1. 2023. Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable". Boris Handal. — The Commissioner of Muhammad Shah; Baha'u'llah in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayriz.
2. 2020. غریب از تیریز تا نیویورک (Foreigner: From Nayriz to New York). Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — A memoir detailing the author's life journey from a rural village in Iran to the director of a Unive...
3. 2019-05-22. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story. Hussein Ahdieh. — The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished...
4. 2019. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society;...
5. 2015. Awakening: A History of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in Nayriz, by Hussein Ahdieh: Review. Anne Pearson.
6. 2015. Bábism in Nayriz. Hussein Ahdieh. — Brief excerpt on Nayriz and Sayyed Yahya Darabi (Vahid), with link to article offsite.
7. 2014. صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نی‌ریز (Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz). Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman, Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. . — An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran...
8. 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...
9. 2013-2025. Bahá'í History and Videos. Hussein Ahdieh. — Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqa, Baha'i schools for gi...
10. 2013-10-21. Awakening: A History of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in Nayriz, by Hussein Ahdieh: Review. Naysan Naraqi. — Brief review of book, and short interview with Ahdieh, conducted by bahaiblog.net.
11. 2013-09. Awakening: A History of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in Nayriz, by Hussein Ahdieh: Review. Hussein Ahdieh, trans. — English translation of a short review in Persian.
12. 2013. Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz, 1909. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Shaykh Dhakariyya's rebellion in Nayriz culminated in the martyrdom of nineteen Baha'is on Naw Ruz, ...
13. 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, Muh...
14. 2013. Awakening: A History of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in Nayriz, by Hussein Ahdieh: Review. Robert Harris.
15. 2013. Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Bahá'í Faiths in Nayriz. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Eight items: The complete book in Spanish, sample chapter in English, reviews, audio interview, and ...
16. 2011-2025. Biographies from nayriz.org. Hussein Ahdieh. — Twenty-three biographies, with photographs; Naskhi calligraphy.
17. 2011. Women in the works of the Bab and in the Babi Movement. Moojan Momen. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
18. 2010. Biography of Mullá Muhammad Shafí. Hussein Ahdieh. — Brief outline of the life of an eyewitness to the upheavals of 1850 and 1853 in Nayriz.
19. 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 hi...
20. 2006. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronolog...
21. 2003-12-23. Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853, The. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. — Overview of four conflicts between the Babis and the Qajar state: one at Shaykh Tabarsi in Mazandara...
22. 1998. If Walls Could Speak: An eyewitness account of the Bábís of Nayriz. Ibrahim Nayrizi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — An account of the Nayriz uprising in 1853.
23. 1996-2013. Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá'í History. Ahang Rabbani. — Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
24. 1994. Glimpses of Abdu'l-Bahá. Muḥammad-Shafi‘ Rouḥání, Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, trans. . — Excerpts from memoirs of a 39-day pilgrimage in April/May 1921.
25. 1986-2004. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections. Various. — 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Babi or Baha'i Faiths.
26. 1985. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. — A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Baha'i interpretations of history vis-à-v...
27. 1983. Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1853): A Preliminary Analysis. Moojan Momen. — In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Babi movement, which set off a chai...
28. 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 Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
29. 1926. وقایع حیرت‌انگیز قصبه نی‌ریزمشکبیز (The Astonishing Events in the Town of Nayriz the Perfumed). Muhammad Husayn Nayrizi. — Account written by the grandfather of Hossein Ahdieh, who describes this book as an authentic and de...
30. 1876. Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-72. Major St. John. — Brief description of the town of Niris [Nayriz], "the head-quarters of Babism," and the road to Shir...

1. 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13] Bab was...
2. 1850-05-27 — First Nayriz upheaval. Vahid traveled from Yazd towards Shiraz, eventually coming to Nayriz. He went...
3. 1850-06-17 — At Nayriz, Vahid received a message from the Governor offering a truce and a promise of safety writt...
4. 1850-06-21 — End of the first Nayriz upheaval. [BBRXXIX, 112] Vahid was forced to write to his companions i...
5. 1850-06-24 — The severed heads of 13 Babis arrived in Shiraz from Nayriz. They were raised on lances and paraded ...
6. 1850-06-27 — The first known written Babi marriage certificate was between Mirza Muhammad Ja'far Khan and Tuba Kh...
7. 1850-06-29 — Vahid was martyred in Nayriz. [Bab182; BW18:381; DB495, 499; GPB42; RB1:265] See DB494 for detai...
8. 1853-03-26 — Five Babis, acting on their own initiative, murdered the governor of Nayriz, providing the spark for...
9. 1853-10-00 — Second Nayriz upheaval. [BBR147–51; BBRSM:217; BW18:382; DB642–5;] The new governor of Nayri...
10. 1853-10-31 — Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Babis are taken prisoner at Nayriz and marched to Shiraz, along w...
11. 1853-11-24 — The prisoners from Nayriz and the heads of the martyrs arrived in Shiraz. More Babis were executed a...
12. 1897-00-00 — Fifteen Baha'is were arrested in Saysan, Ádharbayjan. They were taken to Tabriz, imprisoned and fin...
13. 1907-00-00 — Hajar, an elderly Baha'i woman, was shot dead in Nayriz. [BW18:386]
14. 1909-03-00 — The third upheaval in Nayriz. Eighteen or nineteen Baha'is were brutally assassinated in Nayriz whe...
15. 1942-02-13 — Ustad Habibu'llah Mu'ammari was martyred in Nayriz, Iran. [BW18:389]

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