1. n.d. (2005). Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, An. Bahá'í International Community. An easy-to-read but thorough overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, in e-book and PDF, adapted from the extensive introductory material at info.bahai.org.
2. n.d.. Historia de su Cooperacion con las Naciones Unidas. Bahá'í International Community.
3. n.d.. Bahá'í History. Firuz Kazemzadeh. Significance of history to the study of the Bahá'í Faith.
4. 2025-09. From 'the Most Great Prison' to the 'Holy Land': The Transformation of 'Akká in Bahá'í Sacred Geography. Sivan Lerer. Examines how ‘Akká transformed from Bahá’u’lláh’s place of exile into a Bahá’í sacred center through reinterpretation, memory, and sacred spatial construction.
5. 2025-04-21. Bahá'í House of Worship, The: The Dawning-Place of the Mention of God. Bahá'í World. Explores the spiritual and social significance of Bahá’í Houses of Worship, tracing the history of their global emergence and their role in fostering community worship, unity, and service. Includes chart showing comparative dimensions of the temples.
6. 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."
7. 2024-12-23. Bahāʾī Faith. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.
8. 2021-02. Universal House of Justice, The. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, 'Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, and from the constitution and letters of the Universal House of Justice.
9. 2021. Unfoldment of the Divine Plan. Author unknown. Visual overview of the Bahá'í Cycle, the Bahá'í Era, the three Ages, the three Epochs, and all of the Plans.
10. 2021. World of the Bahá'í Faith, The: Excerpts. Robert Stockman, ed. Comprehensive reference book on the Bahá’í Faith. Select articles as shared by their authors; front-matter and excerpt as shared by Google books.
11. 2020-2026. Nuggets, The. Badi Shams. A newsletter written from a Bahá’í perspective consisting of inspiring stories, news, and history from the culture and wisdom of Canada's First Nations and all religions, contributing to making the world a better and united place.
12. 2020-2026. Online Course on the Bahá'í Faith. John S. Hatcher. Links to 117 Youtube videos on Bahá'í history and teachings.
13. 2020. Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist. Peter Smith. 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.
14. 2019. Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Peter Smith. 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).
15. 2018/2024. Profitable End, A: A History of the Zabihi Family. Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed, Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, trans. . Detailed account of the life of ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb Dhabíḥí and his family, including bios of 17 martyrs — a vivid portrait of the early Bahá’í community in Yazd and beyond. Incl. extensive endnotes, historical documents, rare family materials, translations.
16. 2018/2024. عاقبت بخیر: شرح حیات عبدالو ه اب ذبیحی، بستگان و آباء و اجداد (Blessed End: A History of the Zabihi Family). Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed. . Story of the life of Abdu'l-Vahhab Dhabihi, as narrated by his son.
17. 2016. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis. Hui Bau. Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherzadeh, Michael Sours, Jamsheed Samandari, and Aziz Mboya.
18. 2015-05. Early History of the Bahá'í Faith. Thomas the Slav. A map showing the origins of the Bahá'í Faith via the journeys and exile of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
19. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Bahá'í history, key writings, and the need for scholarly study, translation, and contextual analysis of Bahá'í texts.
20. 2013-03. Understanding Bahá'í History: Introduction to the study of history. Moojan Momen. Video and transcript, prepared for the Wilmette Institute, about how to approach and understand the study of history, biases of eyewitnesses, and the subjective construction of facts.
21. 2013. Baha'ism in Iran. Ashaq Hussain. An overview of Bahá'í history and the Iranian response.
22. 2013. Religion in Iran. Ashaq Hussain. Summary of the status of religious minorities in Iran: the Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism.
23. 2013. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Ronen A. Cohen. History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi'ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today.
24. 2012-12. Baha'i Religious History: Introduction. Todd Lawson. Introduction to a special issue of this journal titled "Bahá'í History," summarizing the prophetic record, the divine hierarchy of history, and the primacy of science and education.
25. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of Hegel; the military metaphor; the language of interpretation; history of the apostolic age.
26. 2011-2025. Biographies from nayriz.org. Hussein Ahdieh. Twenty-three biographies, with photographs; Naskhi calligraphy.
27. 2011. Baha'i Faith, roots of. Robert Stockman.
28. 2010. Biography of Mullá Muhammad Shafí. Hussein Ahdieh. Brief outline of the life of an eyewitness to the upheavals of 1850 and 1853 in Nayríz.
29. 2010. Diary of Mullá Muhammad Shafi, The. Mullá Muḥammad Shafí, Hussein Ahdieh, trans. . Translation of a diary so thorough that it became the prime source of information for many future historians (incl. Nicolas, Mazandarani, Avareh, Rouhani, Faizi, and Shaykh Bahá'í), much of which was used in Nabíl's The Dawn-Breakers.
30. 2009. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith. Adib Masumian. Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Bahá'í Faith as a subversive political group, Zionist spies, affiliates of the secret police, British agents, etc. Available in English and Persian. Includes interview with author.
31. 2009. Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith. Mehrdad Amanat. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
32. 2008-07. Babism. Author unknown. Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, from Shaykhism to 1920.
33. 2008. Iran: A Country Study. Glenn E. Curtis, ed. 1-page overview of Bahá'í history and persecutions, with other passing mentions.
34. 2007. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes. Ahang Rabbani. Genealogy of the Báb and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
35. 2006. Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís. Will C. van den Hoonaard. Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Bahá'ís, before and after the prohibition of involvement in political affairs.
36. 2006. Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahá'ís from a Globalisation Perspective. Margit Warburg. Front-matter, Chapter One, and part of Chapter Two "Approaches to Babi and Baha'i Studies," as provided by Google Books.
37. 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.
38. 2005. Sweet and Enchanting Stories. Aziz Rohani, comp. Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar Furutan, Adib Tahirzadih, Abul-Qasim Faizi, and other loved and historic figures.
39. 2005. `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914. Ahang Rabbani. The story of Abdu'l-Bahá's relocating the Haifa/Akka Bahá'í community of some 140 people to a nearby Druze village to keep them safe during World War I.
40. 2005. Shoghi Effendi's View of Providential History in Light of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition. Jack McLean. The Guardian's letters reveal six features of his historicity: palingenesis and transitional history; providential synchronization; teleological history; organically whole history; periodisation of ages and epochs; history as community identity-creation.
41. 2004. Majestic Process, The: Cycles, Eras, Epochs and Stages. John Conkling, comp. A one page chart developed as a class handout on the "Majestic Process," the Ages and Epochs of the Faith.
42. 2004. Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The. Juan Cole. 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.
43. 2004. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran. Moojan Momen. Early attacks on the Bahá'í community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations, but in the 20th century, non-religious accusations based on widely held and often fantastical conspiracy theories have become more prevalent.
44. 2004. Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í World, 1919-1920 (excerpt). Moojan Momen. Material for an unfinished chapter "Progress of the Bahá'í Movement." Excerpt pp. 62-80 only, as provided by Google Books free preview.
45. 2003/2011. Change of Culture, A. Moojan Momen. An overview of the process of cultural change in the Bahá'í community.
46. 2003. Visits of the Hands of the Cause of God to Ireland. Betsy Omidvaran. An overview of all known visits by the Hands, the highest-ranking officers of the Bahá’í Faith, to Ireland. Review of the many historical sources about this largely-uninvestigated topic. Includes timeline of the visits between 1952 and 1986.
47. 2003. Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers. Adib Taherzadeh, Kiser Barnes, comp. . Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, Volumes 1-4.
48. 2002-2003. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 4. Various. The complete issue of volume 4.
49. 2002. Zuhur al-Haqq. Moojan Momen. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
50. 2001-09. Notes on the Twentieth Century. Douglas Martin. Multiple transcriptions of talks given in Atlanta, New York, and Massachusetts in September and October, 2001, largely based on the document Century of Light.
51. 2001. Century of Light. Universal House of Justice. Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Bahá'í Faith's emergence from obscurity, "demonstrating on a global scale the unifying power with which its Divine origin has endowed it."
52. 2001. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 3. Various. The complete issue of volume 3.
53. 2000-06-06. Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í. Bahá'í International Community. Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í
54. 2000. Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions. Sepehr Manuchehri. 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.
55. 2000. Chart of the Eras and Epochs of Bahá'í History. A. Bolhuis. Diagram of the periods of Bahá'í history. Available in English and Russian.
56. 2000. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 2. Various. The complete issue of volume 2. Some papers were delivered at the 18th annual ABS conference "The Creative Inspiration: Arts and Culture in the Bahá’í Faith" (Melbourne, September 1999).
57. 2000. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension.
58. 1999-12. Meaning of Baha'i History, The. Moshe Sharon. Disregarding personal belief, a neutral historian uses tools of objective research to deal with the scriptures of any religion as "literary texts" and not as "divine revelations"; issues of historicity in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahá'í Faith.
59. 1999-04. New Religious Movements: Bahá'í. Mary Pat Fisher. Short overview of Bahá'í history, teachings, and consultation.
60. 1999-03-03. Star of the West: Use of, in Electronic Form. Universal House of Justice. Guidance on use of the publication Star of the West in electronic form as well as advice on how to describe the authoritativeness of the material
61. 1999-03. Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity, The. Juan Cole. Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Bahá'í faith, which originated in Iran, poses key conundrums to our understanding of the relationship between modernity and religion in the global South.
62. 1999. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 1:2. Various. The complete issue of volume 1 number 2.
63. 1999. Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus). Author unknown. Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
64. 1999. Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún). Author unknown. Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets.
65. 1999. Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp). Author unknown. Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
66. 1999. Sacred Time: Bábí and Bahá'í History and Biography. John Walbridge. A collection of investigations, mostly biographical, of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Some, like the chapters on Zanjan and Turkey, form a collected whole. The central theme is that cultural context and detail illuminates Baha'i history.
67. 1998/2006. Chronology of Bahá'í History. J. Thomas Pawlowski. A relatively comprehensive timeline, 1844-2006.
68. 1998. Bahá'í. James Fieser, ed, John Powers, ed. Chapter 12, consisting of commentary and a compilation.
69. 1998. Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís. Author unknown. Published in honor of the UK Bahá'í Centenary, 1998/99.
70. 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."
71. 1998. Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only]. Juan Cole. Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
72. 1997. Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A. Vance Salisbury. Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Bahá'ís suppress or distort historical texts. Includes tables of changes made in different editions of four popular Bahá'í books.
73. 1996-2013. Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá'í History. Ahang Rabbani. Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
74. 1996. Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series. John Walbridge. Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no official translation is forthcoming.
75. 1996. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the foreknowledge that there would be no Guardian? Was the time ripe for such an action? Could not the International Bahá'í Council have carried on the work?
76. 1996. Epochs of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. On dating and defining the three major evolutionary "Ages" of Bahá'í history, and the five "epochs" within our current Age.
77. 1996. Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time. John Walbridge. Bahá'í law and legal texts; history; rituals of life and death; purity; prayer; fasting; wealth and inheritance; tablets of visitation; shrines; mysticism and mystical tablets; Mt. Carmel; Muslim and Badí calendars; festivals; holy days.
78. 1995. Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths. Moojan Momen.
79. 1995. Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the Seventh Century to the Present Day, The. Amy Suzanne Hollander. A study of the structure, development, space, and historic preservation of a portion of Akka, including discussion of its place in Bahá'í history.
80. 1994. Bahá'í: Chapter 15. Solomon A. Nigosian. Overview of the Faith from a popular comparative religions textbook.
81. 1993. Bahá'í History. Moojan Momen, Peter Smith. 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.
82. 1993. Babists, Bahá'í History. George A. Mather, Larry A. Nichols. Three entries from an outsider dictionary, followed by a response by Robert Stockman.
83. 1993. مقالات و رسائل در مباحث متنوّعه: جلد سوم (Articles and Treatises on Various Subjects: Volume 3). Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. . 33 articles and essays on various topics, along with biographies and other historical material.
84. 1992-05. Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A. Bahá'í International Community. Introduction to the life and work of Bahá'u'lláh, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his death, at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
85. 1992-04-09. Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah. Douglas Martin. Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Bahá'í history, current shifts of focus and teaching plans, and the prospects for the future which the new Message can bring.
86. 1992. Babism, Bahá'ís, Baha'u'llah. Ian Richard Netton. A few short dictionary-type entries.
87. 1992. Windows to the Past. Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. . Deepening talks on 25 topics about Bahá'í history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format and PDF transcripts.
88. 1992. "Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran," by Susan Stiles Maneck: Commentary. Foad Katirai.
89. 1992. Adrianople: Land of Mystery. Anthony A. Reitmayer, comp. Short book on the history of Adrianople and Constantinople and Bahá'u'lláh's exile and travels in the Ottoman territory; distributed to visiting pilgrims by the NSA of Turkey, and now out of print.
90. 1991. Map of the Travels of Baha'u'llah. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands, comp. The progressive exiles of Bahá'u'lláh through the Middle East. Includes timeline.
91. 1991. Iran: Drehscheibe zwischen Ost und West. Gerhard Schweizer. Lengthy discussion of Bábí history, Bahá'í literature and teachings, and the persecutions of 1955 and 1979.
92. 1990-03. International Bahá'í Council. Duane L. Herrmann. History of the International Bahá'í Council.
93. 1990. Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran: Some Preliminary Observations. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck). Conversion patterns of Zoroastrians and Jews in the period 1877-1921.
94. 1990. Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith. William P. Collins. 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.
95. 1989. Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988, The: A Survey of Contemporary Developments. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. A general account of developments in the Bahá'í Faith during these three decades.
96. 1989. Iran in the Twentieth Century: A Political History. M. Reza Ghods. Brief overview of Shaykhism and Babi/Bahá'í history, passing mentions of "Babist" as a political slur, and of Bahá'í families achieving commercial prominence under Mohammad Reza Shah.
97. 1989. Learning from History. Moojan Momen. The challenges caused by the influx of Third World villagers into the Bahá’í world community. The value of a study of the history of the Bahá’í Faith in understanding this development and in helping us towards appropriate presentations of the Faith.
98. 1989. Bahá'í Communities. Peter Smith. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
99. 1989. Bahá'í Faith. Juan Cole. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
100. 1989. Pictorial History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Africa, 1911 to 1989, A. Various, Lowell Johnson, Susan Ford, Peter Goodman. Documents the growth of the South African Bahá’í community, highlighting its multiracial community life and efforts to promote unity and peace during the apartheid era up to 1989.
101. 1987. Chapter 14, "Bahá'í". Lewis M. Hopfe. Short chapter, covering "Origin and development of Bahá'í," "The teachings of Bahá'í," and "Bahá'í practices."
102. 1986. In Iran. Peter Smith, ed. Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran.
103. 1986. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983). Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. . Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
104. 1986. House of Abdu'llah Pasha, The. Author unknown. Short history and restoration of a house associated with "some of the most dramatic and historically significant events of the Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith."
105. 1985/2011. Baha'i Faith, The: The Emerging Global Religion. William S. Hatcher, Douglas Martin. Overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, designed as an introductory textbook. Available in English or in Persian.
106. 1985. Familiar `Akká Voices. Marzieh Gail. Historical context of Phelps' 1903 collected memoirs Master in `Akká and some of the personages involved, with photographs.
107. 1985. Master in 'Akká, The: Including the Recollections of The Greatest Holy Leaf. Myron Henry Phelps. Abdu'l-Bahá's life, partly as told by his Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Phelps. Includes introduction by E. G. Browne and foreword by Marzieh Gail, and many photographs.
108. 1982-2023. Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History / Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: List of volumes. Anthony Lee, ed. List of all 23 volumes in the SBBH / SBBR series from Kalimat Press.
109. 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 Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
110. 1981. Religious Heritage of America, The. Albert M. Shulman. 2-page overview of Bahá'í history, administrative structure, and beliefs.
111. 1981. Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law. Ignaz Goldziher. An early academic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book Vorlesungen uber den Islam, "Lectures on Islam."
112. 1980-05. Growth and Spread of the Baha'i Faith, The. Arthur Hampson. A detailed attempt to describe and account for the spread of the Bahá'í Faith, including the roles played by its centralized leadership, its belief system, and its policies, as well as attitudes and conditions outside the control of the Bahá'í movement.
113. 1980 [1941]. Promised Day is Come, The. Shoghi Effendi. A book-length letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of the West, dated 28 March 1941, about Bahá'u'lláh's letters to the kings and rulers, and their relation to historical events.
114. 1980. Fall of the Peacock Throne: The Story of Iran. William H. Forbis. Passing mention of a traveller meeting an Iranian air force general who was a Bahá'í, followed by a short overview of Bahá'í history.
115. 1978/2001. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Reno and Northern Nevada. Genevieve Metro-Corbin. Baha'i history and its epochs and ages; history of the Faith in Nevada in the twentieth century; construction of the Shrine of the Báb.
116. 1978-08. Part of the Bahá'í History of the Family of Charles and Maria Ioas. Viola Tuttle, Margarite Ioas Ullrich, Monroe Ioas, Paul Ioas, Joseph Ioas. Biographies of Charles and Maria: from his birth in 1859, their introduction to the Faith in 1898, experiences with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, and four Tablets from 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
117. 1978. Chapter 6, "Some 'New' Religions: Cao Dai, The Bahá'í Faith, Theosophy. Edward Rice. Historical overview, from Shi'i Islam to the Wilmette Temple.
118. 1978. Iran: A Country Study. Richard F. Nyrop, ed. Half-page summary of Bahá'í thought and history.
119. 1977. Divine Springtime: Louise Caswell Recalls the Early Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Central America and Panama. Daniel Nelson Wegener. Overview of Bahá'í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975.
120. 1974. Man's Religions: Fifth Edition. John B. Noss. Half-page overview of Bahá'í history and thought; this is a re-written version of the section from Noss' 1956 edition.
121. 1974. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An. Vernon Elvin Johnson. Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their resulting tensions and resolutions.
122. 1974. Forty Years of the Bahá'í Cause in Hawaii: 1902-1942. Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Four decades of history and travel, as told partly through personal letters, including many Tablets from `Abdu'l-Bahá to local believers and travel-teachers.
123. 1973. Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America. Robert S. Ellwood. From chapter eight, "The East in the Golden West: Other Oriental Movements."
124. 1972. Grundriss der Religionsgeschichte. Ernst Dammann. 3-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings.
125. 1971-1995. 1971-1995: Newspaper articles archive. Various. Collection of newspaper articles from 1971-1995.
126. 1971 [1944]. God Passes By. Shoghi Effendi. The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
127. 1969/1970. Possible Nature and Establishment of Bahá'í Universities and Colleges Based Upon a Study of Bahá'í Literature, The. H. T. D. Rost (published as Harry Timbrell Dyson Rost). An attempt to clarify the possible nature of Bahá'í colleges and universities and the means by which such institutions could be established; includes appendix: letter from Sarah Farmer, 1898.
128. 1969. Bahá'ís, The. Ninian Smart. Short treatment of Bahá'í history and thought, in a commonly-assigned university textbook.
129. 1968-1973. تاريخ ظُهور الحق (The History of the Manifestation of Truth). Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp, Adel Shafipour, ed. Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally published 1932-1936.
130. 1968-1973. اسرار الآثار (Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings). Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. 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.
131. 1968. Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka. Muhammed Labib. Map of Stages in Bahá'u'lláh's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka, compiled and designed by Labib in 1968, includes an extensive list of which tablets Bahá'u'lláh revealed and where.
132. 1968. Modern Syncretistic Sects: Babism-Bahá'ísm and the Ahmadiyya. Trevor Ling. 2-page summary of Bábí history.
133. 1967. Modern Iran. Peter Avery. 24 pages from chapters on "Nasiru'd-Din Shah's heritage," "Nasiru'd-Din Shah on his own," and "Prologue to Revolution."
134. 1965. Die Perser: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Alessandro Bausani. Brief overview of the early years of the Bahá'í Faith.
135. 1963. Heart of Iran, The. Duncan Forbes. Travel diary with an account of meeting a Bahá'í in Shiraz, and an overview of Bahá'í history.
136. 1963. Bahá'ís, The. Geoffrey Parrinder. Two-page excerpt from Chapter 12, "Sikhs, Bahais, and Theosophists," and two other passing mentions.
137. 1963. Bahai. Helmuth von Glasenapp. Two-page overview of Bahá'í history.
138. 1962. Sacred Books of the World. A. C. Bouquet. Two-page summary of Bahá'í history.
139. 1960/1972. Bahá'í: World Faith for Modern Man. Arthur L. Dahl. A general overview pamphlet introducing Bahá'í teachings and history.
140. 1956. Man's Religions. John B. Noss. Half-page overview of Bahá'í history and thought.
141. 1952. Israel Resurgent. Norman Bentwich. Two editions of a book with a one-paragraph overview of Babi-Bahá'í history.
142. 1952. Die Fünf Grossen Religionen. Helmuth von Glasenapp. 1-page overview of Babi/Bahá'í history.
143. 1948-1976. مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance). Azizu'llah Sulaymani. Biographies of 99 prominent Bahá'ís from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 and 1976.
144. 1944. Centenary of a World Faith: The History of the Bahá'í Faith and its Development in the British Isles. Author unknown. On the lives of The Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdul-Baha, progress of the Faith in the East and West, and growth of the cause in the United Kingdom. Published for the centenary of the declaration of the Báb.
145. 1944. Bahá'í Centenary, 1844-1944, The. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, comp. "A record of America's response to Bahá'u'lláh's call to the realization of the oneness of mankind."
146. 1944. God Passes By: Foreword. Shoghi Effendi. Introduction only, posted separate for reference as it is one of the most significant of the Guardian's writings.
147. 1933. Shi'ite Religion, chapter 33: Rise of Related Sects in Modern Times [Shayhki, Babi, Bahá'í]. Dwight M. Donaldson.
148. 1932. Modern Movements in Islam. Gyula Germanus. Chapter on the Shaykhis, Babis, and Bahá'ís. Not proofread, has scanning errors.
149. 1931. Bahá'í Movement in Japan, The. Tokujiro Torii. Summary of Bahá'í visitors to, activities in, Tablets to, and publications in Japan, 1914-1930.
150. 1929. Babism and Behaism. Henri Lammens, Denison Ross, trans. . From Chapter 8, "Reformists and Modernists."
151. 1922. Handbook of Palestine, The. Harry Charles Lukach (published as Harry Charles Luke). Passing mentions of the Bab, Bahá'ís, and Subh-i-Azal, along with the history and geography of Akka. Includes estimate of number of Bahá'ís in Palestine in 1922.
152. 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.)
153. 1918. Mahdi in Persia and Syria, The. Wilson D. Wallis. Short overview Bahá'í history, with quotes from pilgrims notes, and citations of other scholarly or published sources.
154. 1917. Shining Light from Persia, A. Albert Ross Vail, Emily McLellan Vail. Overview chapter from a religious-studies textbook, written by a sympathetic outsider. This excerpt, from a "teacher's edition" of the book, contains an additional 7 pages of commentary not included in the regular edition.
155. 1915. New World-Religion, The. Josia Strong. Mention of Babism in the context of new faiths supplanting individualistic Christianity.
156. 1913. Fringe of the East, The: A Journey through the Past and Present Provinces of Turkey. Harry Charles Lukach. Overview of the Bahá'ís and Azalis, mentions of their history in Akka, the Twelfth Imam and the Mahdi, and Bahá'u'lláh. Includes two excerpts of interest because they refer to "Báb" which in this context refers to a place, not the Prophet.
157. 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.
158. 1911. Religions and Philosophies of the East, The. J. M. Kennedy. Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, and brief summary of Bahá'í teachings.
159. 1910. Babism, or Bahaism. Edward A. Marshall. One-page summary of Bábí history and Bahá'í teachings.
160. 1910. New Economic Movement and Young Persia, A. Helen Campbell. Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history and teachings, concluding with an inspiring story of wisdom and kindness of a Spiritual Assembly in Bombay.
161. 1907. Five Years in a Persian Town. Napier Malcolm. Many passing mentions, plus a detailed overview, in an account by a Christian missionary in Yazd, first published in 1905.
162. 1906. Babism in New York. Arthur T. Pierson, ed. Short summary of Bahá'í history, a quote from Arthur Dodge, and update on activities in New York.
163. 1905. The Bahá'í Revelation. Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Paul Carus, ed. . Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the Faith. Introduced by Paul Carus with a brief essay, "The Behaist Movement."
164. 1904-06/07. New Religion, Babism, A. Paul Carus. Overview of early Bahá'í history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi (1903), and a review of Ibrahim Kheiralla's book Beha Ullah (1900).
165. 1903. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi: A Study of the Religion of the Babis, or Beha'is Founded by the Persian Bab and by His Successors, Beha Ullah and Abbas Effendi. Myron Henry Phelps, Bahiyyih Khanum. Abdu'l-Bahá's life, partly as told by his sister Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Myron Phelps.
166. 1897. Chronicle of `Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani: Personal Reminiscences of the Insurrection at Zanjan. Aqa Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani, E. G. Browne, trans. . Translation of an account of the Babi struggle at Zanjan in 1850, as recollected by an aged eyewitness who had been a child at the time; an important source for early Babi history.
167. 1897. Bobeism, Bobe [The Bab], His Doctrine, His Personal Appearance. Mooshie G. Daniel. An early sympathetic overview of the Báb and Bahá'ís.
168. 1872. Journey through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia. Augustus Henry Mounsey. 4-page overview of Bábí history.

1. 1924-10-01 —
   In the latter part of 1924, Shoghi Effendi began the process of recording the recollection of the believers who had witnessed the early years of the Bábí and Bahá'í Dispensations. He called for a systematic campaign to assemble such narratives. In the Holy Land, companions of Bahá'u'lláh such as Áqá Husayn-i-Áshchí were interviewed for what they remembered of the days of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá. Sometimes, as in the case of Áshchí, this happened literally on the person's deathbed. In addition, during the next two decades, the Guardian wrote to the Bahá'ís of Iran urging them to prepare detailed histories of each local community. He further called upon believers who had witnessed the unfolding of the Heroic Age to commit their experiences to writing.

   In the 19 February 1925 issue of the Baha'i News in Persian, Akhbar-i-Amri, there is an item indicating that the Central Assembly in Tehran had "recently" sent a circular letter to localities in Iran and abroad and appointed a committee to compile the history of the Faith.

   • One such narrative by Mírzá Habíb Afnán was entitled (Khátirát-i-Hayát) Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá. It is available in the English translation by Ahang Rabbani.
2. 1941-03-28 —
   The publication of The Promised Day is Come. It was, in effect, a survey of the world in relation to the Bahá'í Faith during its first century. [AY305; PG215-217]
   • Available at the Bahá'í Reference Library.
3. 1957-12-26 —
   The passing of Mirzā Asad-Allāh, known as Fāżel Māzandarāni (b. Bábol, Persia 1881).
   • He became a Bahá'í in Tehran in 1909. He travelled to Egypt in 1919-1911 where he met with 'Abdu'l-Bahá and was send to India and Burma to promote the Faith.
   • 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent him to North America for the period 1920-1921. He arrived in North America with Manúchihr Khán in time to speak at the National Convention. His purpose was to assist and stimulate the Bahá'í communities. He departed for the Holy Land on the 9th of July, 1921. [AB443; SBR88]
   • Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil-i-Mázandarání visited North America again in 1923-1925 at the request of Shoghi Effendi. [Fádl Mázandarání, Mírzá Asadu'lláh by Moojan Momen]
   • See Jináb-i-Fádil Mazandarání in the United States by Fadl Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani) compiled by Omeed Rameshni for transcripts of his talks.
   • In about 1924 Shoghi Effendi wrote to the Central Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Persia, asking them to gather materials towards the compilation of a general history of the Bahá'í faith. Initially this work was handed to a committee and Fāżel served as the liaison between this committee and the Assembly, of which he was himself a member at the time. However, after the committee failed to make significant progress, Fāżel took on the responsibility to compile this work himself. His work, Ẓohur-al-Ḥaqq (variously also called Tāriḵ-e Ẓohur-al-Ḥaqq and Ketāb-e Ẓohur-al-Ḥaqq) is said to be the most comprehensive history of the first century of the Bahá'í faith yet written. It records the full biographies of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and ʿAbdu'l-Baháʾ, the Faith's leading disciples and learned members, poets, martyrs, and other prominent personalities. It covers the history of the persecutions of the Bahá'ís; discusses the internal crises of the faith and, more significantly, contains excerpts from the holy writings and includes documentation and a considerable number of pictures. It was compiled in nine volumes: volumes 1-3 completed in May of 1932, the fourth in February, 1936, and the final volume in 1943. For various reasons it has not been translated into English. [Ẓohur-al-Ḥaqq]
   • Other works of Fāżel include his dictionary of commonly used proper terms and titles in Bahá'í literature, Asrār al-āṯār, which was published in five volumes (1967-72) of more than 1,600 pages.
   • Fāżel's other major work, Amr wa ḵalq, contains hundreds of selections from the Bahá'í holy writings grouped under topics related to philosophical, theological, religious, and administrative matters. The work was published in Iran (1954-74) in four volumes.
   • The Collected Works of Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani.
   • Wikipedia page.

     Note: There is some question about whether Shoghi Effendi considered him a Hand of the Cause. See letter addressed to Dr Peter Smith sent on behalf of the Universal House of Justice 11 August 1998 found on Baha'i Library Online. The message concludes by saying that the Universal House of Justice, in a memorandum dated 1 April 1979, has instructed that additional names should not be included in the list of the Hands of the Cause. The list of Hands of the Cause can be found at BW14p445-466.

4. 1983-08-05 — The first Los Angeles Bahá'í History Conference was held at the University of California at Los Angeles. [BW19:369–70]
5. 1999-00-00 — The publication of Sacred Time; Babi and Baha'i History and Biography by John Wallbridge. The paper deals with stories of the early martyrs, the Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, and the Faith in Iran as well as miscellaneous topics.
6. 2001-03-00 — The publication of Century of Light, a statement by the Universal House of Justice. The purpose of the book is to provide members of the Faith with a perspective on two defining processes that unfolded during the 20th century; on the one hand, the sequence of events that made the unification of humanity the principal feature of modern history and, on the other, the emergence from obscurity of the Cause of God and its Administrative order. It is primarily a resource for Bahá'í study and deepening. It is not a public information publication. [TP777-778]
   • Available online at Bahá'í Library.
7. 2012-12-13 —
   The publication of a special issue of the Journal of Religious History related to Bahá'í history (Volume 36, Issue 4) pp 463-604. It was edited by Dr Todd Lawson and published on behalf of the Religious History Association.
   The articles were:
   • Persecution and Resilience: A History of the Bahá'í Religion in Qajar Isfahan by Moojan Momen
   • Arresting the Eschaton: Mirza Husayn Tabarsi Nuri (d. 1902) and the Bábi and Bahá'í Religions by Omid Ghaemmaghami
   • Transnational Bahá'í Print Culture: Community Formation and Religious Authority, 1890–1921 by Farzin Vejdani
   • Educating Girls in Early Twentieth-Century Iran: A Study of a Bahá'í School by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam
   • How Routinization Became a Saving Grace for the Bahá'ís by Lynn Echevarria
   • The Interracial “Bahá'í Movement” and the Black Intelligentsia: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois by Christopher Buck
   • The Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1947–1963 by Graham Hassall
   • Underground Movement in a Missionary Church: The Bahá'í Faith in British Cameroons, 1952–1962 by Anthony Lee
   • The Islamic Revolution's Internal Other: The Case of Ayatollah Khomeini and the Bahá'ís of Iran by Mina Yazdani

1. 1954-05-00 — The National Archives Committee made an appeal to all assemblies and individuals to keep and record all information relative to the early history of the Cause in their area and to forward copies to the National Archives. They repeated their appeal for the friends to send Tablets that had been received from the Master. [CBN No 52 May 1954 p4]

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