1. 2026. حاجی شیخ زین العابدین ابراری: Ḥájí Shaykh Zaynu'l-'Ábidín Abrárí. Azizu'llah Sulaymani, Adel Shafipour, trans. . — English translation and Persian original, of a short biography of Shaykh Zayn-al-‘Abidin, a servan...
2. 2025-09. From 'the Most Great Prison' to the 'Holy Land': The Transformation of 'Akká in Bahá'í Sacred Geography. Sivan Lerer. — Examines how ‘Akka transformed from Baha’u’llah’s place of exile into a Baha’i sacred cent...
3. 2025-01. Chronology of the Greatest Holy Leaf. Violetta Zein. — Links to a detailed biography and multimedia photo album of the life of the daughter of Baha'u'llah.
4. 2025. Declaration of the Báb in Bahá'í Imagination, The: Introducing a Woman and an African into the Sacred History of the Bahá'í Community. Anthony Lee. — The account of the declaration of the Bab to Mulla Husayn on May 22, 1844, as told by Nabil in Dawn ...
5. 2025. Partial Translation of Nabíl Zarandí's Longest Poem, A. Nabil-i-A'zam, Adib Masumian, trans. . — A partial translation of Nabil Zarandi's longest poem, describing events from the early days of the ...
6. 2024-11-30. Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia, The. Marta Scialdone. — The Baha’i community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, e...
7. 2024. Amazing Grace: Stories of Personal Transformation from Slavery to the Present Day. Jaine Toth. — A lengthy script, with accompanying slides, depicting real life stories of Americans, both black and...
8. 2023. Dispensation of the Bab, The. Boris Handal. — Detailed, systematic presentation of the Bab's teachings; Babi prophecies relating to Baha'u'llah; t...
9. 2023. Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh. Boris Handal. — The story of Baha'u'llah's wife Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (1820–1886), covering her life in ...
10. 2023. Exploring Abdu'l-Bahá's Insights on Strikes and Labor Movement within the Framework of an Integrated Global Economy. Behrooz Sabet. — This paper explores ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s vision of labor and strikes as moral and social issues, pro...
11. 2022. Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An. Adib Masumian, trans. — Originally written in Persian by Mirza Áqa Khan Katira’i (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payam-i-Bah...
12. 2021. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás. Necati Alkan. — Abdu’l-Baha’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman...
13. 2021. Persianization of Shaykhīsm: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rābiʿ from Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī to Karīm Khān Kirmānī. Leila Chamankhah. — On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the th...
14. 2020/2025. Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move. Boris Handal. — On the lives of Varqa, the physician and talented poet, and his gifted adolescent son Ruhu'llah, who...
15. 2020-07-30. Bahá'í Faith (Part Two), The: Bahá'u'lláh and His Teachings. Filip Holm (published as Let's Talk Religion). — Part two of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a wor...
16. 2020-07-23. Bahá'í Faith (Part One), The: Origins and the Báb. Filip Holm (published as Let's Talk Religion). — Part one of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a wor...
17. 2020. Chosen Path, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Babi history, written for a Baha'i yout...
18. 2020. Trilogy of Consecration, A: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary. Boris Handal. — On the lives of Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A'zam and Mulla Sadiq, three important people in the early ye...
19. 2020. Family Stories about Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq and His Son Ibn-i-Asdaq. Shafigheh Fatheazam. — Recollections from a descendant of Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Ismu'llah as-Sadiq, the Hand of the Cause wh...
20. 2020. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The. Fereydun Vahman, ed. — On the Bab's life, teachings, and writings; the Babi community's formation, conflicts, and transitio...
21. 2020. Black Inventors Who Have Improved Your Life. Jaine Toth. — Introduces some black inventors and their accomplishments that make our lives so much better. (No me...
22. 2019-11. Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France. Jan T. Jasion. — History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (wit...
23. 2018/2024. Profitable End, A: A History of the Zabihi Family. Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed, Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, trans. . — Detailed account of the life of ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab Dhabiḥi and his family, including bios of 17 ma...
24. 2018/2024. عاقبت بخیر: شرح حیات عبدالو ه اب ذبیحی، بستگان و آباء و اجداد (Blessed End: A History of the Zabihi Family). Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed. . — Story of the life of Abdu'l-Vahhab Dhabihi, as narrated by his son.
25. 2017. Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran. Anthony Lee. — Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th a...
26. 2017. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
27. 2016. Homage to Memorials of the Faithful, An. Julio Savi. — Poems inspired by eight of the personages of "Memorials": Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-Zarandi, Darvish-i-...
28. 2016. Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt. Anthony Lee. — Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum...
29. 2016. Recovering Biographies of Enslaved Africans In Nineteenth-Century Iran. Anthony Lee. — On the history, and lack of scholarship about, the East-African slave trade to Iran; as many as 1-2 ...
30. 2015. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses. Todd Lawson. — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
31. 2015. Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran. Anthony Lee. — Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Ba...
32. 2014. Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith. Fuad Izadinia. — Biographies of many dozen Baha'is of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Tu...
33. 2014. Bagdádi Family. Kamran Ekbal. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
34. 2014. Baha'i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey. Bijan Ma'sumian, Adib Masumian. — Overview of the cultivation and evolution of religious education in the Baha’i Faith in Iran in th...
35. 2013-2025. Bahá'í History and Videos. Hussein Ahdieh. — Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqa, Baha'i schools for gi...
36. 2013. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Moojan Momen. — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
37. 2013. Biography of Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain. Jonah Winters, comp. — Compilation of documents about an early feminist and peace advocate who received a Tablet from Abdu'...
38. 2013. Development of the Bábí / Bahá'í Communities, The: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives. Youli A. Ioannesyan. — 19th-century private letters and diplomatic correspondence from a prominent Russian scholar, one of ...
39. 2013. Baha'ism in Iran. Ashaq Hussain. — An overview of Baha'i history and the Iranian response.
40. 2012-02. Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz. Anthony Lee. — Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap...
41. 2012. Medhat Pasha. Necati Alkan. — Bio of the 19th century Ottoman statesman, who served both as governor and grand vizier. Brief excer...
42. 2012. Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire. Necati Alkan. — Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitu...
43. 2011-2025. Biographies from nayriz.org. Hussein Ahdieh. — Twenty-three biographies, with photographs; Naskhi calligraphy.
44. 2011. Baha'i Faith, roots of. Robert Stockman.
45. 2011. Who Was Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette Temple Was Built?. Ismael Velasco. — Brief investigation into the surname "Ouilmette" (Wilmette), and the identity of a Native American g...
46. 2010. Biography of Mullá Muhammad Shafí. Hussein Ahdieh. — Brief outline of the life of an eyewitness to the upheavals of 1850 and 1853 in Nayriz.
47. 2010. Diary of Mullá Muhammad Shafi, The. Mullá Muḥammad Shafí, Hussein Ahdieh, trans. . — Translation of a diary so thorough that it became the prime source of information for many future hi...
48. 2009/2011. Where the Future Nests: 19th Century Babi and Bahá'í Photography. Negar Mottahedeh.
49. 2009-04. 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás. Firuz Kazemzadeh. — On the eldest son and appointed successor of Baha’u’llah, the Center of His Covenant, and the He...
50. 2009. Báb, The: The King of Messengers. Riaz Ghadimi, Riaz Masrour, trans. . — A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
51. 2009. Bahá'í World Centre. Moojan Momen. — On the spiritual center of the Baha’i Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the...
52. 2009. Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith. Mehrdad Amanat. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
53. 2008-09-18. Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten. Soheila Vahdati, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran...
54. 2008-07. Babism. Author unknown. — Overview of Babi and Baha'i history, from Shaykhism to 1920.
55. 2008. Myanmar: History of the Bahá'í Faith. Rose Ong, Check Woo Foo. — Text and photos of the history of Baha'i activities in Burma and Myanmar, 1878-1995.
56. 2008. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration;...
57. 2008. Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, The. Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. . — Detailed account of the early years of the Bab, events of the 1880s and 1890s, the Constitutional Re...
58. 2008. Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah. David Merrick. — Childhood and Early Life of Baha'u'llah, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
59. 2008. Bahá'í Health Initiatives in Iran: A preliminary survey. Seena Fazel, Minou Foadi. — Baha'i-related initiatives in Iran in the 19th-20th centuries: Baha'is made important contributions ...
60. 2007-03. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh. Aqa Husayn Ashchi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
61. 2007. Xá Nasiri'd-dino: Breve relato da sua vida e da Epistola revelada por Baha'u'llah. Marco Oliveira. — Breve resumo da vida deste monarca persa do sec. XIX e sua relação com a religião Baha'i. Short d...
62. 2007. Memories of My Life: Translation of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán's Khátirát-i-Hayát. Ahang Rabbani. — Bio of the life of Habibu'llah Afnan-i-A`la'i, born 1875, especially his years with the family of th...
63. 2007. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes. Ahang Rabbani. — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
64. 2006-02. Messianic Expectations in Nineteenth Century Christian and Islamic Communities. Ahang Rabbani. — The phenomenon of messianism and its manifestations in early-modern American Christianity and in Ira...
65. 2006. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronolog...
66. 2006. Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, The: Part 1 (1753-1863). Ramsey Zeine. — Babi and early Baha'i links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is ...
67. 2006. St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, The: Primary and Other Sources. Youli A. Ioannesyan. — The important work of Russian scholars up to 1917 in collecting Babi and Baha’i materials; a detai...
68. 2006. Die deutsche Auswanderung 1816/1817 in den Kaukasus und ihre millenaristischen Hintergründe. Kamran Ekbal. — The phenomenon of emigration from Germany to the Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan around 1...
69. 2006. 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). Natalia Behnam. — French society at the end of the 19th century; Western expansion of the Baha'i Faith; Abdu'l-Baha's ...
70. 2005. Globalization of the Bahá'í Community: 1892-1921, The. Moojan Momen. — On the connection between Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking and his practical directives in the global expa...
71. 2005. Life and Times of August Forel, The. Sheila Banani. — A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social con...
72. 2004-08-15. "To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. — Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged...
73. 2004-07-19. Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh. Marco Oliveira. — Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Baha'u'llah...
74. 2004-06-18. Kaiser Guilherme I: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh. Marco Oliveira. — Short biography of Kaiser William I and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
75. 2004-06-16. Papa Pio IX: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh. Marco Oliveira. — Short biography of Pope Pius IX and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this leader of the Catholic...
76. 2004-06-15. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith. Necati Alkan. — Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in ...
77. 2004. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s. Necati Alkan. — The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Baha'is from the ...
78. 2004. Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. — A study and translation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-...
79. 2004. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies. Ismael Velasco. — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
80. 2003-10. Black Pearls: The African Household Slaves of a Nineteenth Century Iranian Merchant Family. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. — The African slave trade to Iran in the 1800s, and the lives of household slaves of one specific merc...
81. 2003-09. Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family. Moojan Momen. — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
82. 2003. Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de. Calmard Jean. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
83. 2003. British influence in Persia in the 19th century. Abbas Amanat. — Includes various mentions of the Babi context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
84. 2003. Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), An. James B. Thomas. — To fully appreciate the historical significance of the Tablet of the World, this essay first portray...
85. 2003. Family and Early Life of Tahirih Qurrat al-`Ayn, The. Moojan Momen. — Summary of information about the ancestry and background of Tahirih available in Persian and Arabic;...
86. 2003. Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers. Adib Taherzadeh, Kiser Barnes, comp. . — Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Baha’u’llah, Volume...
87. 2002. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry. Edwin McCloughan. — A Baha'i response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned ...
88. 2002. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The. John Walbridge. — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history.
89. 2002. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The. John Walbridge. — Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the So...
90. 2002. Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China, The. Jianping Wang. — A possible historical linkage between the followers of Babi and Baha'i Movements in Iran and the bel...
91. 2002. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East. Oliver Scharbrodt. — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
92. 2001-03. Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi. Sepehr Manuchehri. — Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
93. 2001. 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). Jason Illari. — A comparitive study of the movements of the Bab and the Sudanese Mahdi.
94. 2001. Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism. Keven Brown, ed. — Includes Eberhard von Kitzing's "Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Baha's concept of the o...
95. 2000. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience. Miriam Dixson. — The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology,...
96. 1999 Spring. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The. Ahang Rabbani. — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
97. 1999. Memories of Ashchi: Background. Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn. — Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
98. 1999. First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era, The. A. Bolhuis. — Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Baha'i Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
99. 1999. Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus). Author unknown. — Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charism...
100. 1999. Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih). Author unknown. — Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
101. 1998/2020. Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri. Abbas Amanat. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
102. 1998/2006. Chronology of Bahá'í History. J. Thomas Pawlowski. — A relatively comprehensive timeline, 1844-2006.
103. 1998-11. Bahá'í membership statistics. Robert Stockman. — Statistics on the American community from 1998, and notes on how membership numbers are calculated.
104. 1998 Fall. Millennialism, the Millerites, and Historicism. William P. Collins. — Examines how millennialism and Millerite historicism shaped early American Baha’i interpretations ...
105. 1998. Chronological study: Tablets to the Rulers. Melissa Tansik. — Timeline of the rise of nation states, 1844-1871, and the history and fate of the rulers to whom Bah...
106. 1998. Dodge, Arther Pillsbury. Richard Francis. — Life of the first president of the New York Baha'i Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Baha."
107. 1998. Preliminary Survey of the Bahá'í Community of Iran during the Nineteenth Century, A. Moojan Momen. — On the early growth and consolidation of the Baha'i community in Iran; its membership and social and...
108. 1998. Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only]. Juan Cole. — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
109. 1998. Der Messianismus des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und die Entstehung der Baha'i Religion. Kamran Ekbal. — On the resurgence of a millenarianistic climate in the 19th century from China through the Middle-Ea...
110. 1997. Bahá'í country notes: Egypt. Graham Hassall. — History of Baha'is in Egypt from 1860s to 1961 referencing early merchant settlements, Abdu'l-Baha's...
111. 1997. Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The. Ahang Rabbani. — Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Ref...
112. 1997. Brief Introduction to Millennial Zeal in the Nineteenth Century, A. Chris Manvell, Carolyn Sparey-Gillies. — Joseph Wolff, William Miller, and millennial zeal in early 19th-century America; biblical proofs of ...
113. 1996-2013. Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá'í History. Ahang Rabbani. — Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
114. 1996-11-25. Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith. Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Boise, Idaho, comp. — Chronology of major events in Baha'i history from 1844 to 1996.
115. 1996-11. Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. — On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): ...
116. 1996 Winter. Letters from a 19th-century Kansas Baha'i. Duane L. Herrmann. — An examination of two letters written by Barbara Ehrsam in Enterprise, Kansas in 1899.
117. 1995-04. Choice Wine: The Kitab-i Aqdas and the Development of Bahá'í Law. Anthony Lee. — The Kitab-i Aqdas was not intended to establish a new law code (shari'a) similar to the one known to...
118. 1995. Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Moojan Momen.
119. 1995. Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths. Moojan Momen.
120. 1995. United States of America: History of the Bahá'í Faith. Robert Stockman. — History of the Baha'i community of the United States.
121. 1995. Religious State, The: A Comparative Study of Sixteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Opposition: The Case of the Anabaptists and the Bábís. Gary K. Waite. — Brief overview of the nature of and opposition to the Dutch and North German Anabaptist movement of ...
122. 1994. Iran: History of the Bahá'í Faith. Moojan Momen.
123. 1994. Iran: Province of Ádharbáyján. Moojan Momen.
124. 1994. History of Baha'u'llah and the Uniqueness of the Bahá'í Faith. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Overview of the life and writings of Baha'u'llah, with an epilogue on how the Baha'i Faith differs f...
125. 1994. Portraits and Career of Mohammed Ali, Son of Kazem-Beg, The: Scottish Missionaries and Russian Orientalism. A. D. H. Bivar. — Kazem-Beg has a place in Baha'i history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersb...
126. 1993. Bahá'í History. Moojan Momen, Peter Smith. — A general survey of the history of the Baha'i Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Ba...
127. 1993. Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914. Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed, Anna Vanzan, trans. . — Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-D...
128. 1993. Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A. Alexandra Yerolimpos. — Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period o...
129. 1993. Significance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Darius K. Shahrokh. — History and background of the Aqdas; circumstances of its revelation; the text itself; authority and...
130. 1992-02. Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century. Juan Cole. — The growth of belief in representative government within the Baha'i faith in the last third of the 1...
131. 1992. Windows to the Past. Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. . — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
132. 1992. Constitutional Revolution [Iran]: Intellectual Background. Abbas Amanat. — Brief excerpts, with link to article offsite.
133. 1992. Ahmad, The Flame of Fire. Darius K. Shahrokh. — History of the recipient of the Tablet of Ahmad, extracted from an article by Hand of the Case Jinab...
134. 1992. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Baha'is often consider as ranking seco...
135. 1992. Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Baha.
136. 1992. Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Anecdotes about some early followers of Baha'u'llah, and the circumstances of his own life.
137. 1992. Mulla Rida: The Indestructible. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Extracts from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat, by Azizu'llah-i-Sulaymani, about a famous life-lon...
138. 1992. Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves. Darius K. Shahrokh. — History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a fath...
139. 1992. Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix. Darius K. Shahrokh. — History of an early Baha'i, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hi...
140. 1992. Fadl-i-Shirazi: Guided By Dreams. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Life story of an early believer; content derived from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat by Aziz'u'l...
141. 1992. Mishkín Qalam: 19th-Century Artist and Calligrapher. Society for Persian Letters and Arts, Vahid Rafati, Annemarie Schimmel. — Visual collection of the art of Mishkin Qalam, 1826-1912. Includes introduction by Vahid Rafati, a b...
142. 1992. Adrianople: Land of Mystery. Anthony A. Reitmayer, comp. — Short book on the history of Adrianople and Constantinople and Baha'u'llah's exile and travels in th...
143. 1991-06. Cyprus Exiles, The. Moojan Momen. — History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Baha'u'llah exiled with them in Cyprus. In...
144. 1990. Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm. Juan Cole. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
145. 1990. Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career. Michael Wickens. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
146. 1990. Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement. Kamran Ekbal. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
147. 1989. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature. Elham Afnan. — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
148. 1989. Bahá'í Persecutions. Denis MacEoin. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
149. 1989. Iran, Bahá'í Community of. Vahid Rafati. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
150. 1989. Bahá'í and Bábí Schisms. Denis MacEoin. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
151. 1988. Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. Abu'l-Qasim Afnan. — Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history....
152. 1988. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review. John Huddleston. — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
153. 1988. Immortals, The. Dipchand Khianra. — Biographies of 16 notable Baha'is in Indian history.
154. 1986-2004. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections. Various. — 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Babi or Baha'i Faiths.
155. 1986-10. 'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850. Juan Cole. — On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers whic...
156. 1986. Hands of the Cause of God. Universal House of Justice, Lilian Alá'í, Ray Hudson. — Six documents from Baha'i World 18 part four section 2: The Hands of the Cause of God and their func...
157. 1986. Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters. Munirih Khanum, Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. . — Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes the arrangements for her marr...
158. 1985. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family. Moojan Momen. — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
159. 1985. El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe. Boris Handal. — Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Baha'i Faith: Mulla Ḥ...
160. 1985. Master in 'Akká, The: Including the Recollections of The Greatest Holy Leaf. Myron Henry Phelps. — Abdu'l-Baha's life, partly as told by his Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Ph...
161. 1984. Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America. Richard Hollinger. — A study of the Lebanese Baha'i who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced h...
162. 1983-09. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s. Moojan Momen. — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
163. 1982. My Memories of Baha'u'llah. Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani, Marzieh Gail, trans. . — Memories of one of Baha'u'llah's companions during his exile.
164. 1982. Tahirih. Lowell Johnson. — Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrin-Taj, "Crown of Gold."
165. 1982. Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Annamarie Honnold, comp. — Compilation of inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Baha'i way of life as demonstrated by ‘Abdu�...
166. 1982. Gift of Love, A: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, Gloria A. Faizi, comp. and ed. . — Booklet on various topics related to the life of Baha'u'llah's daughter Bahiyyih Khanum (1846-1932),...
167. 1982. Early Relations Between Christian Missionaries and the Bábí and Bahá'í Communities. Moojan Momen. — Historical overview of interactions between the Babis and the early Baha'is and a number of Christia...
168. 1981/2003. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution. Nikki R. Keddie. — 5-page overview of the historical and ideological context of the Babi uprising in Iran; passing disc...
169. 1981. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Moojan Momen, ed. — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
170. 1981. Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The. Moojan Momen. — Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
171. 1981. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry?. Geoffrey Nash. — The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Baha'i poetry; the use of profane imagery.
172. 1981. Khadijih Bagum - Wife of the Bab. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Link to book (offsite).
173. 1980. Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Baha’u’llah's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who ac...
174. 1980. Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh. Lowell Johnson. — Biography of the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith.
175. 1980. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí. Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. . — Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follo...
176. 1977. English Amongst the Persians During the Qajar Period 1787-1921, The. Denis Wright. — Passing mentions of Baha'is seeking support or asylum from British consulates or missionaries in the...
177. 1973/2005. Fire on the Mountain-Top. Gloria A. Faizi. — A collection of stories about early members of the Baha’i Faith, based on accounts gathered in Per...
178. 1971 [1944]. God Passes By. Shoghi Effendi. — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
179. 1971 [1915]. Memorials of the Faithful. Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. . — 'Abdu'l-Baha's volume of short biographies of Babi and Baha'i figures and heroes, translated from th...
180. 1971 Fall. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West. Ali Kuli Khan, John Bosch, Louise Bosch, Marzieh Gail, ed. . — Recollections of Abdu'l-Baha, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and L...
181. 1971. 'Abdu'l-Baha - The Centre of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Link to book (offsite).
182. 1970. Edward Granville Browne and The Baha'i Faith. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Link to book (offsite).
183. 1969?. Significant Events in Bahá'í History. Author unknown, comp. — Two-page chronology of major events in Baha'i history, 1817-1969.
184. 1969-05. Flowers to `Akká. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. — Some history of Sayessan, a Baha'i village near Tabriz; of Mulla Asad’u’llah, who prophesied the...
185. 1968-11. Bahá'í Faith, The: Statistical Information 1844-1968, Including the Current Status of the Goals of the Nine Year International Teaching Plan 1964-1973. Universal House of Justice, comp. — Detailed statistical information of the Baha'i Faith, its growth, publications, and projects.
186. 1967 Winter. Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet. Roy P. Mottahedeh. — Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Baha'i in the time of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha.
187. 1967. Modern Iran. Peter Avery. — 24 pages from chapters on "Nasiru'd-Din Shah's heritage," "Nasiru'd-Din Shah on his own," and "Prolo...
188. 1963. Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh. Hasan M. Balyuzi. — Two long essays on the life of Baha'u'llah, published in conjunction with the Baha'i Centennial (196...
189. 1963. Bahá'í Faith: 1844-1963, The: Information Statistical and Comparative, Including the Achievements of the Ten Year International Bahá'í Teaching & Consolidation Plan 1953-1963. Hands of the Cause, comp. — Statistical information compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God residing in the Holy Land regardin...
190. 1961. Thief in the Night: The Case of the Missing Millennium. William Sears. — In the early 19th-century there was world-wide and fervent expectation that during the 1840s the ret...
191. 1959. Sheltering Branch, The. Marzieh Gail. — The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
192. 1956. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An. Ugo Giachery. — On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited...
193. 1953. Bahá'í Faith 1844-1952, The: Information Statistical and Comparative. Shoghi Effendi, comp.
194. 1950. Bahá'í Faith 1844-1950, The: Information Statistical and Comparative. Shoghi Effendi, comp.
195. 1948-1976. مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance). Azizu'llah Sulaymani. — Biographies of 99 prominent Baha'is from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 an...
196. 1947. 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). Author unknown. — Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of th...
197. 1944. Growth of the Cause in the British Isles, The. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles. — Historical overview, starting with E. G. Browne and Comte de Gobineau, to pilgrims in the time of Ab...
198. 1944. World Survey, A: The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1944. Shoghi Effendi, comp. — Summary document showing countries opened, centres founded, languages translated, properties purchas...
199. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
200. 1934. Eastern Chequerboard, An. Harry Charles Lukach (published as Harry Charles Luke). — One-page mention of the Baha'is and Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.
201. 1933. Correspondance entre le Comte de Gobineau et le Comte de Prokesche-Osten (1854-1876). Joseph Arthur Gobineau. — Multiple letters from 1865-1868 referencing the Babi Faith, between Gobineau and Anton von Prokesch-...
202. 1931/2022. تاريخ ديانت بهائى در خراسان (The History of the Bahá'í Faith in Khorasan). Hasan Fuadi Bushru'i, Minou Foadi, ed, Fereydun Vahman, ed. . — History of the Baha'i Faith in Khorasan is considered one of the most important early histories of t...
203. 1930. Genius of Ireland and Other Essays. George Townshend. — Irish humour; the genius of Ireland; a kinship in genius: the English poet-prophets; the language of...
204. 1928/1959. Literary History of Persia, Volume 4: Modern Times (1500-1924). E. G. Browne. — Volume 4 contains the first extensive catalogue of Babi and Baha'i literature published in English. ...
205. 1924. Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum. Munirih Khanum, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. . — A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letter...
206. 1918/1961/2013. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. — An early collection of historical documents related to Baha'i and Babi studies. (Not fully complete....
207. 1914. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The. Thomas Kelly Cheyne. — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
208. 1911. Abbas Effendi: His personality, work, and followers. E. S. Stevens. — Overview of the Baha'i Faith, including a personal interview with 'Abdu'l-Baha.
209. 1910/1911. Essai Sur le Cheikhisme. A. L. M. Nicolas. — One of the earliest biographies of Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kazim Rashi, founders of Iranian r...
210. 1910. Fifty Three Years In Syria. Henry H. Jessup. — Passing encounters between Baha'is and a Christian missionary in Iran, 1867-1901.
211. 1910. New Economic Movement and Young Persia, A. Helen Campbell. — Overview of Babi and Baha'i history and teachings, concluding with an inspiring story of wisdom and ...
212. 1907. Five Years in a Persian Town. Napier Malcolm. — Many passing mentions, plus a detailed overview, in an account by a Christian missionary in Yazd, fi...
213. 1906. Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia. Isaac Adams. — Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while...
214. 1904. New Religions of the Nineteeth Century: Babism. Frank F. Ellinwood. — Overview of Babi history, briefer history of the lives of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, comments of H...
215. 1903. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi: A Study of the Religion of the Babis, or Beha'is Founded by the Persian Bab and by His Successors, Beha Ullah and Abbas Effendi. Myron Henry Phelps, Bahiyyih Khanum. — Abdu'l-Baha's life, partly as told by his sister Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experience...
216. 1902. Behai Proofs, The. Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, (published as Mírzá ‘Abu’l-Faḍl). Ali Kuli Khan, trans. . — A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the F...
217. 1901/1912. Babism. Denison Ross. — Chapter-length overview of Babi and early Baha'i history.
218. 1901-06-22. Babites, The. Henry H. Jessup. — Sympathetic overview of Babi and Baha'i history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation wit...
219. 1900. Bab and Babism. Isaac Adams. — One-chapter overview of history and teachings, incl. Anton Haddad's "A Message from Acca," "A Declar...
220. 1892. Persia and the Persian Question, volume I. George N. Curzon. — In Moojan Momen's "The Babi and Baha'i Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts" (198...
221. 1891/1975. Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A. E. G. Browne, Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. . — Annotated translation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's history of the Babi and early Baha'i movements, dated 1886; ...
222. 1891/1975. Introduction: A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb. E. G. Browne. — Overview of Browne's early research into the Babis and his collecting their historical materials; au...
223. 1887. Babs and Their Prophet, The. Laurence Oliphant. — Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Beha and the Babi col...
224. 1880. My Wanderings in Persia. T. S. Anderson. — Lengthy account of 19th-century travels through Iran. Includes one mention of the "Bawbees." Also in...
225. 1869. Babism. Stephen G. Bullfinch. — Brief account of the Babi movement by an American Unitarian clergyman.
226. 1866/1900. Les religions et les philosophies dans l'asie centrale. Joseph Arthur Gobineau (published as Comte de Gobineau). — A lengthy early account of Babi history by French Orientalist and diplomat Comte de Gobineau, who se...
227. 1866. History of Persia from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Year 1858, A. Robert Grant Watson. — A review of the events that led to the establishment of the Qajar dynasty, with discussion of the Ba...
228. 1842. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology: Selected from Manuscripts of William Miller with a Memoir of His Life. William Miller, Joshua V. Himes, ed. . — Miller's memoir; scriptural interpretation; Bible chronology; various addresses and lectures; variou...

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