| Abbreviations of Sources |
| BA |
Shoghi Effendi. Bahá’í Administration: Selected Messages 1922-1932. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1968 |
| BC |
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. The Bahá’í Community: A summarisation of Its Organization and Laws. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1963 |
| CF |
Shoghi Effendi. Citadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947-1957. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1965 |
| ESW |
Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979 |
| GWB |
Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1980 |
| PDC |
Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day is Come. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. Edn., 1980 |
| SW |
Star of the West: The Bahá’í Magazine. vol. XIV, July 1923, no. 4. Reprinted 1978. Oxford: George Ronald. |
| UD |
Shoghi Effendi. The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá’í Community. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1981 |
| WOB |
Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974 |