Bibliography: BIB00289

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reference type	Book
title	I Babi
author	Lessona, Michele
year	1881
date	1881
publisher	Ermanno Loescher
place published	Torino, Italy
issue	7.
notes	I Babi is apparently the earliest Italian work devoted exclusively to the Babi religion. Moojan Momen, in The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1844-1944, wrote the following (p.27): "In 1862, there arrived in Persia, a physician to an Italian diplomatic Mission, a man who was in his later years to achieve considerable eminence [he became a professor of zoology and was among the earliest supporters of Darwinism]: Michele Lessona. According to his own statement, Lessona met there a Persian of high lineage named Dávud Khán who spoke Italian. From this man, Lessona learnt of the Bábís. Lessona also met and conversed with Gobineau, as well as visiting some of the places connected with Bábí history. Lessona returned to Italy, and in about 1870 he wrote a 66-page book entitled I Babi, which was printed years later in 1881 by Vincenzo Bona of Turin...."
language	Italian
keywords	BABI FAITH
number of pages	66