1. 2023. Who Was a Bahá'í in the Upper Echelons of Qájár Iran?. Moojan Momen. The nature of multiple religious identities in a traditional society; five criteria by which many individuals can be identified as having secretly been Bahá'ís in the ruling society and administration of Qájár Iran. Link to article (offsite). Articles.
2. 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.
3. 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 extensive endnotes, historical documents, rare family materials, translations.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.
4. 2013. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Ronen A. Cohen. History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi'ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today. Books.
5. 2010-09-29. Hojjatiyeh, Mesbahiyeh, and Ahmadinejad. Muhammad Sahimi. History of anti-Bahá'í activities in Iran. Newspapers.
6. 2009. Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith. Mehrdad Amanat. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
7. 2005-12-13. Bahá'í Sources for the Study of Iranian Jewry during the Qajar Period. Soli Shahvar. Lecture delivered in Hebrew. Audio.
8. 2004-08-15. "To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged response to a celebrated poem by Rumi, lending a broader definition to the community of Qajar poets that transcends social, doctrinal, and gendered lines. Articles.
9. 2004. Historiography: Qajar Period and Bábí and Bahá'í works. Abbas Amanat. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
10. 2004. Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. A study and translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-i Asdaq: Laqá'iyya, Huviyya, Rúhá and Talí`a. Includes various biographies and other tablets. Articles.
11. 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 Mazandaran (1848), one in Zanjan (1850), and two in Nayriz (1850, 1853). Audio.
12. 2002. Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran, The: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902. Juan Cole. Biography and political/historical context of "the poet laureate of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution," who was secretly a second-generation Bahá'í. Articles.
13. 2000. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History. Necati Alkan. On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih. Histories.
14. 1999/2020. Feminist Movements in the Late Qajar Period. Janet Afary, et al.. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
15. 1998. Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy 1831-1896, by Abbas Amanat: Review. Sholeh A. Quinn. Reviews.
16. 1998. Autobiography and Silence: The Early Career of Shaykhu'r-Ra'is Qajar. Juan Cole. Early biography and thought of Abu al-Hasan Mirza Shaykh al-Ra'is, Qajar prince, dissident, Shi`ite jurist, poet and major figure in the Constitutional Revolution in Iran Articles.
17. 1993. Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914. Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed, Anna Vanzan, trans. . Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-Din's daughter. Excerpts.
18. 1991. Arches of the Years. Marzieh Gail. Early days of the Bahá'í Faith in America and of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1912; Phoebe Hearst; Versailles Conference; and about Marzieh Gail herself. Books.
19. 1977. English Amongst the Persians During the Qajar Period 1787-1921, The. Denis Wright. Passing mentions of Bahá'ís seeking support or asylum from British consulates or missionaries in the 1800s; overview of E. G. Browne's time in Iran. Excerpts.
20. 1969. Bábism, Bahá'ism and the Ulama. Hamid Algar. On the differing approaches by the Iranian state and the clergy to the Bábí movement. Excerpts.
21. 1967. Modern Iran. Peter Avery. 24 pages from chapters on "Nasiru'd-Din Shah's heritage," "Nasiru'd-Din Shah on his own," and "Prologue to Revolution." Excerpts.
22. 1948. Der Islam (Sekten). Rudolf Strothmann. Passing mentions in the context of Islamic modernism, the Qajars in the 1840s, and the Nusayris. Excerpts.
23. 1932. Pedigree of the Qajar Dynasty. Shoghi Effendi. Genealogical chart of the Qajar Dynasty Chronologies.
24. 1923. Unconventional Memories: Europe — Persia — Japan. Ralph Nevill. Brief discussion of consular relations between the British and Nasiri'd-Din Shah, including his treatment of the Babis, and a mention of E. G. Browne. Excerpts.
25. 1866. History of Persia from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Year 1858, A. Robert Grant Watson. A review of the events that led to the establishment of the Qajar dynasty, with discussion of the Babis. Excerpts.
26. 1852. Babi Attempt on the Life of the Shah, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times. New York Times, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. . Five brief newspaper reports, among the earliest known references to the Báb in an American publication. Histories.

1. 1771-00-00 — Birth of Fath-`Alí Khán (later Sháh) in Shíráz. He ruled from 1797 (or 1798) to 1834.
2. 1797-06-17 — Áqá Muhammad Khán, leader of the Qájárs, (b. 5 September, 1772, d. 23 October, 1834) proclaimed himself Sháh of Persia; beginning of Qájár dynasty. He ruled until the 23rd of October, 1834. [AY213, Wikipedia]

   The Qajar dynasty lasted until 1925. [Wikipedia]

3. 1797-08-00 — Crown Prince Fath-`Alí Mírzá assumed leadership of Persia. (1797 (or 1798) to 1834)
4. 1798-03-21 — Fath-`Alí Khán was crowned second Qájár Sháh during Naw-Rúz festival.
5. 1799-03-21 — Fath-`Alí Sháh's son, `Abbás Mírzá (aged 9), was designated Crown Prince of Persia.
6. 1808-01-05 — Birth of Muhammad Mírzá (later Sháh), son of Crown Prince `Abbás Mírzá and grandson of Fath-`Alí Sháh.
7. 1831-07-17 — Birth of Násiri'd-Dín Mírzá, later Sháh.
8. 1848-09-12 —
   The accession of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh at Tabríz. [BBR482]
   • He was 17 years old. [BBR158; GPB37]
   • He ruled from 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated on the eve of his jubilee. [BBD168; BBR482]
   • The first four years of his reign were marked by the `fiercest and bloodiest of the persecutions of the religion of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh'. During the whole of his reign there were `sporadic persecutions and, in at least some cases, he himself was directly responsible for the death of the martyrs'. [BBR157]
   • For the first time in the Faith's history the civil and ecclesiastical powers banded together in a systematic campaign against it, one that was to `culminate in the horrors experienced by Bahá'u'lláh in the Síyáh-Chál' and `His subsequent banishment to Iraq'. [GPB37]
   • See BBRSM25 for an explanation of why the Bábí religion was a challenge to the secular regime.
   • See SB86 for a reason for Násiri'd-Dín Sháh's cruelty towards the Bábís and Bahá'ís.
   • See RB3:201 for an explanation of his lengthy reign.
   • He chose as his prime minister Mírzá Taqí Khán-i-Faráhání, known as a great reformer and a founder of modern Iran. [BBD221; BBR160]
   • It was not until the spring of 1849 that the new regime was in firm control.
   • His reform antagonized many and a coalition was formed against him. One of the most active proponents was the queen mother. She convinced the Shah that the prime minister wanted his throne. In October of 1851 the Shah dismissed him and exiled him to Kashan where he was murdered on the Shah's orders.
9. 1848-10-19 —
   Entry of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh into Tihrán. [BBR482]
   • MH240 says it took him 45 days to travel to Tihrán to occupy his father's throne.
   • Hájí Mírzá Áaqsí Khán-i-Faráhání took up post as his prime minister. [BBR482]
   • By the end of 1848 the governmental opposition to the Báb continued and intensified. Encouraged by the ulama (religious leaders), the public increasingly turned against the Báb and His followers and the Bábis "were held responsible for the country's general state of turmoil." [RR395]
10. 1896-04-19 —
    Násiri'd-Dín Sháh was assassinated on the eve of the celebration of his jubilee. He had ascended to the throne in 1848 and by the Islamic lunar calendar it marked the 50th year of his reign. [BKG455]
    • BBRXXIX and BBRSM219 say it was 1 May.
    • His assassin, Mírzá Ridá-yi-Kirmáni, a Pan-Islamic terrorist, was a follower of Jamálu'd-Dín-i-Afghání, one of the originators of the Constitutional movement in Iran and an enemy of the Faith however some newspaper accounts held that the assassin was a Bábí. [BBRSM87; GBP296; MCS540]
    • For an account of his assassination see PDC67–8.
    • See BKG430–55 for a history of his reign.
    • He was succeeded by his son Muzaffari'd-Dín. [GPB296]
    • See also CBM54-56.
    • See AY214-216. iiiii
11. 1907-01-08 — The death of Muzaffari'd-Dín Sháh just a few days after he had signed the constitution. [BBR354, 482]
12. 1907-01-19 —
    The accession of Muhammad-`Alí Sháh to the throne of Iran. He reigned until 1909. He attempted to rescind the constitution and abolish parliamentary government. After several disputes with the members of the Majlis in June, 1908 he bombed the Majlis building, arrested many of the deputies and closed down the assembly. In July 1909 constitutional forces deposed him and he went into exile in Russia from where he attempted to regain his throne. [BBR354, 482, AY218]
    • The Bahá'í community received some measure of protection under this regime. [BBRSM:97–8]
13. 1908-06-23 — Muhammad-`Alí Sháh undertook a successful coup d'état in Iran and abolished the Constitution. [BBR369]

    During a tense period of political struggle, a bomb was thrown into the Iranian Majlis (parliament) while it was in session. The explosion caused damage to the building and injured several parliamentarians, but there were no fatalities. The identity of the individual or group responsible remains a subject of historical debate. Some believe it was an attempt to disrupt the growing influence of the constitutionalists and the Majlis, while others suspect foreign interference. The event had significant political repercussions. It galvanized public opinion and further fuelled the demand for constitutional government and the rule of law. [Wikipedia]

14. 1909-07-16 —
    After an armed revolt, Muhammad-`Alí Sháh abdicated and the Iranian Constitution was resurrected. [BBR354, 482; Wikipedia]
    • The country soon deteriorated and anarchy prevailed. It was effectively partitioned into two spheres of influence, British and Russian. [BBRSM:87]
15. 1909-07-18 — The accession of Ahmad Sháh Qajar, the boy-king, to the throne of Iran. He was twelve years old and because of his youth a regency was established under Azudu'l-Mulk, the head of the Qájár family. Ahmad's official coronation took place on the 21st of July, 1914. His reign formerly lasted until October 1925 when he was deposed by the Majles while he was absent in Europe. He was the last of the Qajar dynasty which had begun around 1789. [BBR482; CBM57]

    The period of this reign was of the so-called pénétration pacifique, the technical term used euphemistically in contemporary Western works, during which the country was subjugated by the Western Powers and lost its sovereignty as well as its natural resources. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine by Kamran Ekbal p6]

16. 1921-02-02 — Ahmad Sháh, who succeeded to the throne at age 11, (reigned 1909–25) was deposed in a coup d'état led by Reza Khán who appointed himself prime minister. He ruled as Reza Sháh Pahlaví between 1925–41.
17. 1925-10-31 — Ahmad Sháh was deposed and the Qájár dynasty (1785-1925) was formerly terminated by declaration of the National Consultative Assembly. He was replaced by Reza Shah Pahlavi. [BBD190; BBR482; BBRSM87, PDC66-69, AY46-47]

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