1. 2023. Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable". Boris Handal. The Commissioner of Muhammad Sháh; Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayríz. Essays.
2. 2023. Áqá Buzurg, Entitled Badí "The Wonderful". Boris Handal. Áqá Buzurg and Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Sultán; Tablet to Badí from Bahá'u'lláh; the Pride of the Martyrs of the Bahá'í Faith; excerpts from the Lawh-i-Sultán. Essays.
3. 2019. Gloriously Tragic Life of Mathew Kaszab, The: Letters from a Pioneer 1939-1942. Anne King Sadeghpour, comp. and ed. The unusual drama of a pioneering life in Central America, revealed through personal letters. This account offers glimpses of a maturing Bahá’í administration in the U.S. and of what was learned through teaching efforts in Latin America. Biographies.
4. 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 extensive endnotes, historical documents, rare family materials, translations. Books.
5. 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. Books.
6. 2013. Nayriz Heroes: 22 Biographies of Bábís and Bahá'ís from Nayriz, Calligraphy of Ahmad Nayrizi, and Poetry of Vafá. Hussein Ahdieh. Bios of Muhammad Shafi, Nayrizi Vahidi, Abu Turab, Imam Jumih Shirazi, Ahmad Khoshnevis Nayrizi, Muhammad Nayrizi, Pari Jan Khanum, Shaykh Bahá'í, Jalal Misaghi, Rooha Ahdieh Misaghi, Muhammad Husayn, Shafi Rouhani, Ja'fari Yazdi, Ibrahim Khoshnevis, etc. Biographies.
7. 2006. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronologies, the transition from the Bábí to the Bahá'í community, provisional translations, and a list of Bábí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. Books.
8. 2005. Martyrs, Bábí. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
9. 2002-2025. Selected Poems. Jaine Toth. Poetry.
10. 2002. Babi Martyrs, Some. John Walbridge. Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, and others. Articles-unpublished.
11. 2002. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The. John Walbridge. Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan. Articles-unpublished.
12. 1996/2005. Martyrs of Manshad. Siyyid Muhammad Tabib Manshadi, Ahang Rabbani, trans, Naghmeh Astani, trans. . Detailed eyewitness account of martyrdoms in Iran in 1903. Histories.
13. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. . Books.
14. 1985. Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II). Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. . Translations.
15. 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.

1. 1849-05-10 —
   The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsí. Two hundred and two Bábís were tricked into leaving the shrine. [BW18:381]
   • DB400 says they accompanied Quddús.
   • They were not conducted to their homes as promised but were set upon by the Prince's soldiers. Some are killed, others sold into slavery. The fortifications around the shrine were razed to the ground. [DB403–4; MH283]
   • See DB414–29 for a list of 173 martyrs of Tabarsí. Nabil states [DB428] that he was unable to find a complete list. See a presentation by Edward Price, 57min where he says they have uncovered 357 names in the writings of Persian scholar named Khasravi.
   • Among those who gave their lives at Fort Tabarsi was Mullá Ja'far, the sifter of wheat and the first to embrace the Faith in Isfahan. [AY58]
   • See The Babi-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam.
2. 1932-11-23 —
   The passing of George Adam Benke (b. Fredericksfelt, south Russia in 1878) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Shoghi Effendi declared him to be "the first European martyr. [BW5:416–418, LDG1p263]
   • He had become a Bahá'í as a result of the visit of Harlan and Grace Ober to Leipzig in 1920 and the further efforts of Miss Alma Knoblock. [BW5p416]
   • He translated the works of Bahálláh that had been translated into Russian by Thomansky and Rosenberg.
   • In June of 1931 he was called upon to help Marion Jack in Sofia where is knowledge of Russian facilitated his efforts. He stayed for three months.
   • Again in 1932 he was asked to go to Sofia where he passed away after a very short period of discomfort.
   • Shoghi Effendi called him the first European martyr. [LDG1:263; MC359]
   • Photo 1 of his gravesite in Sofia.
   • Photo 2 of his headstone.
3. 1933-10-23 —
   Keith Ransom-Kehler died of smallpox in Isfahán after a year of intensive travel around Iran. [BW5 p389-410; BN No 80 January 1934 p11; LoF99-109]
   • For her obituary see BW5:389–410.
   • She was buried near the grave of the King of Martyrs. [BW5:398]
   • For a picture of her grave see BW5:399.
   • Shoghi Effendi named her America's 'first and distinguished martyr'. [BW5:398] As well as "the first Western martyr on Persian soil" . [DND46]
   • Shoghi Effendi elevated her to the rank of Hand of the Cause on 28 October, 1933. [BW5:398, MoCxxii]
   • See message from the Guardian dated 30 October 1933.
   • For her mission in Iran see BW5:23–27.
   • See also PP306–7.
   • See Other People Other Places by Marzieh Gail (pages 176-181) for a pen portrait of Keith Ransom-Kehler.
   • See FMH51-52]
   • See Bahá'í Chronicles.
   • Photo of her grave. [BW9p68]
4. 1980-09-07 — The execution by firing squad of Mahmoud Hasanzadeh (41), Fereidoun Faridani (58), Ali Motahhari (44), Azizollah Zabihian (56), Jalal Mostaghim (52), Abdol-Vahhab Kazemi [-Manshadi] (85), Nourollah Akhtar-Khavari (61) at a place some 10 km outside of Yazd at a spot called Golestan Yazd. They were executed on a charge of treason. [Archives of the Bahá'í Persecution in Iran]

   Some 19 years later on the anniversary of their martyrdom some 500 souls gathered at Golestan Yazd and circled around the place of martyrdom. The gathering was arranged by the Bahá'í community of Yasd and the relatives of these seven martyrs were special quests. [from a post to H-Bahai@h-net.msu.edu by Negar Mottahedeh dated 21 Sept 2000]

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