ABSTRACT
Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin was lieutenant-general, Governor-General of the Transcaspian Region (1890-1898), later War Minister. He is mentioned in God Passes By (Effendi 1995: 300). Tumanski, who was the first European translator of the major Baha’i book, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (see Introduction), discussed with Rosen issues related to this work as it was still in progress. The incorporated quote from the book in Arabic is: ‘O Land of Khá! We hear from thee [the voice of heroes, raised in glorification of thy Lord, the All-Possessing, the Most Exalted]’ (Kitáb-i-Aqdas, paragraph number: 94).
