Part 19

Woman, in Bahaism, 151-175; education of, 154 (see Education); equality with man taught, 151, 272; not taught by Baha, 152; position inferior under Bahaism, 153, 158, 163, 165, 166 note 1, 176; woman Bahais in America, 153, 163, 175, 277; civil rights of, 155-167; inheritance unequal, 166; marriage: enjoined, 155; with consent, 156; child betrothals, 157; bigamy allowed and practiced, 158, 164 note 3; wives of Baha, 160-162; Bahais favour plural marriage, 159, 164, 165; intermarriage with negroes, 168; divorce: loose law, 165; causes of, 166-167; alimony small, 166; desertion, 167; social rights, 169; continues veiled, 173; not receive men visitors, 173, 174 and note 2; no political equality, 175-176; no women in government, 176; movement to ameliorate among Moslems, 169-170, 173 and note 1 (see Kurrat-ul-Ayn)

Writing of, 288-289 (see Bab--Books, Bayan, Baha Ullah)

Wylie, A. L., 84

Yahya, Mirza (see Subh-i-Azal)

Yahya, Sayid, 44

Zoroaster, 31, 107

Zoroastrians, 26, 27, 55, 64, 67, 68, 85, 92, 106, 203

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Transcriber's Notes:

Italics indicated by underscores _like this_

Bold and small caps indicated by upper-case LIKE THIS

Minor punction errors corrected without notice

p. 97 "Baba" changed to "Baha"

p 178. "percursor" changed to "precursor"

End of Project Gutenberg's Bahaism and Its Claims, by Samuel Graham Wilson