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  "Nuqtat al-Kaf 1910, the title page — 'EDITED FROM THE UNIQUE PARIS MS.'",
  "Qayyum al-Asma', INBA vol. 3, the title sheet — 'حضرت نقطه اولی — احسن القصص — ۳' (read from the scan, PDF page 1)",
  "Persian Bayan, INBA vol. 24, the title sheet — 'کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی — ۲۴' (read from the scan, PDF page 1)",
  "Panj Sha'n, INBA vol. 1, the title sheet — 'حضرت نقطه اولی — پنج شان — صحیفه الابهجیه — صحیفه من مناجات اربعه عشر — ۱' (read from the scan, PDF page 1)",
  "Kitab-i Iqan, c. 1882, the opening — 'بسم ربنا العلی الاعلی … الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلوا الی شاطی بحر العرفان' (read from the scan, iqan002.gif)",
  "al-Kitab al-Aqdas, Tumanskii 1899, the opening — 'بسم الحاكم على ما كان وما يكون … ان اول ما كتب الله على العباد عرفان مشرق وحيه' (read from the scan, aqd001.gif (p. 1))"
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 "spine": "The Bab, Babis and Baha'is, 1844",
 "ruling": "Lee Sharks, 27 October 2026: \"need to seat the book of mormon but im not doing it without several diverging simultaneous traditions in the batch\" — offered the traditions that divided in 1844 (the Latter Day Saint succession, the Bab's declaration, the Millerite disappointment, the Taiping beginnings), or the Book of Mormon's own editions — \"1. definitely. lets go.\"",
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