1. 2025-05-16. Manifestation of the Mystery, The. Nader Saiedi, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Scholarly exploration of the question of how and when the Báb became conscious of His divinely entrusted mission, a theme both spiritually stirring and historically significant.
2. 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 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."
3. 2023-05-10. Quddus, Two Questions about: Remains of; Declaration as Manifestation. Universal House of Justice. Beyond the publicly available information, nothing is known about the location of the remains of Quddús. There is no evidence that Quddús would have declared himself as a Manifestation had the Báb not done so, but at one time there were four factions.
4. 2020-05. Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay. Julio Savi. Introduction to the life of the Báb, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artist Simina Boicu Rahmatian.
5. 2020-04-10. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi. Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. . Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Báb’s Writings, delivered at the Swedish and Norwegian Bahá'í summer school 2019, highlighting key theological concepts and themes. Includes some provisional translations quoted in the talks.
6. 2020. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The. Fereydun Vahman, ed. 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.
7. 2019. Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School. Nader Saiedi. On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell; the Imamate, the Hidden Imam; divine justice and free will; reason, independence; human rights, equality, women. Links to audio files, offsite.
8. 2017-12. Declaration of the Bab (May 1844): A Survey of Sources for Researchers. David Merrick, comp. English Sources for the Declaration of the Bab placed in chronological/thematic order for comparison, with notes.
9. 2017. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh for Bahá'í Holy Days. Bahá'u'lláh. Forty-five selections revealed for, or relating to, nine Bahá’í Holy Days.
10. 2011-09. Declaration of the Báb, Festival of. Christopher Buck.
11. 2011-09. Covenant, Day of the (November 26). Christopher Buck.
12. 2011. Birth of the Human Being, The: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity. Nader Saiedi. We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. This paper examines the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and its opposite concept, dehumanization.
13. 2011. Ethiopian King, The. Nader Saiedi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, trans. . This article brings to light a number of hitherto unknown passages from the writings of the Báb about Haji Mubarak, the Báb’s Ethiopian servant.
14. 2008. Declaration of the Bab (Poetic). David Merrick. A poetic meditation on Mulla Husayn's transformation at the Declaration of the Bab.
15. 2005. Declaration of the Báb. Jaine Toth. Presentation for the celebration of the holy day; includes accolades about the Báb from western notables.
16. 1998. Tablet of the Centennial. Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien."
17. 1998. Notes on The Báb, Some. Robert Stockman. Brief overview of sources on the Bábí period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
18. 1997-05. Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih. Shoghi Effendi, Juan Cole, trans. . Answers four questions: (1) re "Crimson Scroll"; (2) re the "Sacred Night"; (3) re the "Tablet of the Bell"; and (4) using the Kitab-i-Aqdas for bibliomancy.
19. 1996. Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. .
20. 1982. Early Shaykhí Reactions to the Báb and His Claims. Denis MacEoin. On the first years of interaction and conflict between the Shaykhí School and the emerging Bábí movement.
21. 1976. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays. Marzieh Gail. A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
22. 1965/1966. Visit to Persia, A. Guy Murchie. Notes from travels to Bahá'í holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission from the House of Justice; includes descriptions of the architecture of the house and shop of the Bab, the birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Síyáh Chál.
23. 1953-05-04. Vast, Majestic Process, A. Shoghi Effendi. Passage outlining humanity’s progressive evolution through ten stages.
24. 1911. Brief Account of the Bahá'í Movement, A. Ethel J. Rosenberg. An early overview of the Bahá'í Faith and its teachings, with compilation of quotations, published as a 28-page booklet.

1. 1844-04-03 — In Kitáb Fihrist, the Báb stated that the first descent of Spirit on Him was on 15th of the third month (Rabi ul Awal) of AH 1260 [3 April 1844]. [The Genesis of the Bâbí-Baháʼí Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs pp. 20–22]
2. 1844-05-22 —
   Declaration of the Báb's Mission

   Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad made His declaration to Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í in the upper room of His House. [DB52-65]

   "I am, I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey My word and to pledge allegiance to My person." [DB315-316]

   • See SI231 for information on the anticipated return of the Hidden Imam. See BBR2pg42-3 and DB57 for a list of signs by which the Promised One would be known.
   • See BW5p600-4 for a brief biography of William Miller the founder of the Adventist sect who, after intense study of the Bible, had predicted the return of Christ on March 21, 1844. See BW5p604 for mention of other Christians who made similar predictions.
   • See DB383 and BBR2pg25 for information on Mulla Husayn-i-Bushru'i. See CoB110 for the significance of the first believer.
   • See SBBH1:14 for a possible explanation for Mullá Husayn's presence in Shíráz at this time.
   • Nabíl-i-A`zam relates that Mullá Husayn was welcomed at the Báb's mansion by Mubárak, His Ethiopian servant. Others resident in this house at the time were Fiddih (f), responsible for the preparation of the food and the mother of Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad, Zahrá Bagum. [DB53; KBWB5]
   • For more information about Mubarack see Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'U'Llah p21-22.
   • He revealed the first chapter of the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá' (the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph. The entire text would later be translated from the original Arabic by Táhirih. [B19–21; BBD190–1; BBRSM14–15; BKG28; BW12:85–8; BWMF16; DB52–65, 264, 216, BBR2pg14-15, GPB23, 73; MH56–71; SBBH17, HotD30]
     • Bahá'u'lláh has described this book as being `the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books' in the Bábí Dispensation. [GPB23]
     • See SBBH5pg1 for discussion on the Qayyumu'l-Asma'.
     • This text was the most widely circulated of all the Báb's writings and came to be regarded as the Bábí Qur'an for almost the entirety of His mission. [BBRSM32]
     • Images of the Qayyum al-asma' ('Maintainer of the names') can be see at the website of the British Library, Discovering Sacred Texts.
   • This date marks the end of the Adamic Cycle of approximately six thousand years and the beginning of the Bahá'í Cycle or Cycle of Fulfilment. [BBD9, 35, 72; GPB100] Shoghi Effendi is quoted as saying that this is the second most important anniversary on the Bahá'í calendar. [ZK320]
   • The beginning of the Apostolic, Heroic or Primitive Age. [BBD35, 67]
   • See MH86–7 for an explanation of the implication of the word `Báb' to the Shí'í Muslims.
   • Three stages of the Báb's Revelation:
     1. He chose the title `Báb' and Mullá Husayn was given the title Bábu'l-Báb (the gate of the Gate).
     2. In the second year of the Revelation (from His confinement in the house of His uncle in Shíráz) He took the title of Siyyid-i-dhikr (dhikr means `remembrance of God') and gave the title `Báb' to Mullá Husayn. At Fort Tabarsí Mullá Husayn was called `Jináb-i Báb' by his companions.
     3. At His public declaration the Báb declared Himself to be the promised Qá'im. [MH87–8]
3. 1844-05-23 —
   The birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá in a rented house near the Shimrán Gate in Tihrán. He was born at midnight. [AB9, SoG3-4]
   • He was known as `Abbás Effendi outside the Bahá'í community.
   • Bahá'u'lláh gave Him the titles Ghusn-i-A`zam (the Most Great Branch), Sirru'lláh (Mystery of God) and Áqá (the Master). [BBD2, 19, 87, 89]
   • Sarkár-i-Áqá (the Honourable Master) was a title of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BBD201]
   • He Himself chose the title `Abdu'l-Bahá (Servant of Bahá) after the passing of Bahá'u'lláh. [BBD2]
4. 1844-07-01 —
   Forty days after the Declaration of the Báb, the second Letter of the Living, Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí, had a vision that led him to Mullá Husayn and he accepted the Báb. It is said that he became a believer upon hear one word from the Báb.
   During this period of waiting for the second person to recognize the Báb, He called Mulla Husayn to His house several times. He always came at night and stayed until dawn. [HotD41; Bahá'í Encyclopedia].
   • Sixteen others recognized Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad as the Promised One. The 18 were later designated `Letters of the Living'. [BBD138, B21–7; DB63–71, 80–2; MH73–81, MH121, SBBH1:16–17, GPB7-8]
   • See RB2:145–6 for the fate of the Letters of the Living.
   • See Bab26–7, BBD138, DB80–1, MH81 ; Letters of the Living (Hurúf-i-Hayy) for a list of the Letters of the Living.
   • See BBRSM24–5 for more on the Letters of the Living.
   • See BBRSM24–5 for a discussion of the special places occupied by Quddús, Mullá Husayn and Táhirih. See DB81-82 for the story of how Tahirih was recognized as a Letter of the Living by the Báb.
   • The Báb was the 19th Letter of the Living. [LW5.2]
5. 1863-08-31 —
   Bahá'u'lláh was resident in the House of Shamsí Big near the mosque of Khirqiu-i-Sharifh. During this period He revealed:
   • The Subhánika-Yá-Hú (Tablet of the Bell). [BKG206; BW14:632; RB2:18]
   • See SDH41-43 for the story of Hájí Mirzá Haydar-'Alí and the use of this tablet during his imprisonment in Egypt.
   • He also revealed the Lawh-i-'Abdu'l-'Aziz Va-Vukalá. [BW19p583]
6. 1911-05-15 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa on the day of the commemoration of the Báb's Declaration.
7. 1944-05-22 —
   Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb.
   • For a survey of the growth and development of the Bahá'í Faith in the hundred years since its inception see BW10:142–9.
   • Celebrations were held in many parts of the world:
   • Britain [BW10:188–201]
     Sir Ronald Storrs delivered an address at the opening of the Bahá'í Centenary Exhibition in London. These are extracts from that speech: "My first glimpse of 'Abbás Effendi was in the summer of 1909, when I drove round the Bay of Acre in an Arab cab, visited him in the barracks and marveled at his serenity and cheerfulness after 42 years of exile and imprisonment. I kept touch with him through my confidential agent, Husayn Bey Ruhi, son of a Tabriz martyr. [BW10p189-195]
   • India [BW10:202–8]
   • Egypt [BW10:208–17]
   • Iraq [BW10:217–22]
   • Australia [BW 10:222–8]
   • Latin America [BW10:228–33]
   • The end of the celebrations marking this occasion signal the end of the First Epoch of the Formative Age. [BBD79; CF5; PP390]
   • See the publication The Bahá'í Centenary 1844-1944.
8. 1944-05-22 —
   The Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb was celebrated at the House of the Báb in Shíráz. [BW10:181]
   • Ninety delegates to the national convention and members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran assembled discreetly for the occasion.
   • For details of this event and the caution with which the arrangements for it were made see BW10:181–3.
   • The Guardian sent the Persian Bahá'ís a lengthy letter detailing how the observance and the week-long festivities to follow are to be made. [BW10:183]
   • For details of the events see BW10:183–8.
9. 1944-05-22 —
   The Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb was commemorated in the Holy Land. [BW10:150]
   • For a description of this event by Rúhíyyih Khánum see BW10:150–7.
   • For press accounts see BW10:156–7.
10. 1944-05-23 —
    Shoghi Effendi unveiled the model of the Shrine of the Báb at the centenary celebration of the Declaration of the Báb in Haifa. [BBD210; BW10:154, 157; DH140; GBF104; PP239–40; UD166]
    • BW10:157 suggests this was 24 May.

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