- Universal House of Justice. 20,000 Martyrs, Source of Statements about (1984/2005). — Two letters from the Research Department.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2024). — 85 selections, last updated August 2024.
- Denis MacEoin. Babi Concept of Holy War, The (1982). — An influential and controversial article, one of the first modern academic examinations of Babi hist...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents (2006). — Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronolog...
- Moojan Momen. Between Karbalá' and Tabríz: Contested Martyrdom Narratives (2014). — On two models of martyrdom in the time after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, that of the ruling elit...
- Sasha Dehghani. Birth of a Monotheistic Religion in Modernity, The: On Jihad and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith (2014). — The Baha'i Faith responds to major questions of modernity such as the claims of science, world peace...
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Mary Basil Hall. Drama of the Kingdom (1933). — A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Baha while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mar...
- Mark Perry. Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version (2002). — The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
- Jonah Winters. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions (1997). — Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shi'i and Babi history.
- Iraj Ayman. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Biography of Siyyid Ismail of Zavarih (1999).
- Universal House of Justice. European Bahá'í Youth Conference in Innsbruck (1983-07-04). — Challenges facing European Baha'i Youth, followed by consolation to Baha'i youth in light of the 198...
- Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering (1983). — The human response to stressful events; coping mechanisms, including those of Baha'i martyrs; respon...
- Ali Murad Davudi. Riaz Masrour, trans, Vahid Rafati, comp. Human Station in the Bahá'í Faith: Selected Sections: Philosophy and Knowledge of the Divine (2013). — A collection of talks by the Baha’i teacher and philosopher Dr. A. M. Davúdi on selected philosop...
- Juan Cole. "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts (1993 Fall). — Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Baha'u'llah identifies ...
- Mary Hanford Ford. Interview with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, An (1933-07). — Discussing spiritual insights, martyrdom, and labor-saving machines' role in societal advancement.
- Todd Lawson. Martyrdom (2008?). — Overview of the history of and sacred texts about martyrdom in Islam, with a passing mention of the ...
- Per-Olof Akerdahl. Martyrdom and Servanthood in the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths: A Struggle to Defend a Cosmic Order (2014). — From mystical Islam stems the ideal of servanthood, which is preferred over a concept of martyrdom t...
- Jonah Winters. Martyrdom in Jihad (1997). — Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three di...
- Jack McLean. Military Metaphor in Bahá'í Sacred Literature, The (2005). — Martial symbology is common in the Baha'i Writings, especially those of Shoghi Effendi, yet the Writ...
- Darius Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh. Mystery of Martyrdom, The (1992). — Life stories of many early martyrs, and some explanations of what inspires self-sacrifice.
- Jaine Toth. Now They Are Hanging Women (2018). — Notes and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Baha'is in Iran; title taken from ...
- Christopher Buck. On Jesus' Cry from the Cross (1983-03). — Comments on an article by Stephen Lambden on "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
- Universal House of Justice. Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in (1995-12). — Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the ...
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn (1977). — The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam.
- Universal House of Justice. Request for Designation as Martyr of Alonzo Twine (2015-03-23). — In response to a request that Alonzo Twine, the first Baha'i in the state of South Carolina, be name...
- John S. Hatcher, ed, Amrollah Hemmat, ed. Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom (2004-06). — Poetry by or in honor of early Babi and Baha'i martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and...
- James B. Thomas. Service, Joy and Sacrifice: An Essay on Commentaries by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2004). — On the exemplary life of service to God and to humankind; choosing to change one's life from predom...
- George Townshend. Sufferings of Bahá'u'lláh and Their Significance, The (1956). — Short essay on martyrdom and the Fire Tablet.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. The Story of Mona: 1965-1983 (1985). — Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, wa...
- Marzieh Gail. The White Silk Dress (1945). — An "intimate portrait" of Ṭahirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
- Susan Maneck. Theology of Osama bin Laden, The: History and 9/11 (2001-09). — Overview of the Muslim thinkers who influenced bin Laden and their motivations, and some historical ...
- Dominic Parvis Brookshaw. "To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal (2004-08-15). — Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Darius Shahrokh. Grace Shahrokh, comp. Windows to the Past (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نیریز (Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz) (2014). — An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran...
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