1. n.d.. Bāb. Alessandro Bausani. — Brief article "Bab: a term applied in early Shi'ism to the senior authorised disciple of the Imam", ...
2. 2025-11. Báb's Commentary on the Ḥadíth Every Day is ʿĀshūrāʾ, The: A Treatise on the Eternal Reality and Divine Mystery of the Martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — A mystical commentary on this hadith, portraying the martyrdom of Imam Husayn as the Countenance of ...
3. 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, includi...
4. 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-Rashti's "Commentary on the supplication of signs" in articulating ...
5. 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 mithal, math...
6. 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...
7. 2023. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A. Stephen Lambden. — Translation of and commentary on the Shi'i "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadan, and...
8. 2023. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The. Todd Lawson. — The term badi', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Bab in his proclamatory work the...
9. 2023. Báb and 'Alí Muhammad, Islamic and Post-Islamic, The: Multiple Meanings in the Writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad Shírází (1819-1850). Zackery Mirza Heern. — Writings of the Bab can be understood as a commentary on the Qur'an, the original Qur'an, and divine...
10. 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 Babi theology, and various r...
11. 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 Bab’s Writings, delivered at the...
12. 2019. Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An. Foad Seddigh. — This treatise, one of the major writings of the Báb, was written before He had disclosed His compl...
13. 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;...
14. 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 ...
15. 2017. Comparison between the Commentary and Interpretation of an Islamic Tradition by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ayatu'llah Khomeini, A. Moojan Momen. — On different interpretations of the hadith regarding taqlid, "to follow (legal interpretations)," as...
16. 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...
17. 2015. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses. Todd Lawson. — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
18. 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.
19. 2015. Words of Power: Ḥurūfī Teachings between Shiʿism and Sufism in Medieval Islam: The Original Doctrine of Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī. Orkhan Mir-Kasimov. — Explores the origins, context, and legacy of Hurufism, a 14th century mystical Islamic movement cent...
20. 2014. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some. Roshan Danesh. — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
21. 2013. Religion in Iran. Ashaq Hussain. — Summary of the status of religious minorities in Iran: the Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Zoroastrianis...
22. 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 a...
23. 2011. "In Their Place": Marking and Unmarking Shi'ism in Pahlavi Iran. Aaron Vahid Sealy. — Dissertation about Shi'ite nationalism in Iran 1925-1979, including extensive discussion of anti-Bah...
24. 2010-09-29. Hojjatiyeh, Mesbahiyeh, and Ahmadinejad. Muhammad Sahimi. — History of anti-Baha'i activities in Iran.
25. 2010-05. Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa. Hutan Hejazi Martinez. — An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Baha'i history, conver...
26. 2009. Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities and the Primordial Covenant in the Babi-Bahá'í Writings. Farshid Kazemi. — One of the more esoteric concepts in Shi'i and Shaykhi thought is the "realm of subtle entities," '�...
27. 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," Iftikhar "Sermon of Iftikhar," and Ma'rifat bin-Nur...
28. 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...
29. 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 w...
30. 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’lla...
31. 2004. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World. William F. McCants, John Walbridge, Frank Lewis, et al., Richard C. Martin, ed. . — Articles on Abdu'l-Baha, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian langua...
32. 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 Baha'u'll...
33. 2004. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies. Ismael Velasco. — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
34. 2003-09. Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family. Moojan Momen. — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
35. 2002. Wronged One, The: Shí'í Narrative Structure in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Husayn. William F. McCants. — On the martyrdom of Mulla Husayn, the structure of sacrificial and devotional narratives, and Shi'i ...
36. 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 Baha'is because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i�...
37. 2000. Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam. Abbas Amanat. — Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Babi Faith.
38. 1999 Spring. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The. Ahang Rabbani. — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
39. 1998-02. Treatise on Leadership: Introduction. Juan Cole. — Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Baha's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893).
40. 1998. Babi Movement in Iran, The: From Religious Dissent to Political Revolt, 1844. Ahmad Nur Fuad. — Development of the Babi movement and the political implications of its religious teachings, as seen ...
41. 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 Baha'u'llah by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal un...
42. 1997. Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship. Jonah Winters. — In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Baha'u'llah rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been t...
43. 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 t...
44. 1997. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions. Jonah Winters. — Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shi'i and Babi history.
45. 1997. Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example. Linda Walbridge. — Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
46. 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...
47. 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 ...
48. 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 Sunni...
49. 1995. Shi`i Islam. Moojan Momen. — Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Baha'i Faith.
50. 1995. Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Moojan Momen.
51. 1993-10. Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority. Juan Cole. — How did Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i understand the structure of authority in Shi`ism, specifically the r...
52. 1993. Implications of Twelver Shí'ih Mihdísm on Religious Tolerance: The Case of the Bahá'í Minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Payam Akhavan. — On the human rights implications of applying Islamic law in Iran to its Baha'i minority; alternative...
53. 1991-01-01. Iran: Religious Life. Eric Hooglund. — Descriptions of the principal religious communities in Iran.
54. 1991. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature. Michael W. Sours. — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
55. 1989 Winter. Ideology, Ethics, and Philosophical Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Iran. Juan Cole. — Intellectual biography as a discipline assumes that the life and thought of an individual can shed l...
56. 1986-10. 'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850. Juan Cole. — On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers whic...
57. 1986. Unique Eschatological Interface, A: Baha'u'llah and Cross-Cultural Messianism. Christopher Buck. — Tracing themes of messianism through the Occidental religions.
58. 1986. Mafia, Mob and Shiism in Iraq: The Rebellion of Ottoman Karbala 1824-1843. Juan Cole, Moojan Momen. — On the role of gangs in urban social history of the 19-century Ottoman empire; with a decline in gov...
59. 1985 Winter. Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered. Juan Cole. — A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams sho...
60. 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.
61. 1979. Development of Shaykhi Thought in Shi'i Islam, The. Vahid Rafati.
62. 1977. Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran. Henry Corbin, Nancy Pearson, trans. . — An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Isl...
63. 1968. Persia. Richard N. Frye. — Excerpt from a book on the history of Iran. Includes mention of Baha'i schools in the early twentiet...
64. 1953. Six Lessons on Islam. Marzieh Gail. — A brief overview of Islam, particularly Shi'a Islam, and its relevance to the Baha'i Faith.
65. 1930. Relation of the Báb to the Traditions of Islám, The. Wanden Mathews LaFarge. — Discussion of prophecies made by Muhammad concerning his son-in-law Ali and the division which divid...

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