1. n.d.. Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, Avarih, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. . — Two brief excerpts
2. 2024/2025. Four Scripts for Dramatic Readings on Holy Days. Jaine Toth. — Scripts for Ridvan and the martyrdom of the Bab blending storytelling, dramatic readings, poetry and...
3. 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...
4. 2020. Story of Anis Zunuzi, The. Houri Falahi-Skuce. — Links to 53-minute video presentation with original music and narration. Includes transcript.
5. 2019-10-14. Martyrdom of the Bab: An Outline for Researchers. David Merrick. — The events of the Martyrdom of the Bab, including the weeks before and days after, presented through...
6. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
7. 2017-2020. Dramatic Readings. Marlene Macke. — Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, eith...
8. 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 Baha’i Holy Days.
9. 2014/2017/2021. Programs for the Observance of Bahá'í Holy Days. Author unknown, comp. — Booklets from four devotional programs at the Wilmette House of Worship: 9th day of Ridvan (2014), 1...
10. 2013. Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz, 1909. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Shaykh Dhakariyya's rebellion in Nayriz culminated in the martyrdom of nineteen Baha'is on Naw Ruz, ...
11. 2012. Concealment and Burial of the Báb. Peter Terry. — This chapter from A.-L.-M. Nicolas' seminal biography Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab (1905) tells th...
12. 2011-09. Báb, Martyrdom of the (July 9). Christopher Buck.
13. 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. T...
14. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
15. 2009-10-17. Celebrating a 'revolutionary' who ushered in a new age. Ted Slavin. — The heretical and progressive message of The Bab.
16. 2009. Babi Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic. Jack McLean. — In defining the three ages of Babi-Baha’i history, Shoghi Effendi named the first the Heroic Age, ...
17. 2008. Martyrdom of the Bab. David Merrick. — Martyrdom of the Bab, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud. Based on many early acco...
18. 2006. Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The. Jack McLean. — Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portra...
19. 2005/2024. Martyrdom of the Báb. Jaine Toth. — Presentation prepared for the commemoration ceremony July 9, 2024, at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute.
20. 2004-05. Significance of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Bab. Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . — Provisional translation from Ayyam Tis`ih [The Nine Holy Days], pp. 187-8.
21. 2003. Efforts to preserve the remains of the Bab: Four historical accounts. Ahang Rabbani. — Accounts by Mirza Hasan Adib Taliqani, Fadil Mazandarani, ‘Abdu’l-Husayn Avarih, and Aqa Husa...
22. 2001-07. It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb. Naysan Sahba. — Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Bab.
23. 1998. Notes on The Báb, Some. Robert Stockman. — Brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
24. 1997. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions. Jonah Winters. — Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shi'i and Babi history.
25. 1997. Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The. Ahang Rabbani. — Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Ref...
26. 1988. Adventures in Persia: To India by the Back Door. Ronald Sinclair. — Travel diary, including a description of Tabriz and a mention of the martyrdom of the Bab.
27. 1984. Historical Geography of Iran, An. Wilhelm Barthold. — Passing mentions of the Baha'is in Yazd and E. G. Browne; Zanjan in 1850; and the location of the ex...
28. 1981. Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One: Le Tablette Concernant l'Anniversaire du Martyre de Sa Sainteté, Exaltée. Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Peter Terry, trans. . — Three translations: a French version by Rochan Mavaddat, an English rendering from the French by Pet...
29. 1981. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Moojan Momen, ed. — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
30. 1959-01. Station Wagon Odyssey: Baghdad to Istanbul; A famous American traveler continuing a journey across the Moslem East. William O. Douglas. — Very short mention in this travelogue by a Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
31. 1955-06-08. Iran Seeks to Suppress Baha'i Faith: Editorial. Author unknown. — One-paragraph editorial from 1955.
32. 1953-05-04. Vast, Majestic Process, A. Shoghi Effendi. — Passage outlining humanity’s progressive evolution through ten stages.
33. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
34. 1936. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Babi history aut...
35. 1935. Moslem Mystics. Francis Younghusband. — An entire chapter with background on the Imam Mahdi and Shaykhism, and a detailed history of the Bab...
36. 1933. Cairo to Persia and Back. Owen Tweedy. — Mention of Tabriz, and the execution of the Bab.
37. 1912-09-25. New John the Baptist Preaching Universal Brotherhood: Abdul Ba-ha Patriarchal Head of Bahá'ísts in Denver With Message of Love and Justice to All and for All. Alice Rohe. — News article of Abdu'l-Baha's tour. Includes scanned image of original newspaper and photograph of A...
38. 1909. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East. M. E. Hume-Griffith. — Three-page history of the Bab and his execution, with reference to the persecutions in Yazd.
39. 1909. Letter to Mrs A.M. Bryant re interment of the remains of The Bab on Mt. Carmel. May Woodcock, A. M. Bryant. — Brief description of the interment of the remains of the Bab on Mt. Carmel on 21 March 1909.
40. 1907. Episode of The 'Báb'. E. Crawshay Williams. — Brief overview of the Bab's execution.
41. 1872. Journey through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia. Augustus Henry Mounsey. — 4-page overview of Babi history.

1. 1850-07-08 — The Bab, divested of His turban and sash, was taken on foot to the barracks in Tabriz. Mirza Muhamma...
2. 1850-07-09 — Martyrdom of the Bab In the morning the Bab was taken to the homes of the leading clerics to obt...
3. 1850-07-10 — The Russian Consul had an artist make a sketch of the body of the Bab. [Bab159; DB518; TN28; Sunbur...
4. 1850-07-11 — During the evening the bodies were wrapped in a cloak and removed to a silk factory owned by one of ...
5. 1950-07-09 — The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Bab was commemorated. For Shoghi Effendi's message to the B...

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