Does anyone know if there is a reason to believe Abdul Baha wrote A Traveller's Narrative, other than a hunch by E.G. Browne?
I asked ChatGPT 'When was it first claimed that "A Traveller's Narrative" was written by Abdul Baha?' and it responded with the following:
The claim that A Traveller’s Narrative (Maqālah-yi Shakhṣī Sayyāḥ) was authored by `Abdu’l-Bahá was first made public in the English-speaking world in 1891, when Edward Granville Browne published his English translation alongside the Persian original in Cambridge.
In the introduction to his publication, Browne carefully avoids directly naming the author but includes strong hints, stating that the author was “a well-known personage in the Bábí community.” Later, in his personal correspondence and subsequent writings, Browne makes it clearer that he believed `Abdu’l-Bahá to be the author.
The Bahá’í community itself did not openly acknowledge Abdu’l-Bahá’s authorship at the time, likely due to the political sensitivity of the content andAbdu’l-Bahá's vulnerable position in Ottoman Palestine. It was only decades later, especially after `Abdu’l-Bahá’s passing and the relative stabilization of the Faith’s political situation, that his authorship became widely affirmed within the Bahá’í community.
So in summary:
- First public implication of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s authorship: 1891 (by E.G. Browne).
- Widespread acknowledgment within the Bahá’í community: gradually, especially after `Abdu’l-Bahá’s death in 1921.
Does anyone have proof that it was written by Abdul Baha?
Source : https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeSpeechBahai/comments/1k4qr3n/authorship_of_a_travellers_narrative/
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