1. 2025-11. Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . A prayer for the second Imam, extolling the sovereignty, grandeur, and sanctity of God, creation, and His divine omnipotence, and likening God's transcendence to the purity of camphor. Translations.
2. 2025. Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication in Imami Shí'í Islam. Gianni Izzo. Dissertation exploring Shi'i supplication (du'ā'), analyzing commentaries by four scholars, including Siyyid Kazim, to reveal its theological, devotional, and social significance in Imami Shi'ism. (Link to document, offsite.) Theses.
3. 2024-12. Seeing the Signs: The Imamate in Sayyid Kāẓim al-Rashtī’s (d. 1259/1843) Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-simāt. Gianni Izzo. The role of interpretation in al-Rashtí's "Commentary on the supplication of signs" in articulating Shaykhi thought; how God interacts with creation through prophetic archetypes. Link to thesis "Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication." Articles.
4. 2024. Metaphorical Literalism and the Poetics of Reality: Ahmad Ahsá'í, Figuration, and the World of Images. Todd Lawson. Overview of the life of Shaykh Ahmad; his thoughts about the technical rhetorical terms mithál, mathal, and mithl (images), which functioned more as metaphor than simile or parable in the Qur'an and the words of the Imams. Articles.
5. 2024. Nahj al-Balághah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of 'Alí: Parallel English-Arabic Text. al-Sharif al-Radi, Tahera Qutbuddin, trans. . Critical edition and translation Imam Ali's orations and reflections, showcasing his wisdom on piety, virtue, and governance. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Books.
6. 2020-06. Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Claims to Being the Return of Imam Husayn. Ismael Velasco. On Imam Husayn in Shi'a Islam, expectations of his return, his place in Bábí theology, and various relationships to the Bábí Faith: ancestral, devotional, initiatory, theophanic, typological, eschatological, and messianic. Articles-unpublished.
7. 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. Talks.
8. 2020-04. Tafsír as Mystical Experience, by Todd Lawson: Review. Christopher Buck. Reviews.
9. 2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation. Audio.
10. 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. Audio.
11. 2018. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations. Stephen Lambden, A. Bolhuis, comp. . A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links to manuscripts, texts, introductions. Includes Shaykhi and Bábí studies, bibliographies, genealogies, provisional translations. Resources.
12. 2016. Regarding Jaʻfar-i-Kadhdháb ('Jaʻfar the Liar'). Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans. . One-paragraph passage about the mystical cities Jabulqa and Jabulsa and the truthfulness of a figure, Jaʻfar (connected with the history of the Twelfth Imam). Translations.
13. 2016. A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám. Abdu'l-Bahá, Adib Masumian, trans. . On apparently-conflicting hadiths (sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) regarding the Hidden Imam and the Qa'im. Translations.
14. 2015. One Who Related the Existence of the Qáʼim, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans. . One-paragraph passage related to the coming of the Mahdi. Translations.
15. 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. Audio.
16. 2014. Tablet of Patience (Surih Sabr): Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh and Selected Topics. Foad Seddigh. This significant Tablet from Ridvan 1863 covers the Seal of the Prophets, appearance and presence of God, resurrection, and the Qayyum al-Asma. Includes context of Bahá'u'lláh's life and troubles during this period. Articles.
17. 2012. Most Noble Pattern, A: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb, `Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850). Todd Lawson, ed, Omid Ghaemmaghami, ed. Sixteen essays by many of the leading specialists on the sometimes very difficult and challenging writings of the Báb. Includes link to audio recordings of a descendant of the Báb reading from his works. Books.
18. 2008. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only). Nader Saiedi. A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.) Excerpts.
19. 2007. Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat. Khazeh Fananapazir. Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhár "Sermon of Iftikhár," and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat "Sermon of Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat." Articles.
20. 2007. Authority of the Feminine and Fatima's Place in an Early Work by the Bab, The. Todd Lawson. While Tahirih inspired many in Europe and eventually America, she is very much a daughter of her own culture, history, mythology, and religion. She was a religious mystic who felt a new day arising in the world, and seen by some as the "return" of Fatima. Articles.
21. 2005. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The. Stephen Lambden. Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’llah’s globalism, verses breaks between the two, e.g. the abandoning of jihad as a means of promoting a globalisation process. Articles.
22. 2005. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad. Todd Lawson. The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the words of Scripture, and looking in the direction beyond the words, as indicated by the context. This paper also discusses the meaning of Covenant in Islam. Articles.
23. 2004. Textual Resurrection: Book, Imám, and Cosmos in the Qur'án Commentaries of the Báb. Vahid Brown. on the notions of textuality underlying the Báb's Qur'ánic commentaries; the history of Qur'ánic commentary in Islam as context; the Báb's readings of the Qur'án as 'messianic performances'. Articles.
24. 2004. Logos, Mythos and Kerygma: The Logic of Reconciliation and the Occultation of the Promised Qá'im in Bábí-Bahá'í Scripture. Ismael Velasco. Theological background of the Twelfth Imam in Shi'i Islam, comprehensive interpretation of Bahá'u'lláh's and 'Abdu'l-Bahá's position on the occultation and the Qá'ím, and the historicity of the 12th Imám in the Bahá'í writings. Articles-unpublished.
25. 2003. Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf). Universal House of Justice. Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Bahá'í texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters of the Living, and Letters of the Quranic Dispensation. UHJ-letters.
26. 2002. Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn). Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Mehdi Wolf, ed. . Tablet in honor of Imam Husayn, the prince of martyrs, with whom Bahá'u'lláh identified in a mystical connection. Translations.
27. 2002. Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The. Todd Lawson. A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risála fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant compositions. It provides a brief discussion of the mystic quest, and sheds light on the Báb's relationship to the Shaykhi movement and to Sayyid Kázim. Articles.
28. 2001. Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness (Khutbih-i-Ma'rifat bin-Núráníyyat). Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . A sermon by Imam Ali, of interest to Bahá'ís because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i­ and Siyyid Kázim Rashtí; (2) it concerns the true station of the Imáms; and (3) Bahá'u'lláh quotes it in the Kitáb-i-I­qán. Translations.
29. 2001. Sermon of Glorification (Khutbat'ul-Iftikhár). Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . A sermon by the first Imam of Shi'i Islam, alluded to by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitab-i-Iqan. Translations.
30. 2000-07. Sermon of the Gulf. Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Hafiz Rajab al-Bursi, comp. . The source of Bahá'u'lláh's quotation "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai." Translations.
31. 2000. Sermon of the Gulf (Khutbih Tutunjiyyih): Introduction. Khazeh Fananapazir. Essay on Imám `Alí's sermon, which is also the source of Bahá'u'lláh's quote in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai." Study.
32. 1999 Spring. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The. Ahang Rabbani. The history of Hájí Mírzá Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab. Articles.
33. 1998-02. Treatise on Leadership: Introduction. Juan Cole. Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Bahá's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893). Study.
34. 1997-06. Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan. Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad, Denis MacEoin, trans. . Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, whichled to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan. Histories.
35. 1997. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions. Jonah Winters. Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shí'í and Bábí history. Personal.
36. 1997. Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation: Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D.. Said Amir Arjomand. Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and the formal beginnings of the doctrine of the "hidden" twelfth Imam. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Articles.
37. 1996-11. Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism, The: A Sociohistorical Perspective. Said Amir Arjomand. Background of the history and theology of concepts like Qa'im, Mahdi, ghayba, and the hidden twelfth Imam. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Articles.
38. 1996. Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship. Jonah Winters. Shi'ism, representing about 10% of the umma, is often regarded as illegitimate by the majority Sunnis. Using Western historiographical methods, I examine three key events occuring during the life of Muhammad that are used to legitimize Shi'i origins. Personal.
39. 1996. Consolation of Theology, The: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism. Said Amir Arjomand. Overview of the Shi'i doctrine of occultation, or the "Hidden Imam," and how this idea evolved into a principle of salvation: historical background; hidden God / sealed prophecy; theodicy and law; rationalization. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Articles.
40. 1995. Shi`i Islam. Moojan Momen. Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Bahá'í Faith. Encyclopedia.
41. 1993 Fall. "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts. Juan Cole. Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with all the past Prophets and their sufferings, depicting himself mortally wounded on the field of battle, like Imám Husayn. Articles.
42. 1986. Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní): Excerpts. Bahá'u'lláh, Nahzy Abadi Buck, trans, Christopher Buck, trans. . Excerpts translated by Christopher and Nahzy Buck in Studies in Bábí and Bahá’í History vol. 3 (Kalimát Press, 1986) and by Shoghi Effendi in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Translations.
43. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.
44. 1977. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam. Books.
45. 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. Books.

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