XIX Names
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 'Abdu'l-Hamíd | Abdu'l-Bahá's "royal adversary" |
| 'Abbás Hilmí Páshá II | Khedive of Egypt |
| Lord Kitchener | Consul-General, administrator of Egypt |
| Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit | Mufti of Egypt |
| Shaykh Muhammad Rashíd | Khedive's Ímám |
| Reverend R.J. Campbell | Pastor of City Temple, London |
| Reverend Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce | Archdeacon of Westminster |
| Lord Mayor of London | Invited 'Abdu'l-Bahá for breakfast in London |
| Dr. Thomas Kelly Cheyne | English divine and Biblical critic who hosted Abdu'l-Baha in his home |
| Prof. Michael Sadler | British historian, educationalist and champion of the public school system |
| Lord Lamington | Governor of Queensland remembered by the sponge cake named after him. |
| Sir Richard Stapley | He was knighted in 1908 for services to the Liberal Party, founder of an educational trust |
| Husayn Mírzá, Jalálu'd-Dawlih | Son of the Zillu's-Sultán - fell prostrate at Abdu'l-Baha's feet, profuse in apologies |
| Sir Ameer Ali | Late Maharaja of Jalawar? Wrote "The Spirit of Islam" |
| Margaret, Lady Brooke | Ranee of Sarawak. Legendary during her lifetime as a woman of strength and intelligence, as well as her extraordinary circumstance as Eurasian royalty. |
| Princess Karadja | Author of "Towards the Light: A Mystic Poem" |
| Lady Glencomer | Sister of Lady Wemyss |
| Miss Constance Maud | London suffragette wrote the call to arms "no surrender" |
| Prof. E. G. Browne | British orientalist who wrote "A Year Among the Persians" |
| Prof. Patrick Geddes | Scottish biologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner |
| Mr. Albert Dawson | Editor of the Christian Commonwealth |
| Mr. David Graham Pole | British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire |
| Mrs. Annie Besant | Prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule |
| Mrs. Pankhurst | British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement |
| Mr. Stead | One of the early pioneers of investigative journalism who met Abdu'l-Baha in London |
| Lady Blomfield | During the visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Paris, she took copious notes of His public meetings which were used in preparing the volume called "Paris Talks" |
| Zillu's-Sultán | Eldest son of Nasirid-Din Shah. Governor of Isfahan during martyrdom of the 'King of the Martyrs' and 'Beloved of the Martyrs'. |
| Rashíd Páshá | Ex-valí of Beirut |
| Viscount Minoji Arakawa | Japanese Ambassador to the Court of Spain |
| Prof. Christale | President of the Esperantists of Europe |
| Prof. Arminius Vambery | Eminent Hungarian orientalist and traveler. By the age of sixteen, he had a good knowledge of Hungarian, Latin, French, and German |
| Prof. Julius Germanus | Head of deputation of Young Turks |
| Dr. Rusztem Vambery | Son of famous hungarian orientalist. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. in 1947 |
| Count Albert Apponyi | A distinguished Hungarian nobleman and politician from an ancient noble family dating back to the 13th century |
| Prelate Alexander Giesswein | Member of the. Hungarian Parliament and participant in the Lake Mohonk conference |
| Prof. Ignatius Goldziher | The Orientalist of world-wide renown, the greatest authority of his time on Islamic culture |
| Prof. Robert A. Nadler | Famous Budapest painter leader of Hungarian Theosophical Society |
| Thornton Chase | "first American believer", first to embrace Cause in Western world |
| Dr. David Starr Jordan | He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University. Director of the Sierra Club. Best known for being a peace activist |
| Rabbi Stephen Wise | Austro-Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader |
| Rabbi Joseph L. Levy | Recognized as the "bright light of Judaism" |
| Rabbi Abram Simon | President of both the Board of Education in Washington as well as the Conference of Christians and Jews |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Credited with inventing the first practical telephone |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Indian Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music |
| Hon. Franklin K. Lane | United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 |
| Mr. William Jennings Bryan | Dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party |
| Andrew Carnegie | Scottish-American industrialist ed the expansion of the US steel industry |
| Hon. Franklin MacVeagh | President Taft asked him to be Secretary of Treasury in 1909 |
| Lee McClung | American football player, later the 22nd Treasurer of the United States |
| Mr. Roosevelt | Founder of the short-lived Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party of 1912 |
| Admiral Richard Wainwright | Officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War |
| Admiral Peary | Explorer who led the first expedition to reach the North Pole |
| Yúsúf Díyá Páshá | Turkish Ambassador to Washington |
| Hon. William Sulzer | Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman |
| Prince Muhammad-'Alí | The Khedive of Egypt's brother |
| Rabbi Dr. Martin A. Meyer | Invited 'Abdu'l-Bahá to speak at the Saturday morning service at Temple Emanu-El, October 12, 1912 |
| Prof. William Jackson | Veteran American orientalist of Columbia University, a scholar of high renown |
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