All papers by Alkan


There are 8 papers by Alkan

TitleTitle translationAuthor 1Author 2LanguageSessionPublishedAbstractonline
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings in Turkish: A Preliminary Survey   e Necati Alkan English 69  
Bab's Tablet to Sultan Abdulmecid, The: Some Notes on Early Bábís in the Ottoman Empire   e Necati Alkan English 42 Lights4 read online  
Baghdad-Periode aus historischer Sicht: Welche politische und soziale. Entwicklungen gab es im Osmanischen Reich wahrend dieser Periode?   e The Baghdad period from a historical perspective: What political and social developments took place in the Ottoman Empire during this period? Necati Alkan Deutsch 49 Beitrage1 Zur Person: Necati Alkan studierte Arabischer Philologie, Islamwissenchaften und Geschichte. Derzeit beendet er seine Dissertation ueber die Babis und Baha'is im Osmanischen Reich gemäß osmanisch-tuerkischer Quellen, zur Erlangung des Grades Dr. phil. In Geschichte. Sein Spezialgebiet ist spätosmanische Geschichte (19.-20. Jh.). ...  
Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Istintáq (Tablet of the Interrogation) and the Murder of Three Azalís in Akka in 1872   e Necati Alkan English 138 One of the saddest events in Baha'u'llah's life was the murder of three followers of His half-brother Mirza Yahya "Subh-i Azal" in 'Akka in 1872 by seven Baha'is. Like their master, Sayyid Muhammad Isfahani, Aqa Jan Kaj-Kulah and Mirza Rida-Quli Tafrishi were inveterate enemies of Baha'u'llah and had been discrediting Him and misrepresenting His Ca...  
"By the Fig and the Olive": A Tablet of `Abdu'l-Bahá in Ottoman-Turkish on the Quranic Sura 95   e Necati Alkan English 36 For the first time an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha will be presented. The original text appears in a collection of Tablets and Prayers by `Abdu'l-Baha in Ottoman-Turkish . `Abdu'l-Baha comments on the verse By the Fig and the Olive (wa't-tin wa'z-zaytun), indeed, He presents a commentary on the entire sura. The four sacred symbols Fig, Ol... read online  
Die Siebenschläferlegende in der christlich-islamischen Tradition und in den Babi-Baha'i-Schriften   e The Legend of the Seven Sleepers in the Christian-Islamic tradition and in the Babi-Baha'i writings Necati Alkan Deutsch 126  
Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu'l-Baha   e Necati Alkan English 48 Dream interpretation is an ancient and universal practice. Countless books have been written on the subject since the times of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greeks called it egkoimesis and the Romans incubatio. During the period of classical Islam dream interpration among ancient sciences was passed on to Islam and became sophisticated. Dreams...  
Some Ottoman Documents about Babis and Bahá'ís in the Ottoman Empire   e Necati Alkan English 138 This talk will give an overview of some documents from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul about various topics involving Babis and Baha'is, such as the Babi disciple and poetess Tahirih "Qurratu'l-'Ayn" in Karbala, the death of Mirza 'Ali Maraghih'i, called "Sayyah", who was exiled with other three Baha'is in the company of Mirza Yahya to Cyprus;&Iac...