Peter Smith (historian)

Born in Yorkshire, Peter Smith was raised in Bristol, England, where he joined the Baháʼí Faith at the age of 16 years, initially hearing about the religion from media coverage of the first Baháʼí World Congress held in London. In 1968, after the Palermo Conference held to commemorate the exile of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion, to Acre, Smith along with Denis MacEoin, Moojan Momen, and Tahir Ronald Taherzadeh (a son of Adib Taherzadeh), served as one of the youth guides at the mass pilgrimage to the Baháʼí World Centre.[2] Smith has been an active member of the British Baháʼí community, having served on National Teaching Committees and the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Bristol, Durham and Lancaster. He is married to Sammi Anvar with whom he has two children. Since 1985, he has pioneered to Thailand, where he serves on the faculty of Mahidol University International College.[3][4]

• Smith, Peter (2008). An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-86251-5.

• Smith, Peter, ed. (2004). "Bahaʼis in the West". Studies in the Babi and Bahaʼi Religions. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press. 14.

• Smith, Peter (2000). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.

• Smith, Peter (1999). The Baháʼí Faith: A Short History. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1-85168-208-2.

• Smith, Peter (1988). The Baháʼí Religion, A Short Introduction to its History and Teachings. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-277-5.

• Smith, Peter (1987). The Bábí and Baháʼí Religions: From Messianic Shiʻism to a World Religion. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30128-9.

• Smith, Peter, ed. (1986). In Iran: Studies in Babi and Bahaʼi History. 3. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press.