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  1. Abbas Effendi: His personality, work, and followers, by E. S. Stevens (1911). Overview of the Bahá'í Faith, including a personal interview with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  2. '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-Bahá, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and Louise Bosch.
  3. Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  4. 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás, by Firuz Kazemzadeh (2009-04). On the eldest son and appointed successor of Bahá’u’lláh, the Center of His Covenant, and the Head of the Bahá’í Faith from 1892 to 1921, regarded, along with the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, as one of the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Faith.
  5. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, by Necati Alkan (2021). Abdu’l-Bahá’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman Empire; his unique station, unequalled in religious history; travels in the West; achievements and contributions to the expansion of His Father’s religion.
  6. Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An, Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). Originally written in Persian by Mírzá Áqá Khán Katírá’í (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payám-i-Bahá’í with minor edits by Hushidar Motlagh, this is an account of the former's great-grandfather, Ḥakím Áqá Ján (d. 1881), one of the first Jewish Bahá’ís.
  7. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family, by Moojan Momen (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  8. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). Genealogy of the Báb and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
  9. 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-i-Abu'l-Qasim-i-Faizi in Bahá'í News, 1967.
  10. 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 Bahá'u'lláh's wife Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (1820–1886), covering her life in Iran, Baghdád, Istanbul, Adrianople, and 'Akká.
  11. Bab and Babism, by Isaac Adams (1900). One-chapter overview of history and teachings, incl. Anton Haddad's "A Message from Acca," "A Declaration to the Americans," and "Selected Precepts of El-Hak," pilgrim notes from Lua Getsinger, and letters from Getsinger, Mrs. Kheiralla, and Mrs. Hearst.
  12. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The, Fereydun Vahman, ed. (2020). On the Báb's life, teachings, and writings; the Bábí community's formation, conflicts, and transition to the Bahá'í Faith; social, theological, and historical perspectives. Includes table-of-contents, select articles, and link to book preview.
  13. 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; written by a relative.
  14. Báb, The: The King of Messengers, by Riaz Ghadimi, Riaz Masrour, trans. (2009). A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
  15. 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 Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
  16. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2006). Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronologies, the transition from the Bábí to the Bahá'í community, provisional translations, and a list of Bábí martyrs.
  17. Babism, by Denison Ross (1901/1912). Chapter-length overview of Bábí and early Bahá'í history.
  18. Babism, by Author unknown (2008-07). Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, from Shaykhism to 1920.
  19. Babism, by Stephen G. Bullfinch (1869). Brief account of the Bábí movement by an American Unitarian clergyman.
  20. Babites, The, by Henry H. Jessup (1901-06-22). Sympathetic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation with Abdu'l-Bahá.
  21. Babs and Their Prophet, The, by Laurence Oliphant (1887). Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Behá and the Bábí colony at Acre"; includes PDF of complete book.
  22. Bagdádi Family, by Kamran Ekbal (2014). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  23. Bahá'í and Bábí Schisms, by Denis MacEoin (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  24. Bahá'í country notes: Egypt, by Graham Hassall (1997). History of Bahá'ís in Egypt from 1860s to 1961 referencing early merchant settlements, Abdu'l-Bahá's visits, the Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said and national communities plus persecutions, court decisions, and the Presidential anti-Bahá'í decree 263 of 1960.
  25. 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 work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
  26. 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 work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
  27. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge (2002). Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan.
  28. Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, The: Part 1 (1753-1863), by Ramsey Zeine (2006). Bábí and early Bahá'í links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is a fusion of Persian and Arab origins.
  29. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge (2002). Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Bahá'í history.
  30. Baha'i Faith, roots of, by Robert Stockman (2011).
  31. Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1950: Information Statistical and Comparative, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1950).
  32. Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1952: Information Statistical and Comparative, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1953).
  33. 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 regarding the Bahá'í Faith and its growth. Shoghi Effendi used to gather and publish such statistical data. One can see exactly where the Faith stood at that time.
  34. Bahá'í Health Initiatives in Iran: A preliminary survey, by Seena Fazel, Minou Foadi (2008). Bahá'í-related initiatives in Iran in the 19th-20th centuries: Bahá'ís made important contributions to public health such as introducing showers in public baths, school vaccinations, women's health, and privately-financed clinics open to all Iranians.
  35. Bahá'í History, by Moojan Momen, Peter Smith (1993). A general survey of the history of the Bahá'í Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Bábí and Bahá'í history. Next, a series of themes that have developed throughout Bahá'í history is examined.
  36. Bahá'í History and Videos, by Hussein Ahdieh (2013-2025). Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqá, Bahá'í schools for girls and Tahirih's influence, martyrs in Nayriz, Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, and Harlem Prep School.
  37. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s, by Moojan Momen (1983-09). Bahá'í influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
  38. Bahá'í membership statistics, by Robert Stockman (1998-11). Statistics on the American community from 1998, and notes on how membership numbers are calculated.
  39. Bahá'í Persecutions, by Denis MacEoin (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  40. 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 Faith from a Christian point of view. Until Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, it was a standard Bahá'í textbook. Persian original included.
  41. 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 the 19th and 20th centuries.
  42. Bahá'í World Centre, by Moojan Momen (2009). On the spiritual center of the Bahá’í Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the focal points of devotion for Bahá’ís around the world, and edifices of the administrative center.
  43. Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1980). Bahá’u’lláh's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who accompanied Him to Constantinople and into Akká, the marriage of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and the closing months of His life at Bahjí. Mirrored from other online sources.
  44. Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1963). Two long essays on the life of Bahá'u'lláh, published in conjunction with the Bahá'í Centennial (1963): "Bahá'u'lláh: A Brief Life," followed by an essay on the Manifestation, "The Word Made Flesh."
  45. Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih), by Author unknown (1999). Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
  46. 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 charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
  47. 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'l-Bahá in 1908.
  48. Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah, by David Merrick (2008). Childhood and Early Life of Bahá'u'lláh, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
  49. 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. Preface by Moojan Momen.
  50. 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 merchant family from Shiraz, that of The Báb, as described in the narrative of Abu'l-Qasim Afnan.
  51. 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 Bahá'í history from 1844 to 1996.
  52. 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 the return of Christ; the appearance of the Báb in Iran.
  53. British influence in Persia in the 19th century, by Abbas Amanat (2003). Includes various mentions of the Bábí context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  54. Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm, by Juan Cole (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  55. Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career, by Michael Wickens (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  56. Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement, by Kamran Ekbal (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  57. 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 the life and martyrdom of Tahirih; the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the conference of Badasht; spiritualism and suffrage.
  58. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry?, by Geoffrey Nash (1981). The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Bahá'í poetry; the use of profane imagery.
  59. 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 19th century Muslim jurisprudence, but rather to discard that approach to law in favor of a more organic promulgation of ethical principles.
  60. Chosen Highway, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1940/1967). Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940.
  61. 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 Bábí history, written for a Bahá'í youth audience. PDF of the book, and an audio podcast about it.
  62. 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 Bahá'u'lláh wrote in the 1860s.
  63. 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 Bahá'u'lláh.
  64. 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 Epistle's references to Qayyumu’l-Asma and the Muslim dawn prayer for Ramadan.
  65. Constitutional Revolution (Iran): Intellectual Background, by Abbas Amanat (1993). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  66. 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 of Bahá'u'lláh's stay there. No mention of Bahá'ís.
  67. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1999 Spring). The history of Hájí Mírzá Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
  68. 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 Bábí Faith, between Gobineau and Anton von Prokesch-Osten, an Austrian diplomat.
  69. 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-Din's daughter.
  70. Cyprus Exiles, The, by Moojan Momen (1991-06). History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Bahá'u'lláh exiled with them in Cyprus. Includes genealogies.
  71. 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 Báb to Mullá Husayn on May 22, 1844, as told by Nabil in Dawn Breakers vs. the accounts of two eyewitnesses, the Báb's wife Khadijih Bagum and his servant Haji Mubarak; "academic history" vs. "sacred history."
  72. 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-East to the USA. It highlights the millenniarist mood in Iran at the time of the beginnings of the Bábí and Bahai religions.
  73. 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 the first to study the rise of the Babis. Excerpt from book: contents and Introduction. (Offsite.)
  74. 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 1816-1817, and its messianic background.
  75. Dispensation of the Bab, The, by Boris Handal (2023). Detailed, systematic presentation of the Báb's teachings; Bábí prophecies relating to Bahá'u'lláh; the extent to which the Báb's laws have been carried forward into the Bahá'í revelation.
  76. Dodge, Arther Pillsbury, by Richard Francis (1998). Life of the first president of the New York Bahá'í Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá."
  77. Early Relations Between Christian Missionaries and the Bábí and Bahá'í Communities, by Moojan Momen (1982). Historical overview of interactions between the Bábís and the early Bahá'ís and a number of Christian missionaries in Persia, Palestine, and Syria in the 1800s.
  78. Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  79. Eastern Chequerboard, An, by Harry Charles Lukach (published as Harry Charles Luke) (1934). One-page mention of the Bahá'ís and Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.
  80. 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 Bahá'í Faith: Mulla Ḥusayn, Vahid, Quddus, Mulla Sadiq, Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A’zam, Asiyih Khanum, Mirza Mihdi, Badi, and Varqa and Ruhu’llah.
  81. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections, by Various (1986-2004). 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
  82. English Amongst the Persians During the Qajar Period 1787-1921, The, by Denis Wright (1977). Passing mentions of Bahá'ís seeking support or asylum from British consulates or missionaries in the 1800s; overview of E. G. Browne's time in Iran.
  83. 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 in our knowledge of the experience of enslaved women in Iran.
  84. Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum, by Munirih Khanum, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. (1924). A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters.
  85. 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 reform movements in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  86. Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri, by Abbas Amanat (1998/2020). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  87. 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-Bahá's concept of the originality of species compared to concepts in modern biology."
  88. 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 portrays the developing conditions in Persia and in the world that preceded this Tablet, then discusses its salient points.
  89. Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). History of an early Bahá'í, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hikmat was revealed.
  90. 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'llah Sulaymani.
  91. 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; tensions in her paternal family, which must have affected her as she grew up.
  92. 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 who was one of the earliest to become a Babi, from the time of the Bab to the time of Shoghi Effendi; includes many stories not recorded in written sources.
  93. Fifty Three Years In Syria, by Henry H. Jessup (1910). Passing encounters between Bahá'ís and a Christian missionary in Iran, 1867-1901.
  94. 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 attitudes in Syria and Istanbul, and the influence of Protestant missionaries.
  95. Fire on the Mountain-Top, by Gloria A. Faizi (1973/2005). A collection of stories about early members of the Bahá’í Faith, based on accounts gathered in Persia by 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani.
  96. First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era, The, by Arjen Bolhuis (1999). Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Bahá'í Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
  97. 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, first published in 1905.
  98. Flowers to `Akká, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (1969-05). Some history of Sayessan, a Bahá'í village near Tabriz; of Mullá Asad’u’lláh, who prophesied the coming of the Bab; of Bahá'u'lláh's gift of seed potatoes; and Sayessani pilgrims travelling to Akka to meet Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes pictures.
  99. 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 Revolution years, and appendices for the study of the Bahá'í community in Shíráz.
  100. 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 Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-1932), dedicated as a gift of love to her memory on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of her passing
  101. Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). Anecdotes about some early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, and the circumstances of his own life.
  102. 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 expansion of the Baha’i religion, considered in light of Jan Aart Scholte's globalization categories: normative, psychological, economic, and institutional.
  103. Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de, by Calmard Jean (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  104. God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi (1971 [1944]). The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
  105. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature, by Elham Afnan (1989). The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters.
  106. 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 Abdu'l-Bahá, up to the late 1930s.
  107. 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 Bab. A history of slavery in Iran can be written, not only at the level of statistics, laws, and politics, but also at the level of individual lives.
  108. Hands of the Cause of God, by Universal House of Justice, Lilian Alá'í, Ray Hudson (1986). Six documents from Bahá'í World 18 part four section 2: The Hands of the Cause of God and their functions, their work and travels 1979-1983, Boards of Counsellors and the International Teaching Centre, and tributes by Lilian Ala'i and Ray Hudson.
  109. 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.
  110. 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 Bahá'u'lláh, with an epilogue on how the Bahá'í Faith differs from previous religions.
  111. 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 Babis.
  112. 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-Sidq-‘Ali, Shaykh Sadiq-i-Yazdi, Zaynu’l-‘Abidin Yazdi, Shaykh ‘Ali Akbar-i-Mazgani, ‘Abdu’llah Baghdadi, and Jinab-i-Munib.
  113. Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America, by Richard Hollinger (1984). A study of the Lebanese Bahá'í who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced his allegiance to Abdu'l-Bahá, based on many primary source materials the author unearthed in public and private archives.
  114. Immortals, The, by Dipchand Khianra (1988). Biographies of 16 notable Bahá'ís in Indian history.
  115. '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 which grew around the tombs of the Imams, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Connections from India proved lucrative for the Usuli clerics in these cities.
  116. 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 Bábí and Bahá'i Movements in Iran and the believers of a Qadiriyya Order (the Ling Ming Tang) in China.
  117. 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 Bábís and his collecting their historical materials; autobiographical summary of part of his career; impressions of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  118. Iran: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen (1994).
  119. Iran, Bahá'í Community of, by Vahid Rafati (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  120. Iran: Province of Ádharbáyján, by Moojan Momen (1994).
  121. Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century, by Juan Cole (1992-02). The growth of belief in representative government within the Bahá'í faith in the last third of the 19th century as an example of how popular opinion in Iran was changing prior to the Constitutional Revolution.
  122. 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 Bahá'ís of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Turkmenistan; Bahá'í schools for boys and for girls; stories of exiled Bahá'ís.
  123. 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 Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb.
  124. 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 resolution; relation between form and content; prominence of epiphany; manifestation, advent and apocalypse; and the theme of heroism, reading and identity.
  125. 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.
  126. 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.
  127. 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 Bahá'í Faith; Abdu'l-Bahá's stays in Paris 1911-1913; religious minorities in France; on meeting Guillaume Apollinaire, Romain Rolland, Auguste Forel, Queen Marie of Romania, et al.
  128. 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 Bábí history by French Orientalist and diplomat Comte de Gobineau, who served as France's envoy to Iran in 1855-1863.
  129. 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.
  130. 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-Bahá's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-i Asdaq: Laqá'iyya, Huviyya, Rúhá and Talí`a. Includes various biographies and other tablets.
  131. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi, by Myron Henry Phelps, Bahiyyih Khanum (1903). Abdu'l-Bahá's life, as told by his sister Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Myron Phelps.
  132. Life and Times of August Forel, The, by Sheila Banani (2005). A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social concerns which led him to embrace the Bahá'i teachings as he understood them during the last decade of his life.
  133. 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.
  134. Literary History of Persia, Volume 4: Modern Times (1500-1924), by E. G. Browne (1928/1959). Volume 4 contains the first extensive catalogue of Bábí and Bahá'í literature published in English. To this day, the four-volume set is an essential text for students of Iranian literature.
  135. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry, by Edwin McCloughan (2002). A Bahá'í response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned by historical circumstances and has therefore little relevance for a contemporary reader.
  136. 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 Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.)
  137. Medhat Pasha, by Necati Alkan (2012). Bio of the 19th century Ottoman statesman, who served both as governor and grand vizier. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  138. Memorials of the Faithful, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. (1971 [1924]). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's volume of short biographies of Bábí and Bahá'í figures and heroes, translated from the original Persian text and annotated by Marzieh Gail.
  139. 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.
  140. Memories of My Life: Translation of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán's Khátirát-i-Hayát, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). Bio of the life of Habíbu'lláh Afnán-i-A`lá'í, born 1875, especially his years with the family of the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Bagum, and her sister, Zahrá Bagum.
  141. 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 Iranian Islam.
  142. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar, by Darius K. Shahrokh (1992). Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Bahá'ís often consider as ranking second to the Holy Writings and the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
  143. 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 Mishkín Qalam, 1826-1912. Includes introduction by Vahid Rafati, a biographical note by Annemarie Schimmel, and a preface by the editors.
  144. 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 "Prologue to Revolution."
  145. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, by Nikki R. Keddie (1981/2003). 5-page overview of the historical and ideological context of the Bábí uprising in Iran; passing discussion of Mohammad Reza Shah allegedly favoring Bahá'ís in the 1970s (extensive excerpts from two different editions of the book).
  146. 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.
  147. 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-long teacher of the Faith in Iran.
  148. Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters, by Munirih Khanum, Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. (1986). Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes the arrangements for her marriage, her travel to Akka, her time with the wife of the Bab, and memorial letters written on the anniversaries of the passing of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  149. 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.
  150. My Wanderings in Persia, by T. S. Anderson (1880). Lengthy account of 19th-century travels through Iran. Includes one mention of the "Bawbees." Also includes appendix of distances and terrain from Teheran to other cities, important to a traveller on horseback.
  151. Myanmar: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Rose Ong, Check Woo Foo (2008). Text and photos of the history of Bahá'í activities in Burma and Myanmar, 1878-1995.
  152. Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet, by Roy P. Mottahedeh (1967 Winter). Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Bahá'í in the time of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  153. 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's treatment of 19th-century dissidents.
  154. 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 Bahá'u'lláh to Napoleon III.
  155. New Religions of the Nineteeth Century: Babism, by Frank F. Ellinwood (1904). Overview of Bábí history, briefer history of the lives of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá, comments of Henry Jessup on Bahá'í pilgrims, introduction to the United States, and brief summary of Bahá'í teachings.
  156. 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.
  157. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, by Necati Alkan (2004-06-15). Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in the 1860s-1890s. This paper focuses on the "Young Turk" leader Abdullah Cevdet.
  158. 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 Bahá'ís from the 1860s onwards; the nature of these contacts and the impressions of the Young Ottomans and Young Turks of the Babis and Bahá'ís; the convergence of ideas.
  159. 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 Church.
  160. Persia and the Persian Question, volume I, by George N. Curzon (1892). In Moojan Momen's "The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts" (1981), p. 45, the work is described: "One of the most remarkable books ever to appear on Persia…", reviewed through p. 47 and used many times beyond.
  161. 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 the author was on lecture tours in the U.S.; an account of Iranian life, culture, and local religious practices before the modern petroleum state.
  162. 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 theory, Arthur Koestler and Aldous Huxley, and the future of humanity. Includes review of Jon Winokur's The Portable Curmudgeon, by Robert Ballenger.
  163. 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 Bahá'í history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersburg, 1865). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
  164. 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 Bahá'í community in Iran; its membership and social and geographical composition; persecution; institutional developments; communications with Bahá'u'lláh; the conversion of Jews and Zoroastrians; women.
  165. 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 Islamicists of the 20th century, whose work is uniquely relevant in understanding the philosophical context for the emergence of the Bábí Faith.
  166. 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): the abolition of the concept of ritual pollution caused by sexual fluids (semen, menstrual blood); illicit sexual conduct (zina and liwat); and marriage.
  167. 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 (with photographs).
  168. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1914). Early history of the Bábí and Bahá'í movements, life stories of their participants, and their contemporary religious context, written by a distinguished British Biblical scholar.
  169. 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 million Africans were brought to Persia as servants, eunuchs, and concubines.
  170. 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, servants of The Bab.
  171. Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  172. 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 the sixteenth century; survey for the nineteenth-century Bábís; conclusions regarding important parallels noted between these movements.
  173. 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 Refugee from Isfahan," discussing the history of these remains. Includes biographical notes.
  174. Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh, by Lowell Johnson (1980). Biography of the prophet-founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
  175. Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia, The, by Marta Scialdone (2024-11-30). The Bahá’í community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, experiencing increased religious expression post-2011 while facing ongoing societal challenges.
  176. Sheltering Branch, The, by Marzieh Gail (1959). The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  177. 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 infallibility of Bahá'u'lláh; obedience vs. liberty; reward vs. punishment; prophecies; laws and ordinances; maturity of humankind.
  178. Significant Events in Bahá'í History, Author unknown, comp. (1969?). Two-page chronology of major events in Bahá'í history, 1817-1969.
  179. 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 Bábí and Bahá’í materials; a detailed listing of available materials.
  180. 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 follower of Bahá'u'lláh and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  181. 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 Bahá’u’lláh, Volumes 1-4.
  182. Tahirih, by Lowell Johnson (1982). Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrín-Táj, "Crown of Gold."
  183. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East, by Oliver Scharbrodt (2002). With their theologies, Bahá'u'lláh and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity and sought change, but while 'Abduh remained on the grounds of the Islamic tradition, Bahá'u'lláh founded a new religion.
  184. 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 return of Christ would take place. Did this happen, or was it all a dream?
  185. "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 response to a celebrated poem by Rumi, lending a broader definition to the community of Qajar poets that transcends social, doctrinal, and gendered lines.
  186. 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-Bahá's history of the Bábí and early Bahá'í movements, dated 1886; includes many historical appendices by Browne.
  187. Trilogy of Consecration, A: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary, by Boris Handal (2020). On the lives of Shaykh Salmán, Nabil-i-A'zam and Mullá Sádiq, three important people in the early years of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran.
  188. United States of America: History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Robert Stockman (1995). History of the Bahá'í community of the United States.
  189. 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 19th-century Iran, viewed through the lens of the Baraghani family as it faced schisms of the Akhbari, Shaykhi, and Bábí movements.
  190. 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 father, and a son all named Hand of the Cause.
  191. 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 travelled across Iran to teach the Faith before being martyred in 1896.
  192. 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; various reviews and letters.
  193. Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. (1982). Compilation of inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Bahá'í way of life as demonstrated by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the perfect Exemplar of Bahá'u'lláh's teachings, whose words and deeds were in total harmony and whose life serves as an example for all.
  194. Where the Future Nests: 19th Century Babi and Bahá'í Photography, by Negar Mottahedeh (2009/2011).
  195. 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 girl named Archangel whose home was at one time on this point of land.
  196. Windows to the Past, by Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. (1992). Deepening talks on 25 topics about Bahá'í history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format and PDF transcripts.
  197. 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, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith.
  198. Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The, by Moojan Momen (1981). Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
  199. World Survey, A: The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1944, Shoghi Effendi, comp. (1944). Summary document showing countries opened, centres founded, languages translated, properties purchased, and dates of significance.
  200. 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 Bahá'í. Short description of Nasiri'd-Din Shah and his relation with the Bahá'í Faith.
  201. 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 and 20th centuries; historiography of African women in Iran; the Herati-Khorasani family tree.
  202. 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 Bahá'í Faith in Khorasan is considered one of the most important early histories of the Bahá'í community in Iran. Though written in 1931, it wasn't actually published until 2007. This online version is its second edition (2022).
  203. مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance), by Azizu'llah Sulaymani (1948-1976). Biographies of 99 prominent Bahá'ís from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 and 1976.
  204. 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 the founding of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tihran, published B.E. 103 (1947). Includes partial English translation (2022).
 
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