Bibliography: BIB00344

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB00344
reference type	Book
title	Concise Dictionary of Religious Knowledge
editor	Jackson, Samuel Macauley
year	1891
date	1891
publisher	Christian Literature Company
place published	New York
abstract	"Babi, a Persian Mohammedan sect, founded by Mirza Ali Mohammed, the Bab (i.e. the gate), at Shiraz, in 1844. It grew rapidly, but was surpressed with bloodshed, 1850-52. It is now widely diffused as a sort of secret society. Its teaching is essentially Pantheism, and lays stress on a pure and hospitable life. It forbids polygamy and concubinage, the use of the veil, and raises women to an equality with men."
notes	"Babi:" p. 69
language	English
keywords	DICTIONARY; RELIGION; COMPARATIVE RELIGION
number of pages	[4], 996
call number	10.