- Abbas Effendi: His personality, work, and followers, by E. S. Stevens (1911). — Overview of the Baha'i Faith, including a personal interview with 'Abdu'l-Baha.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West, by Ali Kuli Khan, John Bosch, Louise Bosch, Marzieh Gail, ed. (1971 Fall). — Recollections of Abdu'l-Baha, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and L...
- Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Baha.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás, by Firuz Kazemzadeh (2009-04). — On the eldest son and appointed successor of Baha’u’llah, the Center of His Covenant, and the He...
- `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, by Necati Alkan (2021). — Abdu’l-Baha’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman...
- Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An, Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). — Originally written in Persian by Mirza Áqa Khan Katira’i (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payam-i-Bah...
- Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family, by Moojan Momen (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
- Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
- Ahmad, The Flame of Fire, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — History of the recipient of the Tablet of Ahmad, extracted from an article by Hand of the Case Jinab...
- Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh, by Boris Handal (2023). — The story of Baha'u'llah's wife Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (1820–1886), covering her life in ...
- Bab and Babism, by Isaac Adams (1900). — One-chapter overview of history and teachings, incl. Anton Haddad's "A Message from Acca," "A Declar...
- Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The, Fereydun Vahman, ed. (2020). — On the Bab's life, teachings, and writings; the Babi community's formation, conflicts, and transitio...
- Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). — Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration;...
- Báb, The: The King of Messengers, by Riaz Ghadimi, Riaz Masrour, trans. (2009). — A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
- Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, Moojan Momen, ed. (1981). — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
- Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2006). — Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronolog...
- Babism, by Denison Ross (1901/1912). — Chapter-length overview of Babi and early Baha'i history.
- Babism, by Author unknown (2008-07). — Overview of Babi and Baha'i history, from Shaykhism to 1920.
- Babism, by Stephen G. Bullfinch (1869). — Brief account of the Babi movement by an American Unitarian clergyman.
- Babites, The, by Henry H. Jessup (1901-06-22). — Sympathetic overview of Babi and Baha'i history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation wit...
- Babs and Their Prophet, The, by Laurence Oliphant (1887). — Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Beha and the Babi col...
- Bagdádi Family, by Kamran Ekbal (2014). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bahá'í and Bábí Schisms, by Denis MacEoin (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bahá'í country notes: Egypt, by Graham Hassall (1997). — History of Baha'is in Egypt from 1860s to 1961 referencing early merchant settlements, Abdu'l-Baha's...
- Bahá'í Faith (Part One), The: Origins and the Báb, by Filip Holm (published as Let's Talk Religion) (2020-07-23). — Part one of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a wor...
- Bahá'í Faith (Part Two), The: Bahá'u'lláh and His Teachings, by Filip Holm (published as Let's Talk Religion) (2020-07-30). — Part two of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a wor...
- Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge (2002). — Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the So...
- Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, The: Part 1 (1753-1863), by Ramsey Zeine (2006). — Babi and early Baha'i links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is ...
- Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge (2002). — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history.
- Baha'i Faith, roots of, by Robert Stockman (2011).
- Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1950: Information Statistical and Comparative, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1950).
- Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1952: Information Statistical and Comparative, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1953).
- Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1963: Information Statistical and Comparative, Including the Achievements of the Ten Year International Bahá'í Teaching & Consolidation Plan 1953-1963, Hands of the Cause, comp. (1963). — Statistical information compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God residing in the Holy Land regardin...
- Bahá'í Health Initiatives in Iran: A preliminary survey, by Seena Fazel, Minou Foadi (2008). — Baha'i-related initiatives in Iran in the 19th-20th centuries: Baha'is made important contributions ...
- Bahá'í History, by Moojan Momen, Peter Smith (1993). — A general survey of the history of the Baha'i Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Ba...
- Bahá'í History and Videos, by Hussein Ahdieh (2013-2025). — Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqa, Baha'i schools for gi...
- Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s, by Moojan Momen (1983-09). — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
- Bahá'í membership statistics, by Robert Stockman (1998-11). — Statistics on the American community from 1998, and notes on how membership numbers are calculated.
- Bahá'í Persecutions, by Denis MacEoin (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bahá'í Proofs, The, by Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Ali Kuli Khan, trans. (1902). — A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the F...
- Baha'i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey, by Bijan Ma'sumian, Adib Masumian (2014). — Overview of the cultivation and evolution of religious education in the Baha’i Faith in Iran in th...
- Bahá'í World Centre, by Moojan Momen (2009). — On the spiritual center of the Baha’i Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the...
- Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1980). — Baha’u’llah's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who ac...
- Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1963). — Two long essays on the life of Baha'u'llah, published in conjunction with the Baha'i Centennial (196...
- Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
- Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus), by Author unknown (1999). — Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charism...
- Biography of Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain, Jonah Winters, comp. (2013). — Compilation of documents about an early feminist and peace advocate who received a Tablet from Abdu'...
- Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah, by David Merrick (2008). — Childhood and Early Life of Baha'u'llah, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
- Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Abu'l-Qasim Afnan (1988). — Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history....
- Black Pearls: The African Household Slaves of a Nineteenth Century Iranian Merchant Family, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (2003-10). — The African slave trade to Iran in the 1800s, and the lives of household slaves of one specific merc...
- Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith, Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Boise, Idaho, comp. (1996-11-25). — Chronology of major events in Baha'i history from 1844 to 1996.
- Brief Introduction to Millennial Zeal in the Nineteenth Century, A, by Chris Manvell, Carolyn Sparey-Gillies (1997). — Joseph Wolff, William Miller, and millennial zeal in early 19th-century America; biblical proofs of ...
- British influence in Persia in the 19th century, by Abbas Amanat (2003). — Includes various mentions of the Babi context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm, by Juan Cole (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career, by Michael Wickens (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement, by Kamran Ekbal (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2017). — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
- Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry?, by Geoffrey Nash (1981). — The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Baha'i poetry; the use of profane imagery.
- Choice Wine: The Kitab-i Aqdas and the Development of Bahá'í Law, by Anthony Lee (1995-04). — The Kitab-i Aqdas was not intended to establish a new law code (shari'a) similar to the one known to...
- Chosen Highway, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1940/1967). — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
- Chosen Path, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2020). — Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Babi history, written for a Baha'i yout...
- Chronological study: Tablets to the Rulers, by Melissa Tansik (1998). — Timeline of the rise of nation states, 1844-1871, and the history and fate of the rulers to whom Bah...
- Chronology of the Greatest Holy Leaf, by Violetta Zein (2025-01). — Links to a detailed biography and multimedia photo album of the life of the daughter of Baha'u'llah.
- Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Moojan Momen (2013). — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
- Constitutional Revolution (Iran): Intellectual Background, by Abbas Amanat (1993). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A, by Alexandra Yerolimpos (1993). — Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period o...
- Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1999 Spring). — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
- Correspondance entre le Comte de Gobineau et le Comte de Prokesche-Osten (1854-1876), by Joseph Arthur Gobineau (1933). — Multiple letters from 1865-1868 referencing the Babi Faith, between Gobineau and Anton von Prokesch-...
- Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914, by Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed, Anna Vanzan, trans. (1993). — Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-D...
- Cyprus Exiles, The, by Moojan Momen (1991-06). — History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Baha'u'llah exiled with them in Cyprus. In...
- Declaration of the Báb in Bahá'í Imagination, The: Introducing a Woman and an African into the Sacred History of the Bahá'í Community, by Anthony Lee (2025). — The account of the declaration of the Bab to Mulla Husayn on May 22, 1844, as told by Nabil in Dawn ...
- Der Messianismus des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und die Entstehung der Baha'i Religion, by Kamran Ekbal (1998). — On the resurgence of a millenarianistic climate in the 19th century from China through the Middle-Ea...
- Development of the Bábí / Bahá'í Communities, The: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives, by Youli A. Ioannesyan (2013). — 19th-century private letters and diplomatic correspondence from a prominent Russian scholar, one of ...
- Die deutsche Auswanderung 1816/1817 in den Kaukasus und ihre millenaristischen Hintergründe, by Kamran Ekbal (2006). — The phenomenon of emigration from Germany to the Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan around 1...
- Dispensation of the Bab, The, by Boris Handal (2023). — Detailed, systematic presentation of the Bab's teachings; Babi prophecies relating to Baha'u'llah; t...
- Dodge, Arther Pillsbury, by Richard Francis (1998). — Life of the first president of the New York Baha'i Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Baha."
- Early Relations Between Christian Missionaries and the Bábí and Bahá'í Communities, by Moojan Momen (1982). — Historical overview of interactions between the Babis and the early Baha'is and a number of Christia...
- Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths, by Moojan Momen (1995).
- Eastern Chequerboard, An, by Harry Charles Lukach (published as Harry Charles Luke) (1934). — One-page mention of the Baha'is and Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.
- El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe, by Boris Handal (1985). — Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Baha'i Faith: Mulla Ḥ...
- Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections, by Various (1986-2004). — 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Babi or Baha'i Faiths.
- English Amongst the Persians During the Qajar Period 1787-1921, The, by Denis Wright (1977). — Passing mentions of Baha'is seeking support or asylum from British consulates or missionaries in the...
- Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz, by Anthony Lee (2012-02). — Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap...
- Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum, by Munirih Khanum, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. (1924). — A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letter...
- Essai Sur le Cheikhisme, by A. L. M. Nicolas (1910/1911). — One of the earliest biographies of Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kazim Rashi, founders of Iranian r...
- Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri, by Abbas Amanat (1998/2020). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism, Keven Brown, ed. (2001). — Includes Eberhard von Kitzing's "Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Baha's concept of the o...
- Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), An, by James B. Thomas (2003). — To fully appreciate the historical significance of the Tablet of the World, this essay first portray...
- Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — History of an early Baha'i, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hi...
- Fadl-i-Shirazi: Guided By Dreams, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — Life story of an early believer; content derived from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat by Aziz'u'l...
- Family and Early Life of Tahirih Qurrat al-`Ayn, The, by Moojan Momen (2003). — Summary of information about the ancestry and background of Tahirih available in Persian and Arabic;...
- Family Stories about Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq and His Son Ibn-i-Asdaq, by Shafigheh Fatheazam (2020). — Recollections from a descendant of Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Ismu'llah as-Sadiq, the Hand of the Cause wh...
- Fifty Three Years In Syria, by Henry H. Jessup (1910). — Passing encounters between Baha'is and a Christian missionary in Iran, 1867-1901.
- Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire, by Necati Alkan (2012). — Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitu...
- Fire on the Mountain-Top, by Gloria A. Faizi (1973/2005). — A collection of stories about early members of the Baha’i Faith, based on accounts gathered in Per...
- First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era, The, by Arjen Bolhuis (1999). — Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Baha'i Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
- Five Years in a Persian Town, by Napier Malcolm (1907). — Many passing mentions, plus a detailed overview, in an account by a Christian missionary in Yazd, fi...
- Flowers to `Akká, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (1969-05). — Some history of Sayessan, a Baha'i village near Tabriz; of Mulla Asad’u’llah, who prophesied the...
- Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, The, by Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). — Detailed account of the early years of the Bab, events of the 1880s and 1890s, the Constitutional Re...
- Gift of Love, A: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, Gloria A. Faizi, comp. and ed. (1982). — Booklet on various topics related to the life of Baha'u'llah's daughter Bahiyyih Khanum (1846-1932),...
- Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — Anecdotes about some early followers of Baha'u'llah, and the circumstances of his own life.
- Globalization of the Bahá'í Community: 1892-1921, The, by Moojan Momen (2005). — On the connection between Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking and his practical directives in the global expa...
- Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de, by Calmard Jean (2003). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi (1971 [1944]). — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
- Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature, by Elham Afnan (1989). — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
- Growth of the Cause in the British Isles, The, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles (1944). — Historical overview, starting with E. G. Browne and Comte de Gobineau, to pilgrims in the time of Ab...
- Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran, by Anthony Lee (2015). — Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Ba...
- Hands of the Cause of God, by Universal House of Justice, Lilian Alá'í, Ray Hudson (1986). — Six documents from Baha'i World 18 part four section 2: The Hands of the Cause of God and their func...
- Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2001-03). — Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
- History of Baha'u'llah and the Uniqueness of the Bahá'í Faith, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1994). — Overview of the life and writings of Baha'u'llah, with an epilogue on how the Baha'i Faith differs f...
- History of Persia from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Year 1858, A, by Robert Grant Watson (1866). — A review of the events that led to the establishment of the Qajar dynasty, with discussion of the Ba...
- Homage to Memorials of the Faithful, An, by Julio Savi (2016). — Poems inspired by eight of the personages of "Memorials": Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-Zarandi, Darvish-i-...
- Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America, by Richard Hollinger (1984). — A study of the Lebanese Baha'i who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced h...
- Immortals, The, by Dipchand Khianra (1988). — Biographies of 16 notable Baha'is in Indian history.
- 'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850, by Juan Cole (1986-10). — On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers whic...
- Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China, The, by Jianping Wang (2002). — A possible historical linkage between the followers of Babi and Baha'i Movements in Iran and the bel...
- Introduction: A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by E. G. Browne (1891/1975). — Overview of Browne's early research into the Babis and his collecting their historical materials; au...
- Iran: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen (1994).
- Iran, Bahá'í Community of, by Vahid Rafati (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Iran: Province of Ádharbáyján, by Moojan Momen (1994).
- Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century, by Juan Cole (1992-02). — The growth of belief in representative government within the Baha'i faith in the last third of the 1...
- Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith, by Fuad Izadinia (2014). — Biographies of many dozen Baha'is of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Tu...
- Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery (1956). — On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited...
- Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses, by Todd Lawson (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
- Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, by Mehrdad Amanat (2009). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Kaiser Guilherme I: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-06-18). — Short biography of Kaiser William I and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
- L'implantation de la foi baha'ie en France: et impact de la venue de Abdu'l Bahá à Paris au début du XXème siècle (The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in France and the impact of the arrival of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century), by Natalia Behnam (2006). — French society at the end of the 19th century; Western expansion of the Baha'i Faith; Abdu'l-Baha's ...
- Les religions et les philosophies dans l'asie centrale, by Joseph Arthur Gobineau (published as Comte de Gobineau) (1866/1900). — A lengthy early account of Babi history by French Orientalist and diplomat Comte de Gobineau, who se...
- Letters from a 19th-century Kansas Baha'i, by Duane L. Herrmann (1996 Winter). — An examination of two letters written by Barbara Ehrsam in Enterprise, Kansas in 1899.
- Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household, by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw (2004). — A study and translation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-...
- Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi, by Myron Henry Phelps, Bahiyyih Khanum (1903). — Abdu'l-Baha's life, as told by his sister Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by My...
- Life and Times of August Forel, The, by Sheila Banani (2005). — A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social con...
- Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh, by Aqa Husayn Ashchi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007-03). — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
- Literary History of Persia, Volume 4: Modern Times (1500-1924), by E. G. Browne (1928/1959). — Volume 4 contains the first extensive catalogue of Babi and Baha'i literature published in English. ...
- Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry, by Edwin McCloughan (2002). — A Baha'i response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned ...
- Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. (1918/1961/2013). — An early collection of historical documents related to Baha'i and Babi studies. (Not fully complete....
- Medhat Pasha, by Necati Alkan (2012). — Bio of the 19th century Ottoman statesman, who served both as governor and grand vizier. Brief excer...
- Memorials of the Faithful, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. (1971 [1924]). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's volume of short biographies of Babi and Baha'i figures and heroes, translated from th...
- Memories of Ashchi: Background, by Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn (1999). — Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
- Memories of My Life: Translation of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán's Khátirát-i-Hayát, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Bio of the life of Habibu'llah Afnan-i-A`la'i, born 1875, especially his years with the family of th...
- Messianic Expectations in Nineteenth Century Christian and Islamic Communities, by Ahang Rabbani (2006-02). — The phenomenon of messianism and its manifestations in early-modern American Christianity and in Ira...
- Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Baha'is often consider as ranking seco...
- Mishkín Qalam: 19th-Century Artist and Calligrapher, by Society for Persian Letters and Arts, Vahid Rafati, Annemarie Schimmel (1992). — Visual collection of the art of Mishkin Qalam, 1826-1912. Includes introduction by Vahid Rafati, a b...
- Modern Iran, by Peter Avery (1967). — 24 pages from chapters on "Nasiru'd-Din Shah's heritage," "Nasiru'd-Din Shah on his own," and "Prolo...
- Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, by Nikki R. Keddie (1981/2003). — 5-page overview of the historical and ideological context of the Babi uprising in Iran; passing disc...
- Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only], by Juan Cole (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- Mulla Rida: The Indestructible, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — Extracts from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat, by Azizu'llah-i-Sulaymani, about a famous life-lon...
- Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters, by Munirih Khanum, Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. (1986). — Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes the arrangements for her marr...
- My Memories of Baha'u'llah, by Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani, Marzieh Gail, trans. (1982). — Memories of one of Baha'u'llah's companions during his exile.
- My Wanderings in Persia, by T. S. Anderson (1880). — Lengthy account of 19th-century travels through Iran. Includes one mention of the "Bawbees." Also in...
- Myanmar: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Rose Ong, Check Woo Foo (2008). — Text and photos of the history of Baha'i activities in Burma and Myanmar, 1878-1995.
- Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet, by Roy P. Mottahedeh (1967 Winter). — Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Baha'i in the time of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha.
- Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten, by Soheila Vahdati, Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2008-09-18). — An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran...
- Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-07-19). — Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Baha'u'llah...
- New Religions of the Nineteeth Century: Babism, by Frank F. Ellinwood (1904). — Overview of Babi history, briefer history of the lives of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, comments of H...
- Nineteenth Century Islamic Mahdism in Iran and the Sudan: A brief analysis of the teachings and influence of The Bab and Muhammad Ahmad (The Sudanese Mahdi), by Jason Illari (2001). — A comparitive study of the movements of the Bab and the Sudanese Mahdi.
- Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, by Necati Alkan (2004-06-15). — Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in ...
- Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s, by Necati Alkan (2004). — The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Baha'is from the ...
- Papa Pio IX: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-06-16). — Short biography of Pope Pius IX and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this leader of the Catholic...
- Persia and the Persian Question, volume I, by George N. Curzon (1892). — In Moojan Momen's "The Babi and Baha'i Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts" (198...
- Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, by Isaac Adams (1906). — Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while...
- Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review, by John Huddleston (1988). — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
- Portraits and Career of Mohammed Ali, Son of Kazem-Beg, The: Scottish Missionaries and Russian Orientalism, by A. D. H. Bivar (1994). — Kazem-Beg has a place in Baha'i history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersb...
- Preliminary Survey of the Bahá'í Community of Iran during the Nineteenth Century, A, by Moojan Momen (1998). — On the early growth and consolidation of the Baha'i community in Iran; its membership and social and...
- Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1996-11). — On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): ...
- Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France, by Jan T. Jasion (2019-11). — History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (wit...
- Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1914). — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
- Recovering Biographies of Enslaved Africans In Nineteenth-Century Iran, by Anthony Lee (2016). — On the history, and lack of scholarship about, the East-African slave trade to Iran; as many as 1-2 ...
- Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt, by Anthony Lee (2016). — Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum...
- Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran, by Moojan Momen (1995).
- Religious State, The: A Comparative Study of Sixteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Opposition: The Case of the Anabaptists and the Bábís, by Gary K. Waite (1995). — Brief overview of the nature of and opposition to the Dutch and North German Anabaptist movement of ...
- Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1997). — Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Ref...
- Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh, by Lowell Johnson (1980). — Biography of the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith.
- Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia, The, by Marta Scialdone (2024-11-30). — The Baha’i community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, e...
- Sheltering Branch, The, by Marzieh Gail (1959). — The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
- Significance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1993). — History and background of the Aqdas; circumstances of its revelation; the text itself; authority and...
- Significant Events in Bahá'í History, Author unknown, comp. (1969?). — Two-page chronology of major events in Baha'i history, 1817-1969.
- St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, The: Primary and Other Sources, by Youli A. Ioannesyan (2006). — The important work of Russian scholars up to 1917 in collecting Babi and Baha’i materials; a detai...
- Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. (1980). — Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follo...
- Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers, by Adib Taherzadeh, Kiser Barnes, comp. (2003). — Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Baha’u’llah, Volume...
- Tahirih, by Lowell Johnson (1982). — Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrin-Taj, "Crown of Gold."
- Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East, by Oliver Scharbrodt (2002). — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
- Thief in the Night: The Case of the Missing Millennium, by William Sears (1961). — In the early 19th-century there was world-wide and fervent expectation that during the 1840s the ret...
- "To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal, by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw (2004-08-15). — Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged...
- Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A, by E. G. Browne, Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. (1891/1975). — Annotated translation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's history of the Babi and early Baha'i movements, dated 1886; ...
- Trilogy of Consecration, A: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary, by Boris Handal (2020). — On the lives of Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A'zam and Mulla Sadiq, three important people in the early ye...
- United States of America: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Robert Stockman (1995). — History of the Baha'i community of the United States.
- Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family, by Moojan Momen (2003-09). — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
- Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). — History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a fath...
- Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move, by Boris Handal (2020). — On the lives of Varqa, the physician and talented poet, and his gifted adolescent son Ruhu'llah, who...
- Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology: Selected from Manuscripts of William Miller with a Memoir of His Life, by William Miller, Joshua V. Himes, ed. (1842). — Miller's memoir; scriptural interpretation; Bible chronology; various addresses and lectures; variou...
- Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. (1982). — Compilation of inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Baha'i way of life as demonstrated by ‘Abdu...
- Where the Future Nests: 19th Century Babi and Bahá'í Photography, by Negar Mottahedeh (2009/2011).
- Who Was Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette Temple Was Built?, by Ismael Velasco (2011). — Brief investigation into the surname "Ouilmette" (Wilmette), and the identity of a Native American g...
- Windows to the Past, by Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
- Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience, by Miriam Dixson (2000). — The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology,...
- Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The, by Moojan Momen (1981). — Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
- World Survey, A: The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1944, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1944). — Summary document showing countries opened, centres founded, languages translated, properties purchas...
- Xá Nasiri'd-dino: Breve relato da sua vida e da Epistola revelada por Baha'u'llah, by Marco Oliveira (2007). — Breve resumo da vida deste monarca persa do sec. XIX e sua relação com a religião Baha'i. Short d...
- Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran, by Anthony Lee (2017). — Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th a...
- تاريخ ديانت بهائى در خراسان (The History of the Bahá'í Faith in Khorasan), by Hasan Fuadi Bushru'i, Minou Foadi, ed, Fereydun Vahman, ed. (1931/2022). — History of the Baha'i Faith in Khorasan is considered one of the most important early histories of t...
- مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance), by Azizu'llah Sulaymani (1948-1976). — Biographies of 99 prominent Baha'is from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 an...
- یادگار جشن پنجاهمین سال تاسیس محفل مقدس بهائیان طهران 55-103 (Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bahá'í Assembly of Tehran B.E. 55-103), by Author unknown (1947). — Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of th...
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