Bahá’í glossary of Arabic & Fársí transliteration Contents

Imáms..

1	‘Alí ibn Abí Ṭalib (632–661)	7	Músá al-Káẓim Ibn Báqir (765–799)
2	Ḥasan Ibn ‘Alí (661–669)	8	‘Alí III (‘Alí Ibn Músá ar-Riḍá) (799–818)
3	Ḥusayn Ibn ‘Alí (669–680)	9	Muḥammad al-Taqí Ibn Músá (818–835)
4	Zaynu’l-‘Ábidín ‘Alí II (680–712)	10	‘Alí IV (‘Alí an-Naqí) (835–868)
5	Muḥammad-Báqir Ibn ‘Alí (712–734)	11	Ḥasan II (Ḥasan al-‘Askarí Ibn Naqí) (868–873)
6	Ja‘far-as-Ṣádiq Ibn Báqir (734–765)	12	Muḥammad al-Mahdí Ibn Ḥasan (869–873 (ah 260))

Islamic calendar months..

Arabic	Persian	Meaning	Days
Muḥarram	Muḥarram	Forbidden	30
Ṣafar	Ṣafar	Departure or void	29
Rabí‘u’l-Awwal	Rabí‘u’l-Avval	first month or beginning of spring	30
Rabí‘u’th-Thání	Rabí‘u’th-Thání	second/last spring	29
Jumádá al-Awwal	Jamádíyu’l-Avval	the first of parched land	30
Jumádá ath-Thání	Jamádíyu’th-Thání	the second/last of parched land	29
Rajab	Rajab	Respect, honour	30
Sha‘bán	Sha‘bán	scattered	29
Ramaḍán	Ramaḍán	burning heat	30
Shawwál	Shavvál	lift or carry, raised	29
Dhu’l-Qa‘da	Dhi’l-Qa‘dih	the one of truce/sitting	30
Dhu’l-Ḥijjih	Dhi’l-Ḥajjih	the one of pilgrimage or possessor of the pilgrimage	29^*

Letters of the Living..

1	Mullá Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú’í, entitled Bábu’l-Báb	11	Mullá Jalíl-i-Urúmí
2	Mírzá Muḥammad Ḥasan-i-Bushrú’í, brother of Mullá Ḥusayn	12	Mullá Aḥmad-i-Ibdál-i-Marághi’í
3	Mírzá Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Bushrú’í, nephew of Mullá Ḥusayn	13	Mullá Báqir-i-Tabrízí
4	Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Basṭámí (first martyr of the Bábí Dispensation)	14	Mullá Yúsuf-i-Ardibílí
5	Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Qúchání, later known as Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Rází. His son Mashíyyatu’lláh later martyred in his youth.	15	Mírzá Hádíy-i-Qazvíní, son of Ḥájí Mírzá ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb & brother of Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí
6	Mullá Ḥasan-i-Bajistání	16	Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alíy-i-Qazvíní brother-in-law of Ṭáhirih
7	Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí known as Kátib (the Amanuensis)	17	Qurratu’l-‘Ayn Ṭáhirih (title of Umm-i-Salámih)
8	Mírzá Muḥammad Rawḍih-Khán-i-Yazdí	18	Hájí Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alíy-i-Bárfurúshí (Quddús)
9	Shaykh Sa‘íd-i-Hindí (the Indian)	19	Mírzá ‘Alí Muḥammad (The Báb)
10	Mullá Maḥmúd-i-Khu’í