![]() All these volumes were published in the United States under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly, volume I being compiled by an editorial committee of American Baha'is, and the remainder by an international board of editors, all under the supervision of the Guardian of the Faith. The first volume, known as Bahá'í Year Book, was in fact a one-year survey the next seven volumes were biennial, terminating in 1940 volume IX recorded the four years from 1940 to 1944 volume X was again biennial and volumes XI and XII presented the periods 1946 � 19 � 1954 respectively. In this they are guided by the policy of Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, who directed the compilation of the successive volumes from Ito XII covering the years 1925 to 1954. The editors therefore have always in mind the preservation n of an even balance between the presentation of material of supreme interest to believers and of a fair and objective picture to enquirers. THE successive volumes of The Bahá'í World have come to be anticipated by Bahá'ís as the record of their own collective endeavours on behalf of their Faith, of the establishment t and development of its administrative order throughout the world and as the source of data, both historical and statistical, relating to the rise of that Faith during its formative e age.īy librarians and students The Bahá'í World is becoming ever more widely known as a source of authentic information about the aims, tenets, history, activities, organization and growth of the Bahá'í Faith. NOTE: The spelling of the Oriental words and proper names used in this volume of The Bahá'í World is according to the system of transliteration established at one of the International OrientalĪt the University Press, Oxford by Vivian Ridler Printer to the University Typesetting andpage layout by ![]()
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