:, either in the fields of history or 91:Newcastle College of Physical Science 628: 323:About the Baháʼí teachings he says: 485: 431:(Cambridge: University Press, 1918) 423:(Cambridge: University Press, 1910) 420:The Persian Revolution of 1905–1909 393:(Cambridge: University Press, 1891) 199:In return, Browne called Pirzadeh " 93:. He then read natural sciences at 13: 857:Malek Mansur Mirza Shoa O-Saltaneh 496: 14: 1343: 958:Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi 800:Persian Constitutional Revolution 705: 184:garb, and received the title of " 1253: 1252: 719: 712:Works by Edward Granville Browne 612:Edward Granville Browne (1926). 235:Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell 993:Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai 635:. Kalimát Press. pp. XLI. 622: 369: 16:British Iranologist (1862–1926) 1327:Fellows of the British Academy 903:Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh 747:Religious Systems of the World 605: 596: 587: 569: 554: 541: 523: 450: 97:. He also studied Arabic with 1: 1136:Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh 923:Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni 667:. 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" 398:A Year Among the Persians 228: 1232:Jungle Movement of Gilan 1227:1921 Persian coup d'état 745:, chapter from the book 443: 251: 1141:Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi 1118:Edward Granville Browne 1058:Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi 1043:Mahammad Amin Rasulzade 988:Jamal al-Din al-Afghani 933:Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari 826:Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar 549:Edward Granville Browne 335:, Introduction, p. xxi. 297:A Traveller's Narrative 122:University of Cambridge 109:, and Turkish with Sir 81:, Burnside's School in 61:Edward Granville Browne 52: 30:Edward Granville Browne 1302:English travel writers 1108:William Morgan Shuster 1008:Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani 867:Sheikh Fazlollah Noori 754:A Traveler's Narrative 509:10.1093/ref:odnb/32120 338: 261: 213:British Foreign Office 62: 26: 1242:Iranian Enlightenment 1151:Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari 1093:Haydar Khan Amo-oghli 1063:Mirza Fatali Akhundov 344:(April 15–20, 1890). 325: 259: 201:the guide of the path 60: 24: 1307:British Iranologists 1297:English orientalists 1038:Mohammad Ali Tarbiat 872:Mirza Nasrullah Khan 547:Buck, Christopher. “ 188:" "Manifestation of 163:Gibb Memorial Series 1146:Sediqeh Dowlatabadi 1053:Mohammad-Taqi Bahar 1033:Mirza Alakbar Sabir 928:Mostowfi ol-Mamalek 244:He died in 1926 in 107:Edward Byles Cowell 99:Edward Henry Palmer 65:Browne was born in 1196:Majlis Bombardment 1113:Howard Baskerville 1098:Mirza Reza Kermani 1018:Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda 953:Mehdi Qoli Hedayat 896:Constitutionalists 364:Iranian Revolution 318:Arthur de Gobineau 278:Arthur de Gobineau 270:Persian literature 262: 239:Sir Patrick Browne 63: 27: 1264: 1263: 1206:Triumph of Tehran 1164: 1163: 1023:Rais al-Mojahedin 1003:Mohammad Khiabani 963:Mirza Malkam Khan 847:Abdol Majid Mirza 642:978-0-933770-78-2 515:(Subscription or 169:Persian Title of 146:languages of Asia 35: 1339: 1292:People from Uley 1256: 1255: 1191:the First Majlis 1169:Important events 978:Heydar Latifiyan 968:Hassan Taqizadeh 887:Vladimir Liakhov 831:Ahmad Shah Qajar 811: 810: 793: 786: 779: 770: 769: 738:Internet Archive 723: 722: 678: 647: 646: 626: 620: 619: 609: 603: 600: 594: 591: 585: 573: 567: 566: 558: 552: 545: 539: 538: 527: 521: 520: 512: 494: 483: 482: 454: 436:Arabian Medicine 336: 33: 1347: 1346: 1342: 1341: 1340: 1338: 1337: 1336: 1267: 1266: 1265: 1260: 1246: 1210: 1186:Siege of Tabriz 1176:Tobacco Protest 1160: 1122: 1028:Mirzadeh Eshghi 998:Hassan Modarres 938:Colonel Pessian 918:Ali Asghar Khan 891: 835: 802: 797: 720: 708: 675: 656: 651: 650: 643: 627: 623: 610: 606: 601: 597: 592: 588: 574: 570: 560: 559: 555: 546: 542: 528: 524: 514: 495: 486: 471:10.2307/4299929 455: 451: 446: 375:Works by Browne 372: 337: 331: 299:was written by 254: 231: 174: 105:, Persian with 75:Gloucestershire 55: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1345: 1335: 1334: 1329: 1324: 1319: 1314: 1309: 1304: 1299: 1294: 1289: 1284: 1279: 1262: 1261: 1251: 1248: 1247: 1245: 1244: 1239: 1234: 1229: 1224: 1218: 1216: 1212: 1211: 1209: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1193: 1188: 1183: 1178: 1172: 1170: 1166: 1165: 1162: 1161: 1159: 1158: 1153: 1148: 1143: 1138: 1132: 1130: 1124: 1123: 1121: 1120: 1115: 1110: 1105: 1100: 1095: 1090: 1085: 1080: 1075: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1055: 1050: 1045: 1040: 1035: 1030: 1025: 1020: 1015: 1010: 1005: 1000: 995: 990: 985: 980: 975: 970: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 940: 935: 930: 925: 920: 915: 910: 905: 899: 897: 893: 892: 890: 889: 884: 882:Amin al-Soltan 879: 874: 869: 864: 862:Sheikh Khaz'al 859: 854: 849: 843: 841: 840:Authoritarians 837: 836: 834: 833: 828: 823: 817: 815: 808: 804: 803: 796: 795: 788: 781: 773: 767: 766: 758: 750: 740: 725: 724: 707: 706:External links 704: 703: 702: 693: 679: 673: 655: 652: 649: 648: 641: 621: 604: 595: 586: 568: 553: 540: 522: 484: 448: 447: 445: 442: 441: 440: 432: 424: 416: 408: 402: 394: 386: 371: 368: 329: 295:. 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FBA
Iranologist
history
literature

Stouts Hill
Uley
Gloucestershire
Trinity College, Glenalmond
Berkshire
Eton College
Newcastle College of Physical Science
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Edward Henry Palmer
William Wright
Edward Byles Cowell
James Redhouse
Constantinople
University of Cambridge
Hindustani
Sanskrit
Persian
Arabic
Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic
languages of Asia
Festschrift
E. J. W. Gibb
Gibb Memorial Series
Qajar dynasty

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