1. 2025-12. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr: On the Inimitable Book and the Guidance of the Faithful. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . On the authority of the Book of the Remembrance; the principles of divine unity, the immutability of God’s decree, and the inimitability of the Báb's revelation; guidance on the City of Safety and pilgrimage. Translations.
2. 2025-12. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An: On the Cessation of Revelation and the Appointment of the First Believer. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . At epistle in which the Báb announces the suspension of further revelation for a period of five years; the cessation of revelation, which is both a chastisement and a trial, identifies the Báb’s Revelation as the locus of divine utterance in this age. Translations.
3. 2025-10. Divine Proof and the Challenge of Revelation. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Epistle in response to the opposition of Mírzá Ibráhím-i-Shírází; the essence of religion lies not in ritual, but in submission to the command of the Qa'im; commentary on the Súrah of Joseph, the Qur'án, and the Ṣaḥífa as proofs surpassing human ability. Translations.
4. 2025-09. Two Letters of Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad on the Revelation of the Báb. Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . The historical and social contexts of two letters, sent from an uncle of the Báb to his brother and brother-in-law, on the interplay between familial concern, social turbulence, and the unwavering resolve of the Báb in the face of calumny and danger. Articles-unpublished.
5. 2025-08. Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár Revealed in Búshihr, An. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . History, context, and notes about a letter from Búshihr to the "King of Persia" marks a pivotal moment in the early unfoldment of the Báb's prophetic mission, shortly after His return from pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Translations.
6. 2025-08. Epistle of the Báb to Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí from Konár-Takhteh, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Historical context and translation of a letter from the Báb to the Greatest Uncle, written at Konár-Takhteh en route to Shíráz, describing some circumstances of His journey. Translations.
7. 2025-08. Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Búshihr and Addressed to Mullá Ṣādiq-i-Khurásání. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Overview of a tablet in which the Bab reproves and reassures Sadiq, reminds him of earlier injunctions, and enjoins him to be unafraid, proclaim the Cause of God, incorporate the testimony of remembrance in the call to prayer, and worship in the mosque. Translations.
8. 2025-02. Epistle of the Báb to His Uncles, Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad and Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Introduction to and annotated provisional translation of the Epistle revealed by the Báb to His maternal uncles Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad (the Greater Uncle) and Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali (the Greatest Uncle). Translations.
9. 2020-08-31. Báb's Business Etiquette, The. Bahá'í Inspiration. Anecdote about how the Bab changed unseemly business practices while he was a merchant in Bushihr, as quoted by Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan. Transcripts.
10. 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. Excerpts.
11. 1995-10. Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia. Syed Shakeel Ahmed. Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible early mentions of the Báb. Articles.
12. 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. Essays.

1. 1831-00-00 — At the age of 12 Mulla Husayn finished his studies in Bushíhr and went to Mashhad, the most prestigious centre of religious study in Iran. In 1830-1 he relocated to Karbala to study under Siyyid Kázim. Mashhad is where the remains of the Eighth Imám, 'Alí Ibn Musa'r-Ridá are enshrined in the holiest Shi'ih site in Iran. [MH7-8; MH113]
2. 1835-10-01 — Siyyid 'Ali Muhammad (the Báb) moved to Bushihr to manage his uncles' business interests in that city. He stayed there for five or six years. [HotD19, DB77note1, Bab39-41]
3. 1844-01-22 —
   Mullá Husayn returned to Karbilá after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in Isfahán and Mashhad where he had successfully defended the views of his master, Siyyid Kázim, before the leading clerics of those cities. [MH49]
   • Mulla Husayn, as the leading representative of the Siyyid's disciples, received mourners for three days in Karbilá. [DB47]
   • After a period of mourning and 40 days of prayer and fasting, Mulla Husayn in the company of his brother and his nephew, set out for Najaf where he visited the shrine and then proceeded to Persia following the last wishes of Siyyid Kázim that his followers quit Karbalá and search for the Promised One. The party went to Búshihr and then on to Shíráz. [MH50–55, HotD28; DB51]
   • See SI dust-jacket for a photo of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali.
4. 1844-09-10 — The Báb left Shiraz for Bushihr and arrived on the 19th of September. [The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35 by A. Rabbani]
5. 1844-09-30 —
   The Báb received the letter from Mullá Husayn giving Him details of his journey and meeting with Bahá'u'lláh and others he had contacted. See DB126-128 for information on the letter and the affect it had on the Báb.
   • Nabíl indicated that the Báb received the letter on 9 October (26 Ramadan) and that it was a deciding factor in His decision to undertake the pilgrimage. [DB126–7, 129]
   • Balyuzi says soon after the Báb received the letter, `in the month of September' He left Shíráz'. [Bab57]
   • GPB8-9 says He received the letter in the month of Sha'bán, 1260 (16 August to 13 September, 1844).
   • See MH119 where the author speculates that if the letter arrived on 16 Ramadan (29 September) and the Báb departed from the port of Búshihr on the 19th of Ramadan (2 October, 1844), He had to have been in Búshihr when He received the letter. IIII
6. 1844-10-00 —
   Pigrimage of the Báb
   
   The Báb, Quddús (Hájí Mullá Muhammad-`Alíy-i-Barfurúshí) and the Báb's Ethiopian servant, Mubarak, left Shíráz for Búshihr en route to Mecca. The journey took ten days. [Bab57; DB129; MH119]
   • DB129 says He left Shíráz during the month of Shavvál, 1260 (14 October to 11 November, 1844).
   • SBBH1 xxviii shows the departure date as 12 November, 1844.
   • Balyuzi, Bab57 says "in the month of September.
   • The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35 by A. Rabbani says He left port on the 2nd of October.
7. 1845-02-28 —
   The Báb returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shíráz with a letter addressed to His uncle Hájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí who, upon receiving it, embraced his Nephew's Cause, the first, after the Letters of the Living, to do so in Shíráz. The Báb also entrusted Quddús with a treatise for him entitled Khasá'il-i-Sab`ih (`the Seven Qualifications') and promised him his impending martyrdom. Later he gave his life as one of the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, see 1850 19 or 20 Feb. [Bab77–8; DB142–3; MS2, GPB9-10; provisional translation.]
   • To the departing Quddus He promised intense suffering in Shíráz and eventual martyrdom. [DB142-143]
   • Bab77 and GPB10 say the Báb arrived in Búshihr in February - March.
   • SSBH1p23 and BBRSM216 say 15 May, 1845.
   • Before leaving on pilgrimage the Báb had stated that He would return to Karbalá and asked His followers to congregate there. An explanation in part for the large following that had gathered there is the messianic expectation associated with the year 1261, a thousand years after the Twelfth Imám's disappearance in 260 A.H.. This gathering was perceived as a threat by the authorities. [BBRSM15, 45, 216; DB157–8; SBBH1p23, 32]
   • The Báb changed His plan to meet His followers in Karbalá and instructed them to go to Isfahán instead. A number abandon Him, regarding this as badá', `alteration of divine will'. [BBRSM16; DB158; MH125; SBBH23]
   • Some speculate that He did not go to Karbalá to avoid conflict and sedition. Many Bábís had gone to Karbalá armed in preparation for holy war, `jihád'. [BBRSM21–2; SBBH1:23]
8. 1845-06-24 — After expelling Mullá Husayn and Mullá Sádiq the governor of Fárs, Hasayn Khán-i-Irváni ordered that the Báb, the instigator of the commotion, be arrested and brought to Shíráz. [Bab84; BW18:380; DB148–50; GPB11]
9. 1863-00-00 —
   The passing of Hájí Mubárak, the servant of the Báb. He was born in 1823 and died at the age of 40. He was buried in the grounds of the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq.
   • He had been purchased in Bushir at the age of 5 by Hájí Mírzá Abú'l-Qásím, the great-grandfather of Shoghi Effendi and brother-in-law of the Báb and was sold to the Báb in 1842, just prior to His wedding, at the age of 19 for fourteen tomans. [BP5, 18]

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