The Guardian Part 9: The Dawn-Breakers (1930-1932)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻

In Part 9, which is almost entirely dedicated to Shoghi Effendi’s translation and re-creation of The Dawn-Breakers, we also cover several other topics. We start with the Guardian’s love for China, there is also a very moving story about the passing of Abu’l-Qásim Khurásání, a faithful gardnener and custodian of the International Archives. We look at two letters by Shoghi Effendi: The Goal of a New World Order to the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada about the crumbling state of the old world order in the wake of the devastating crisis of 1929 and the Golden Age of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh. A long section is devoted to letter-writing in the Formative Age, how Shohgi Effendi disrupted the genre of letter-writing, his style, technique, his form and content.

The section on the Dawn-Breakers delves in detail into Shoghi Effendi’s translation and his partnership with George Townshend, his re-creation of Nabil’s Narrative by adding chapters, an introduction, epilogues, a conclusion, hundreds of photographs, 300 pages of notes, a dedication to the Greatest Holy Leaf, many genealogies, facsimiles of original Tablets of the Báb to the letters of the Living, the publication of the book, and spectacular endorsements of The Dawn-Breakers from eminent professors, essayists, and orientalists.

✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻


00:00:00 – Welcome
00:02:34 – Intro
00:05:33 – Section 1: The Goal of a New World Order (July 1931 – February 1932)
00:21:35 – Section 2: Shoghi Effendi’s letters
00:43:18 – Section 3: The Golden Age of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh (21 March 1932)
00:45:26 – Section 4: Shoghi Effendi translates The Dawn-Breakers (April 1930 – March 1931)
01:00:39 – Section 5: Shoghi Effendi re-creates Nabíl’s Narrative
01:07:31 – Section 6: Effie Baker and the magnificent photos in The Dawn-Breakers (July 1930 – January 1931)
01:17:39 – Section 7: The publication of The Dawn-Breakers (Early May 1932)
01:26:35 – Section 8: The Dawn-Breakers: Shoghi Effendi’s masterpiece
01:34:46 – Section 9: Spectacular endorsements worthy of a masterpiece




✻ ✻ ✻ LINK TO THE CORRESPONDING PART IN THE ONLINE CHRONOLOGY ✻ ✻ ✻

https://theutteranceproject.com/the-guardian-part-9/


✻ ✻ ✻ LINKS FOR VIOLETTA’S ONLINE CONTENT ON BAHÁ’Í HISTORY ✻ ✻ ✻

The Utterance Project YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/theutteranceproject

The Utterance Project website:
https://theutteranceproject.com/

Below are the four online illustrated chronologies written and illustrated by Violetta Zein:

The Blessed Beauty: The life and Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-blessed-beauty-1/

The Primal Point: The life and Revelation of the Báb:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-primal-point/

The Extraordinary Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-extraordinary-life-of-abdul-baha/

The Guardian: The life and work of Shoghi Effendi:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-guardian/


Below are the completed video narration versions of the chronologies in partnership with Clearwater Bahá’ís, Firm Foundation Academy, Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute, and Immersive Ocean:

Chronology of the Báb in 8 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rAaqU7PlE&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfm-9A03n8CloY2suEShJjC3


Chronology of Bahá’u’lláh in 12 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO63uGrQKz8&list=PLJTw1CWXTEflnIfzYmM4UA0rLDFSlj8XG

Chronology of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in 13 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdlAI5n6cs&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfnhD0Y-IR7O2PVtg4lY7CYa


Chronology of the Guardian in 21 episodes (ongoing):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTw1CWXTEfl-Q1vq_IN3Tday1FI_96x6&si=aG6fQhaUwxLXXIRh

Violetta’s 20 Storytelling Sunday sessions on various topics of Baha’i history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDSO97PvhY&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfnVL6CslQjwOsD8ALxrjQap

✻ ✻ ✻ ADDITIONAL LINKS ✻ ✻ ✻

www.bahai.org
www.bahai.us
www.bahaiteachings.org
www.clearwaterbahais.local