| web link | bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB17212 |
| reference type | Journal Article |
| title | The Babi Upheavals, 1848-1853 |
| journal | Baha'i Studies Bulletin |
| author | Momen, Moojan |
| Authority control 1 | Moojan Momen |
| authority control | Moojan Momen |
| year | 1990 |
| date | Jan. 1990 |
| issue | 2 |
| volume | 4 |
| abstract | Study of the Babi upheavals through a critique of several paradigms: political revolt ; defense and martyrdom ; jihad ; social protest ; faction-fighting ; extirpation of heresy ; socialist/communist ; impact of the west. It is followed by an examination of what is meant by "truth" in history. Momen concludes that: there is no sense in which there can be a "true" or "correct" interpretation of the events of the Babi upheavals ; individual Babis may have acted within different paradigms at different times ; individuals usually act in accord with what they believe is the right thing to do, without reference to a grand schema ; the most useful account of the Babi upheavals will account for all paradigms. |
| language | English |
| keywords | BABI FAITH; HISTORY; HISTORIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; TRUTH |
| pages | 4–21 |
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