1. n.d.. Bāb. Alessandro Bausani. — Brief article "Bab: a term applied in early Shi'ism to the senior authorised disciple of the Imam", ...
2. 2024. Quddús: The First in Rank. Boris Handal. — Lengthy biography of Quddús, the most revered figure in the Faith of the Bab, including the history...
3. 2023. Family of Mullá Husayn, The. Boris Handal. — The life, context, and times of Mulla Husayn-i-Bushrú’i (1813-1849), the Babu'l-Bab, "Gate of the...
4. 2021. Life of the Báb, The. Omid Ghaemmaghami. — Historical overview of the biography of the Bab; included as an excerpt of the book provided by Goog...
5. 2020-08-31. Báb's Business Etiquette, The. Bahá'í Inspiration. — Anecdote about how the Bab changed unseemly business practices while he was a merchant in Bushihr, a...
6. 2020-05. Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay. Julio Savi. — Introduction to the life of the Bab, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artis...
7. 2020. Story of Anis Zunuzi, The. Houri Falahi-Skuce. — Links to 53-minute video presentation with original music and narration. Includes transcript.
8. 2019-12-26. Báb, The: Newspaper Articles and Other Publications 1845-1859. Jan T. Jasion, comp. — List of 1490 articles from newspapers, books, and journals referencing The Bab and the Babis, from E...
9. 2016. Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and Paul. JoAnn M. Borovicka. — Stories of early believers of the Bahá’í Faith as presented in "Memorials of the Faithful" com...
10. 2013. Nayriz Heroes: 22 Biographies of Bábís and Bahá'ís from Nayriz, Calligraphy of Ahmad Nayrizi, and Poetry of Vafá. Hussein Ahdieh. — Bios of Muhammad Shafi, Nayrizi Vahidi, Abu Turab, Imam Jumih Shirazi, Ahmad Khoshnevis Nayrizi, Muh...
11. 2011. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary. Moshe Sharon. — Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
12. 2009. Aqasi, Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani). Sholeh A. Quinn. — On the prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Shah Qajar from 1835 to 1848, regarded by Baha’is as ...
13. 2008-01-02. Quddús. Husayn Villar.
14. 2008. Nuqtat al-Káf. Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
15. 2005-06. Babi and Bahá'í community of Iran, The: A case of 'suspended genocide'?. Moojan Momen. — A description of the four phases of the persecutions that the Babis and Baha’is in Iran have suffe...
16. 2005. Martyrs, Bábí. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
17. 2004. Adventures in Biographical Research: John and William Cormick. Vincent Flannery. — Biographical details of the only European known to have met the Bab, William Cormick, and his father...
18. 2003-12-23. Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853, The. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. — Overview of four conflicts between the Babis and the Qajar state: one at Shaykh Tabarsi in Mazandara...
19. 2002. Babi Martyrs, Some. John Walbridge. — Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven ...
20. 2002. Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, The. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. — On the background and events of the Shaykh Tabarsi conflict; developments, both in the political sph...
21. 2000. Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry. Amin Banani. — An account of Tahirih allowing her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and...
22. 1998. Notes on The Báb, Some. Robert Stockman. — Brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
23. 1995-10. Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia. Syed Shakeel Ahmed. — Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible e...
24. 1995. Russia. Moojan Momen. — Overview of the development of the Baha'i community in Russia.
25. 1994. History of the Báb. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Biography of the Bab, distributed by Images International as a 34-page booklet.
26. 1992. Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Life stories of two key heroines of Babi history.
27. 1992. Mystery of Martyrdom, The. Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh. — Life stories of many early martyrs, and some explanations of what inspires self-sacrifice.
28. 1992. Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Bab and Baha'u'll...
29. 1992. Mulla Husayn Bushru'i: The Indomitable. Darius K. Shahrokh. — Life story of the first believer in the Bab.
30. 1989. Bábí Executions and Uprisings. Denis MacEoin. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
31. 1989. Bábí Movement. Denis MacEoin. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
32. 1986. Mafia, Mob and Shiism in Iraq: The Rebellion of Ottoman Karbala 1824-1843. Juan Cole, Moojan Momen. — On the role of gangs in urban social history of the 19-century Ottoman empire; with a decline in gov...
33. 1982 [c. 1886]. Traveler's Narrative, A: Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb. Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. . — Reprint of Browne's original translation of 1891 but lacking all of Browne's notes.
34. 1982. Mulla Husayn. Lowell Johnson. — A biography of Mulla Husayn, the first Letter of the Living.
35. 1982. Quddus. Lowell Johnson. — Overview of the life of Quddus, the most prominent disciple of the Bab and the eighteenth and final ...
36. 1981. Early Years of the Babi Movement, The: Background and Development. Abbas Amanat. — Details of the rise of the Babi religion, 1844-1847: military and social climate of Iran, millenaria...
37. 1969. Bábism, Bahá'ism and the Ulama. Hamid Algar. — On the differing approaches by the Iranian state and the clergy to the Babi movement.
38. 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...
39. 1948. Der Islam (Sekten). Rudolf Strothmann. — Passing mentions in the context of Islamic modernism, the Qajars in the 1840s, and the Nusayris.
40. 1938. Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman. Martha L. Root, David Merrick, comp. . — Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab.
41. 1938. Life of the Bab, The. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, David Merrick, comp. . — Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
42. 1932. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation. Nabil-i-A'zam, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . — The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Baha'i Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mul...
43. 1923-08. Life of Tahirih: The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, David Merrick, ed. . — The Life of the great Heroine of the Babi Faith
44. 1908. Babism. George W. Gilmore. — Detailed encyclopedia entry on the life and teachings of the Bab.
45. 1905. Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb. A. L. M. Nicolas. — The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language.
46. 1904-04. World Organization Secures World Peace. R. L. Bridgman. — While this paper does not mention the Baha'i Faith, it is an interesting snapshot, and history of, e...
47. 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; ...
48. 1869. Babism. Leo de Colange, ed. — Possibly the earliest encyclopedia entry on The Bab.
49. 1868. Babysme, Babys. Author unknown.
50. 1866. Bab et les Babis, ou Le Soulevement politique et religieux en Perse, de 1845 à 1853. Aleksandr Kazem-Beg. — French translation, serialized in a journal, of a book first published in Russian on the origins of ...
51. 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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