1. 2025-12. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr: On the Inimitable Book and the Guidance of the Faithful. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — On the authority of the Book of the Remembrance; the principles of divine unity, the immutability of...
2. 2025-11. Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — An allegory about Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and a maid who hid and concealed herself, symbolizing the rel...
3. 2025-10. Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — On the wisdom underlying the Bab's early declarations and the measured manner in which He unveiled H...
4. 2025-09. Two Letters of Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad on the Revelation of the Báb. Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — The historical and social contexts of two letters, sent from an uncle of the Bab to his brother and ...
5. 2025-08. Báb's Epistle from Chihríq Addressed to Áqá Mírzá Ḥasan-ʿAlí, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — Reply from Chiriq to the Bab’s younger maternal uncle on His acceptance of His imprisonment, comfo...
6. 2025-08. Epistle of the Báb to Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí from Konár-Takhteh, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — Historical context and translation of a letter from the Bab to the Greatest Uncle, written at Konar-...
7. 2025-06. Hájí Mírzá Áqásí: A Portrait of a Tyrannical and Ignorant Prime Minister With a Translation of His Letter Addressed to the 'Ulamá of Isfahán. Mohammad Norozi. — Analysis of a letter by Áqasi to the divines of Isfahan, which incited clerical opposition to the B...
8. 2025-05. Letter of the Báb to His Uncle, Siyyid Hasan-'Alí (Khál-i-Asghar), from Muscat. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — Letter from the Bab to His uncle recounting His pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, and entrusting His u...
9. 2025-05. Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — Tablet on the theological concept of Yawm al-Badā', the "Day of the Alteration of Divine Will," in ...
10. 2025. Une journée pareille. Pierre Spierckel. — Drammaticule inspiré par l’épisode du choléra à Chiraz en septembre 1846, frappa la ville de C...
11. 2025. À Chiraz au printemps. Pierre Spierckel. — Un poème pour le quarantième anniversaire des dix martyres de Chiraz, en hommage. Présenté dans ...
12. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
13. 2020. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The. Fereydun Vahman, ed. — On the Bab's life, teachings, and writings; the Babi community's formation, conflicts, and transitio...
14. 2019. First Recorded Bahá'í Fireside, The. Christopher Buck. — An episode from Browne's A Year Amongst the Persians which can be regarded as a first "fireside" —...
15. 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...
16. 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-Vahhab Dhabiḥi and his family, including bios of 17 ma...
17. 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.
18. 2012-02. Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz. Anthony Lee. — Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap...
19. 2010-01. Pilgrimage in Baha'u'llah's Writings. Ahang Rabbani. — On pilgrimage to the Twin Shrines in the Holy Land and their Tablets of Visitation, to the House of ...
20. 2009-10-17. Celebrating a 'revolutionary' who ushered in a new age. Ted Slavin. — The heretical and progressive message of The Bab.
21. 2008. Declaration of the Bab (Poetic). David Merrick. — A poetic meditation on Mulla Husayn's transformation at the Declaration of the Bab.
22. 2008. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration;...
23. 2008. Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, The. Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. . — Detailed account of the early years of the Bab, events of the 1880s and 1890s, the Constitutional Re...
24. 2005. Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Memoirs of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán. Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. — Autobiography of a close confidant of the holy family. Includes appendices on Baha'i historical plac...
25. 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 Revol...
26. 2000 Summer. Gobineau's Account of the Beginnings of the Bahá'í Revelation. Howard B. Garey, Howard B. Garey, trans. . — Short summary of the Bab's time in Shiraz and Mecca, circa 1843.
27. 1999. Tablets of Pilgrimage (Suriy-i-Hajj): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Iraj Ayman. — In the Aqdas, Baha'i pilgrimage is enjoined to the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad and the House of ...
28. 1998. Tablet of the Centennial. Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . — Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Baha'is, written shortly after "God Passes...
29. 1998. Unofficial information and rumour in the Bahá'í community: The case of "The tree they couldn't kill". David Piff. — Legend and rumor spread via online discussion groups, and the place of "unofficial information" in t...
30. 1997-12-26. Orange Tree, Myth of. Universal House of Justice. — Refutation of the "miracle" of an immortal orange tree growing at the site of the former House of th...
31. 1996-2013. Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá'í History. Ahang Rabbani. — Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
32. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
33. 1994. Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj): Shiraz. Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. .
34. 1989. Bahá'í Shrines. John Walbridge.
35. 1983-07-04. European Bahá'í Youth Conference in Innsbruck. Universal House of Justice. — Challenges facing European Baha'i Youth, followed by consolation to Baha'i youth in light of the 198...
36. 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.
37. 1965/1966. Visit to Persia, A. Guy Murchie. — Notes from travels to Baha'i holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission fro...
38. 1960. Browne and the Babis. Arthur J. Arberry. — Brief history of the Babis and E. G. Browne's relations with them.
39. 1902. Babi Pamphlet, A. W. A. Rice. — Review of an unnamed booklet sent to E.G. Browne, a "little manuscript book of 118 small pages, writ...
40. 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. 1771-00-00 — Birth of Fath-`Ali Khan (later Shah) in Shiraz. He ruled from 1797 (or 1798) to 1834.
2. 1778-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad Riday-i-Shirazi, the father of the Bab.
3. 1815-00-00 — Early history of the House of the Bab RoB4p240 states that the Bab's father, Áqa Mirza Muhammad ...
4. 1817-00-00 — Shaykh Ahmad traveled to Persia and visits Shiraz and Tihran. He was in Tihran when Baha'u'llah is b...
5. 1819-10-20 — Birth of Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad (The Bab), before dawn, in Shiraz. [B32; GH13; DB14, 72] The Pri...
6. 1820-00-01 — Birth of Khadijih Bagum (daughter of Mirza `Ali, a merchant of Shiraz), first wife of the Bab, in Sh...
7. 1825-00-00 — Birth of Áqa Husayn-i-Isfahani (Mishkin-Qalam), Apostle of Baha'u'llah and well-known calligrapher,...
8. 1828-00-01 — Passing of Mirza Muhammad Rida, the father of the Bab. The Bab was placed in the care of His ma...
9. 1842-08-00 — The marriage of Siyyid `Ali Muhammad (the Bab) in Shiraz to Khadijih-Bagum (b. 1821) the daughter of...
10. 1843-00-01 — Birth of Ahmad, son of the Bab. He passed away shortly after he was born (or was still-born). [Bab4...
11. 1843-01-10 — The Bab dreamed that He drank a few drops of blood from the wounds of the martyred Imam Husayn. Afte...
12. 1844-01-22 — Mulla Husayn returned to Karbila after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in...
13. 1844-04-03 — In Kitab Fihrist, the Bab stated that the first descent of Spirit on Him was on 15th of the third mo...
14. 1844-05-22 — Declaration of the Bab's Mission Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad ma...
15. 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
16. 1844-09-10 — The Bab left Shiraz for Bushihr and arrived on the 19th of September. [The Genesis of the Babi-Baha'...
17. 1844-09-30 — The Bab received the letter from Mulla Husayn giving Him details of his journey and meeting with Bah...
18. 1844-10-00 — Pigrimage of the Bab The Bab, Quddús (Haji Mulla Muhammad-`Aliy-i-Barfurúshi) and the Bab's Eth...
19. 1845-02-28 — The Bab returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shiraz with a letter addressed to His uncle Haji Mi...
20. 1845-06-24 — After expelling Mulla Husayn and Mulla Sadiq the governor of Fars, Hasayn Khan-i-Irvani ordered that...
21. 1845-06-30 — At Dalaki, some 40 miles northeast of the Búshihr, the Bab met the soldiers of the governor of Fars...
22. 1845-07-07 — The Bab arrived in Shiraz. Note: Other estimates for the time of His arrival in Shiraz are fr...
23. 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13] Bab was...
24. 1845-11-01 — The Times of London carried an item on the arrest and torture of Quddús, Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani, M...
25. 1846-03-19 — The Bab bequeathed all His possessions to His mother and His wife and revealed a special prayer for ...
26. 1846-03-19 — After the Bab left Shiraz, His wife, Khadijih Bagum, mother, Fatimah Bagum, maternal grandmother, Za...
27. 1846-06-23 — Quddús met Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas in Shiraz to whom he entrusted a copy of Khasa'il-i-Sab`ih (`the ...
28. 1846-07-00 — The Chief Constable, 'Abdu'l-Hamid Khan, was instructed by order of the governor, Hasayn Khan, to br...
29. 1846-09-23 — Up to this point the Bab had not been critical of the civil government but considering that His denu...
30. 1846-09-24 — The Bab departed for Isfahan after a sojourn in Shiraz of less than 15 months. [B105–6; BBRSM216; ...
31. 1847-04-01 — The Bab received a letter and gifts from Baha'u'llah in Tihran delivered to His Hands by Mulla Muham...
32. 1850-05-27 — First Nayriz upheaval. Vahid traveled from Yazd towards Shiraz, eventually coming to Nayriz. He went...
33. 1850-06-24 — The severed heads of 13 Babis arrived in Shiraz from Nayriz. They were raised on lances and paraded ...
34. 1850-10-03 — Two of Vahid's companions were executed in Shiraz.
35. 1853-05-04 — An earthquake struck in Shiraz. It destroyed many homes and killed several thousand citizens. It al...
36. 1853-10-31 — Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Babis are taken prisoner at Nayriz and marched to Shiraz, along w...
37. 1853-11-24 — The prisoners from Nayriz and the heads of the martyrs arrived in Shiraz. More Babis were executed a...
38. 1862-00-00 — In order to regain ownership of the House of the Bab, Mirza Áqa Nuri'd-Din convinced the residents ...
39. 1863-05-03 — Baha'u'llah left the Garden of Ridvan. This initiated the holy day the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, to...
40. 1864-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Hadi Shirazi, the father of Shoghi Effendi, in Shiraz.
41. 1867-09-06 — Nabil-i-A'zam was dispatched to Iraq and Iran to inform the Babis of the advent of Baha'u'llah. He w...
42. 1871-00-00 — Muhammad-Hasan Khan-i-Kashi died in Burújird, Iran, after being bastinadoed. [BW18:383] Three Ba...
43. 1872-00-01 — Restoration of the House of the Bab began at the request of Khadijih Bigum with the permission and t...
44. 1872-00-02 — Baha'u'llah tasked Shaykh Salman to escort Munirih Khanum (Fatimih Khanum) to `Akka to marry `Abdu'l...
45. 1882-11-11 — The passing of Khadijih-Bagum, the wife of the Bab, in Shiraz in the house of her Husband. [BBD127; ...
46. 1883-00-00 — Six Baha'is were arrested in Yazd and sent to Isfahan in chains. BW18:383] Four Baha'is were arre...
47. 1888-07 — Two Baha'is were arrested in Sarvistan, Fars, and were sent to Shiraz, where one was imprisoned. [BW...
48. 1892-07-02 — Áqa Murtada of Sarvistan, who had been in prison for five years, was executed in Shiraz. [BW18:384]
49. 1902-00-02 — In Shiraz, Haji Abu'l-Hasan was beaten so severely on the order of the mujtahid that he died a few m...
50. 1903-07-20 — `Abdu'l-Baha commissioned the second restoration of the House of the Bab in Shiraz under the supervi...
51. 1914-00-04 — 'Abdu'l-Baha was forced to expel Tammaddun'ul-Mulk for corrupt behaviour. He was from Shiraz and ha...
52. 1942-00-00 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and damaged by fire. [BBD108;
53. 1943-04-05 — Sir Ronald Storrs visited the House of the Bab in Shiraz. [BW 11:461]
54. 1944-03-21 — On the occasion of the Centenary of the Declaration of the Bab, the Guardian provided two gifts to t...
55. 1944-05-22 — The Centenary of the Declaration of the Bab was celebrated at the House of the Bab in Shiraz. [BW10:...
56. 1954-00-14 — "The sacred dust of the Bab's infant son, extolled in the Qayyum-i-Asma, was respectfully and ceremo...
57. 1955-04-21 — In 1843, the Bab's only child, Ahmad, was still-born or died soon after birth. Khadijih Bagum had a...
58. 1955-04-23 — Ramadan began. Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi known as "Falsafi" made an inflammatory speech against the Baha'...
59. 1955-05-00 — Persecutions against the Baha'is continued throughout Iran. [
60. 1955-05-09 — Baha'i houses were attacked and looted at Shiraz, Iran. [BW18:390]
61. 1955-09-00 — Baha'is in Iran continued to be dismissed from their employment. Baha'i students were expelled from ...
62. 1975-11-01 — In Iran, the house of the maternal uncle of the Bab and the adjacent house in which the Bab was born...
63. 1978-10-01 — Three hundred Baha'i homes near Shiraz were burned or destroyed and in another 200 homes the Baha'is...
64. 1979-04-03 — Revolutionary Guards in Iran occupied the House of the Bab in Shiraz and neighbouring Baha'i propert...
65. 1979-09-08 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and substantially demolished by a crowd accompanied by 2...
66. 1979-12-00 — Work on the demolition of the House of the Bab in Shiraz was resumed and the building almost razed t...
67. 1979-12-08 — After the destruction of the House of the Bab the Baha'is of Shiraz wrote a
68. 1981-00-03 — The site of the House of the Bab, destroyed by a mob in 1979, was made into a road and public square...
69. 1982-10-23 — Authorities arrested 45 Baha'is in Shiraz on the order of the prosecutor. On October 30th another 40...
70. 1982-10-23 — Akhtar Sabet was born into a Baha'i family. Her father owned a small shop and she assisted him while...
71. 1983-06-16 — Six Baha'is were executed by hanging: Dr. Bahrarn Afnan, aged 50, a prominent physician specializi...
72. 1983-06-18 — In Shiraz, ten Baha'i women ranging in age from 17 to 57, were hanged. All of the women had been tor...
73. 2006-05-19 — Iranian security officials arrested 54 Baha'is in the city of Shiraz who were involved in a communit...
74. 2006-12-22 — The Education Department Management Security Office in Shiraz circulated a form to be completed by a...
75. 2014-04-00 — In Shiraz, the Revolutionary Guard began excavation of some 200 square meters of the Baha'i cemetery...
76. 2014-05-08 — Despite a worldwide outcry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards continued destroying an historic Baha'i...
77. 2017-10-18 — The Iranian Baha'i community was targeted during the bicentenary period. Between 18 and 21 October, ...
78. 2020-06-00 — The Baha'i community in Iran experienced increased pressures since the COVID-19 epidemic began in Ir...
79. 2021-12-05 — A three-day poster design workshop was held in Shiraz for the purpose of inciting hatred against Bah...
80. 2023-05-15 — The Baha'i International Community announced the launching a global campaign, called #OurStoryIsOne,...

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