- 20,000 Martyrs, Source of Statements about, by Universal House of Justice, Research Department (1984/2005). Two letters from the Research Department.
- Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). Genealogy of the Báb and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
- Area Handbook for Iran, by Harvey Henry Smith, et al. (1971). One-page overview of Babi and Bahá'í history.
- Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The, by Juan Cole (2004). On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Bábí movement in the nineteenth-century Middle East was definitively split into the Bahá'í and Azalí religions.
- Bab and Babism, The, by John David Rees (1896-08-22). An early, brief account of Bábí history and speculation about the presence of the Bábís (i.e. Bahá'ís) in contemporary Iran by a British colonial official and traveller.
- Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration; written by a relative.
- Bab og Babismen: en ny religion og dens stifter, by John David Rees, H. Thambs Lyche, trans. (1896-07-31). Norwegian translation of Rees' Bab and Babism, 1896.
- Báb, Bábís, by E. G. Browne (1926).
- Báb, The (ʿAlí Mohammad Shirází), by Denis MacEoin (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, Moojan Momen, ed. (1981). A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
- Bábí Executions and Uprisings, by Denis MacEoin (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Babi Movement in Iran, The: From Religious Dissent to Political Revolt, 1844, by Ahmad Nur Fuad (1998). Development of the Bábí movement and the political implications of its religious teachings, as seen in its shift from purely religious dissent to political dissent.
- Babi, or Babists, by Author unknown (1878).
- Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, The, by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam (2002). On the background and events of the Shaykh Tabarsi conflict; developments, both in the political sphere and within the Bábí community, that led to the outbreak of open warfare in 1848; and objectives of the Bábí participants in the conflict.
- Bábíism, by E. G. Browne (1910).
- Bábís, by C. M. MacGregor (1995-12). Short overview, as excerpted by MacGregor from Shiel's Glimpses of Life and Manners.
- Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2006). Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronologies, the transition from the Bábí to the Bahá'í community, provisional translations, and a list of Bábí martyrs.
- Babis, The, by Edward Sell (1896-05). An early 10-page overview of Bábí history and beliefs, published in a monthly journal of missionary information.
- Babism, by Author unknown (2008-07). Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, from Shaykhism to 1920.
- Babism, Leo de Colange, ed. (1869). Possibly the earliest encyclopedia entry on The Bab.
- Babism, by Denison Ross (1901/1912). Chapter-length overview of Bábí and early Bahá'í history.
- Babism and Behaism, by Henri Lammens, Denison Ross, trans. (1929). From Chapter 8, "Reformists and Modernists."
- Bábism in Nayriz, by Hussein Ahdieh (2015). Brief excerpt on Nayriz and Sayyed Yahyá Dárábí (Vahíd), with link to article offsite.
- Badasht, by Moojan Momen (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bahá'í History, by Moojan Momen, Peter Smith (1993). A general survey of the history of the Bahá'í Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Bábí and Bahá'í history. Next, a series of themes that have developed throughout Bahá'í history is examined.
- Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist, by Peter Smith (2020). Link to Smith's videos on Bábí and Bahá'í history: Emergence of the Bábí movement; Bábí conflict and collapse; development of a new religion; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í beliefs and practice; geo-cultural breakthroughs; expansion of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Bábís of Persia, The: I. Sketch of Their History, and Personal Experiences amongst Them, by E. G. Browne (1889-07). Results of Browne's investigations into the doctrines, history, and circumstances of this "most remarkable" religious phenomenon, and outline of things yet to be studied.
- Bábís of Persia, The: II. Their Literature and Doctrines, by E. G. Browne (1889-10). Overview of Bábí literature and doctrine.
- Bobeism, Bobe [The Bab], His Doctrine, His Personal Appearance, by Mooshie G. Daniel (1897). An early sympathetic overview of the Báb and Bahá'ís.
- Browne and the Babis, by Arthur J. Arberry (1960). Brief history of the Babis and E. G. Browne's relations with them.
- Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia, by Syed Shakeel Ahmed (1995-10). Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible early mentions of the Báb.
- Christ the Seed, by Francis J. Mott (1939). Passing mentions of the Babis in the context of discussing the evolution of scripture; brief overview of early Bábí history from a Christian missionary's perspective and comparison of the Nuqtat al-Kaf vs. the Tarikh-i-Jadid.
- Das Südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres oder Die Nordprovinzen Persiens, by G. Melgunof (1868). 3-page overview of the Bábí movement, with discussion of Mulla Husayn and Tahirih.
- Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, by Nabil-i-A'zam, Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1932). The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Bahá'í Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí].
- Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of The Bahá'í Revelation: Study Guide, by National Teaching Committee (1932).
- Die Fünf Grossen Religionen, by Helmuth von Glasenapp (1952). 1-page overview of Babi/Bahá'í history.
- Die Perser: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, by Alessandro Bausani (1965). Brief overview of the early years of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions, by Jonah Winters (1997). Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shí'í and Bábí history.
- Early History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Thomas the Slav (2015-05). A map showing the origins of the Bahá'í Faith via the journeys and exile of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
- Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, The, by Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). 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.
- God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi (1971 [1944]). The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
- God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts, by Laura Clifford Barney (1910). A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
- Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran, by Anthony Lee (2015). Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Bab. A history of slavery in Iran can be written, not only at the level of statistics, laws, and politics, but also at the level of individual lives.
- Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2001-03). Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
- In Iran, Peter Smith, ed. (1986). Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran.
- Introduction to the Baha'i Faith, by Peter Smith (2019). A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, organisation and world-view of the Baha’i community (archived copy, original offline).
- Iran: Drehscheibe zwischen Ost und West, by Gerhard Schweizer (1991). Lengthy discussion of Bábí history, Bahá'í literature and teachings, and the persecutions of 1955 and 1979.
- Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery (1956). On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb.
- La Perse La Chaldée et La Susiane: Relation de Voyage, by Jane Dieulafoy (1887). Early overview of the Bábí movement in Zanjan, from a travel diary through Iran, Chaldea, and Susa (Shush).
- Land of the Lion and the Sun: Personal Experiences, the Nations of Persia — Their Manners, Customs, and Their Belief, by Absalom D. Shabaz (1901). 1-paragraph overview of the "new sect" of "the Baáb."
- Lehrbuch der Religionsgeschichte, by Alfred Bertholet (1925). One-paragraph overview of the Bábí movement.
- Living Religions of the World, by Frederic Spiegelberg (1957). 2-page overview of Bábí history and Bahá'í principles, including brief discussion of Bahá'í mystical literature and an excerpt from a 1911 translation of the Seven Valleys.
- Modern Wayfarer in Persia, A, by Constance M. Alexander (1931). Two-page overview of Bábí history, and passing mention of the Bahá'ís in Tabriz.
- Moslem Mystics, by Francis Younghusband (1935). An entire chapter with background on the Imam Mahdi and Shaykhism, and a detailed history of the Bábí faith, actions of the early believers, and the Báb's martyrdom.
- Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay, by Julio Savi (2020-05). Introduction to the life of the Báb, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artist Simina Boicu Rahmatian.
- Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís, by Negar Mottahedeh (1998). A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis/Bahá'ís as being disruptive symbols of destabilizing modernism, with the stories of Qurratu'l-'Ayn's public unveiling a central element.
- Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten, by Soheila Vahdati, Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2008-09-18). An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran's treatment of 19th-century dissidents.
- New History (tarikh-i-jadid) of Mirza Ali-Muhammed the Bab, The, by Husayn Hamadani, E. G. Browne, trans. (1893). Detailed history of the Bab, translated into English. Also known as Tarikh-i Badi'-i Bayani.
- Nuqtat al-Káf, by Kavian Sadeghzade Milani (2008). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions, by Juan Cole (1998-08). History of the writing of this early Bábí historical text, and some recent interpretations of its history.
- Pageant of Persia, The: A Record of Travel by Motor in Persia with an Account of Its Ancient and Modern Ways, by Henry Filmer (1937). Three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, with many more pages of description of Persian culture and history included for context.
- Persia: The Awakening East, by W. P. Cresson (1908). Brief overview of the early years of the Bábí Faith.
- Persia, by Percy Molesworth Sykes (1922). 3-page overview of early Bábí history. Complete book is included, for historical interest.
- Persia Revisited: With Remarks on H.I.M. Mozuffer-Ed-Din Shah, and the Present Situation in Persia, by Thomas Edward Gordon (1895). Short chapter-length overview of the Bábí Faith.
- Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal, The, by Abbas Amanat (2007). On the Bábí Faith as a product of the religious environment of Shi'i Iran, including its esoteric culture and apocalyptic vision; the Bayán as a form of discourse; and how the Bayán marked a break with Islam.
- Political Divisions and Schisms, by Syed Ameer Ali (1902). Three page excerpt, with two endnotes.
- Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn], by A. L. M. Nicolas, Peter Terry, trans. (2004). First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Táhirih. These passages are from Seyyed Ali Mohammad dit le Bab (1905) by A.-L.-M. Nicolas, French diplomat and author.
- Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1934). Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Bábí history authored by Nabil-i-A'zam.
- Religions and Philosophies of the East, The, by J. M. Kennedy (1911). Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, and brief summary of Bahá'í teachings.
- Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Bábí Movement in Iran, by Abbas Amanat: Review, by Amin Banani (1989-1990).
- Revolutions de la Perse: Les Provinces, Les Peuples et le Gouvernement, by Victor Berard (1910). Short extract on the Bábís.
- Road to Nazareth, The: Through Palestine Today, by John Gibbons (1936). Two-page discussion of the Babis and Mount Carmel, from a travel diary.
- Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht, by Negar Mottahedeh (1998-02). Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic history; also Shaykh Abu Turab's recollections of the event and his literary role in Nabil's Dawn-Breakers.
- Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith, by William P. Collins (1990). The mythological universe created by Bahá’u’lláh employs three significant spiritual verities: the unknowable nature of the Ultimate Mystery, the relativity of religious/mythological truth, and the necessity of science and investigation of reality.
- Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab, by Universal House of Justice, Research Department (2000-02-02). Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh were slaves, and a list of relevant sources for further research.
- Shi'ite Religion, chapter 33: Rise of Related Sects in Modern Times [Shayhki, Babi, Bahá'í], by Dwight M. Donaldson (1933).
- Short History of Religions A, by E. E. Kellett (1933). Overview of Babism, from the chapter "Mohammedism."
- Short History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith, and Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Reviews, by Christopher Buck (1997).
- Social Protest of the Babis, The, by Marshall G. S. Hodgson (1974). Two pages on the Babis, from a classic textbook on Islamic history.
- Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, The: A Survey, by Denis MacEoin: Review, by John Walbridge (1993-07-01).
- Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History / Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: List of volumes, Anthony Lee, ed. (1982-2023). List of all 23 volumes in the SBBH / SBBR series from Kalimat Press.
- Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics, by Mark A. Foster (1999). Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility: Sinlessness and Prophetic Ecology," "The Case of Some Answered Questions [pedagogy and evolution]," and "The Gospel According to Nabíl."
- Tablet of the Centennial, by Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. (1998). 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."
- Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2000). The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Bábís cooperated with the authorities in suppression of their peers, and the attitude of government officials towards these individuals.
- Ten Thousand Miles in Persia or Eight Years in Iran, by Percy Molesworth Sykes (1902). Brief overview of Babism, including estimate of numbers of Bahá'ís and Azalis in Kirman.
- Through Persia by Caravan, by Arthur E. Arnold (1877). Early three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Bahá'u'lláh is here referred to as "Behar."
- Viaje al Interior de Persia: El itinerario de Rivadeneyra (1874-75), by Lily Litvak (1987). 1-page overview of Bábí history and the Bahá'í/Azali split.
- Windows to the Past, by Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. (1992). Deepening talks on 25 topics about Bahá'í history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format and PDF transcripts.
- Witness to Shaykh Tabarsi: The Narrative of Haji Nasir Qazvini, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2007). Biography of Qazvini, sources for the study of the conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, and Qazvini's narrative. Includes the Persian text, and bios of Táríkh Samandar and M. A. Malik-Khusravi (in Persian).
- Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History, by Ahang Rabbani (1996-2010). Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
- Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán, by Nader Saiedi (2019-09). Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation.
- Zustände im Heutigen Persien wie sie das Reisebuch Ibrahim Begs Enthüllt (Conditions in present-day Persia as revealed in Ibrahim Beg's travel book), by Walter Schulz (1903). Passing mentions of the Babis and their persecutions in the context of the travels through Iran of the fictitious character Ibrahím Bayg.
- اسرار الآثار (Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings), Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. (1968-1973). The first large-scale attempt to define Bahá'í theology; the volumes, written ca. 1955, are essentially a dictionary of terms that appear in the Bahá'í writings or stem from other religious traditions that bear some relevance to the Bahá'í Faith.
- تاريخ ظُهور الحق (The History of the Manifestation of Truth), Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp, Adel Shafipour, ed. (1968-1973). Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally published 1932-1936.
- صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نیریز (Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz), by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman, Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. (2014). An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran, against its Bábi and Baháʼí residents. Features accounts from survivors. Translation into Farsi of the original English work.
- طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East), by Hussein Ahdieh (2019). A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, marriage, the murder of her uncle, the events at Badasht, and final years leading to her martyrdom. Features appendices including excerpts of her writings.
- مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance), by Azizu'llah Sulaymani (1948-1976). Biographies of 99 prominent Bahá'ís from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 and 1976.
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