1. 2023. Эволюция Женских Образов В Творчестве и.а. Гриневской 1890-1900 (Evolution of Female Images in the Works of I. A. Grinevskoy 1890-1900). K. V. Sarycheva. Analysis of early works that represent lives and experiences of women in the early 20th century, with a focus on Tahirih; overview of the play "Báb" and women's issues of the time: education, age prejudice, appearance, and expected behavioral norms. Articles.
2. 2020-07. Khamsis, The: A Cradle of True Gold. Boris Handal. Biography of the five-brother Báqirof-Khamsi clan, designated by Bahá'u'lláh as the "Five Siyyids" after they accepted the Bahá'í Faith in 1881. Books.
3. 2020. Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932. Hussein Ahdieh. Highlights of the first forty years of the Bahá'í Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Includes chronology of meetings, conferences, activities, and milestones, and photographs. Chronologies.
4. 2019. Ashgabat Collection. Olga Mehti. On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Bahá'í history. Articles-unpublished.
5. 2012-12. Transnational Bahá'í Print Culture: Community Formation and Religious Authority, 1890-1921. Farzin Vejdani. Explores how Baha’is used print culture (1890–1921) for community-building, scriptural canonization, and apologetics, emphasizing leadership, transnational networks, and cultural intermediaries. (Link to article, offsite.) Articles.
6. 2010-09. Pan-Islamist in Istanbul, A: Jamal ad-Din Afghani and Hamidian Islamism, 1892-1897. Aytek Sever. A study of a Turkish Islamic political theorist in the nineteenth century. Includes numerous passing mentions of the Babis and Bahá'ís. Link to thesis (offsite). Theses.
7. 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 Revolution years, and appendices for the study of the Bahá'í community in Shíráz. Books.
8. 2008. Lifetime with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, A: Reminiscences of Khalíl Shahídí. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. Extensive recollections of four decades with the Holy Family in the time of Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Includes appendices on the next Manifestation, Bahá'í holy days, avoidance of tobacco, penmanship, and observations on daily life of the time. Books.
9. 2007. Memoirs of a Bahá'í in Rasht 1889-1903: Autobiography of Mírzá Yahyá `Amídu'l-Atibbá Hamadání. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. Personal account of some activities of the Bahá'í community in Iran and persecutions they endured. Biographies.
10. 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 expansion of the Baha’i religion, considered in light of Jan Aart Scholte's globalization categories: normative, psychological, economic, and institutional. Articles.
11. 2005. Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Memoirs of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. Autobiography of a close confidant of the holy family. Includes appendices on Bahá'í historical places in Shiraz, the Afnán family genealogy, and excerpts from Houshmand Fatheazam’s diary Books.
12. 2004-06-15. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith. Necati Alkan. 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. Audio.
13. 2004. "Wonderful True Visions": Magic, Mysticism, and Millennialism in the Making of the American Bahá'í Community, 1892-1895. Richard Hollinger. The early growth of the American, and especially the Chicago, communities was more gradual and eclectic than previously thought, and Kheiralla's influence was less crucial. Articles.
14. 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 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. Articles.
15. 2002. Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran, The: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902. Juan Cole. Biography and political/historical context of "the poet laureate of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution," who was secretly a second-generation Bahá'í. Articles.
16. 1995. New York, History of the Bahá'í Faith In. Robert Stockman. Encyclopedia.
17. 1995. Moments with Bahá'u'lláh: Memoirs of the Hand of the Cause of God Tarázu'lláh Samandarí. Tarázu'lláh Samandari, Mehdi Samandari, trans, Marzieh Gail, trans. . Two versions of Samandari's written memoirs, translated by his son, along with a talk given on December 27, 1967 which was recorded on tape and later translated by Marzieh Gail. Books.
18. 1987. Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahjí, 1877-92. Adib Taherzadeh. Link to formatted book (offsite). Books.
19. 1985. Familiar `Akká Voices. Marzieh Gail. Historical context of Phelps' 1903 collected memoirs Master in `Akká and some of the personages involved, with photographs. Biographies.
20. 1985. Letters and Essays, 1886-1913. Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. . Treatises of "the greatest and most learned of all Bahá'í scholars" about Alexander Tumansky; on meeting Abdu'l-Bahá; and on the meaning of angels, resurrection, civilization, tests, angels, holy spirit, and the saying "Knowledge is twenty-seven letters." Books.
21. 1985. Notes on the Thornton Chase Papers. Robert Stockman. Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Bahá'í Thornton Chase. Resources.
22. 1984. Early Zoroastrian Conversions to the Baha'i Faith in Yazd, Iran. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles). A history of the gradual process of conversion among some Zoroastrians to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran from the 1880s to 1921, based on heretofore unstudied biographical materials. Articles.
23. 1982. American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917, The: A Preliminary Survey. Peter Smith. A comprehensive and detailed survey of the American community from 1894 to 1917. Includes bibliography as appendix, "Some Studies of Bahá'í Communities" (2015). Articles.
24. 1982. Kenosha, 1893-1912: History of an Early Bahá'í Community in the United States. William P. Collins. First visited by Kheiralla in 1895, Kenosha was the second city in America to have resident Bahá'ís; it had one of the earliest elected assemblies, and until the 1920s had the third largest community in the States. It is a case study in US Bahá'í history. Articles.
25. 1979. Dervish of Windsor Castle, The: The Life of Arminius Vambery. Lory Alder, Richard Dalby. Two-paragraph discussion of Curzon and the Babis. Excerpts.
26. 1973-09. Greenleafs, The: An Eternal Reunion. Emeric Sala. Brief bio of Elizabeth and Charles Greenleaf, who were members of the group of Midwest Bahá'ís which began with Thornton Chase in the 1890s in Chicago. Biographies.
27. 1949. Reminiscences of the Summer School Green Acre Eliot, Maine. Charles Mason Remey. On the evolution of Green Acre from a meeting place for New England intellectuals and religious speakers into a Bahá'í-managed summer school; Sarah Farmer's family and her personal difficulties; personalities of some early Bahá'ís; anecdotes by Remey. Biographies.
28. 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 Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.) Books.
29. 1902. Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi. Anton Haddad. Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. Histories.
30. 1900. Message from Acca. Anton Haddad. A lengthy report of Abdu'l-Bahá's teachings to the Bahá'ís in America. Can be seen as a precursor to Tablets of the Divine Plan. Pilgrims.
31. 1898-09. Followers of Beha in Persia, The. Charles H. Stileman. A follow-up to the author's 1893 article "A Week with the Babis," and some discussion of Christian thought. Excerpts.

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