- Laurence Oliphant. Babs and Their Prophet, The (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.
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s (1983-09). Bahá'í influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
- Abbas Amanat. British influence in Persia in the 19th century (2003). Includes various mentions of the Bábí context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Kamran Ekbal. Der Messianismus des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und die Entstehung der Baha'i Religion (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.
- Denis Wright. English Amongst the Persians During the Qajar Period 1787-1921, The (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.
- James B. Thomas. Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), An (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.
- Juan Cole. Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century (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.
- Edwin McCloughan. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry (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.
- John Huddleston. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review (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.
- R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies (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.
- Oliver Scharbrodt. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East (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.
- Negar Mottahedeh. Where the Future Nests: 19th Century Babi and Bahá'í Photography (2009/2011).
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