1. n.d.. Outposts of a World Religion by a Bahá'í Traveler: Journeys Taken in 1933-1935, Accompanied by Edward R. Mathews. Loulie Mathews. Autobiography of trips to New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia, Hawaii, and South America teaching the Faith. Histories.
2. 2022-05. Light in All Our Lives, A: The Life and Times of Lucille Sanche Maloney. Suzanne Maloney Lebensold. The life of one of the first French-Canadian Bahá'ís, written by her daughter; a detailed portrayal of the atmosphere of the time and conditions of the Bahá'ís in the early 20th century, from Quebec to Europe, during periods of historic change. Books.
3. 2019. Footprints in the Sands of Time. Shahla Gillbanks. Memoir of time as a Bahá'í in Iran and pioneer to other countries around the world, and a historical account of service in the United States, New Zealand, and Czechoslovakia. Biographies.
4. 2016. One Life, One Memory, by Rúhá Asdáq: Review. Paul Mantle. Reviews.
5. 2015. Gulick and Three Women: Diary of a Cross-country Auto Trip to and back from the 1942 Bahá'í National Convention. Margaret Marie Rutledge, Sheridan Sims, comp. . Diary by the sister of Barbara Sims of a cross-country road trip with Ramona Brown, Marzieh Gail, and Robert Gulick. Biographies.
6. 2013/2022. Wayfarer between Two Worlds, A: Recollections. Harry Liedtke. A chronicle of some of the highlights of the author's seventy-five years as a Bahá'í, and covering the years 1927-2022, including periods in Germany and Canada and historical events from each. Includes poems and photographs. Biographies.
7. 2004. Historiography: Qajar Period and Bábí and Bahá'í works. Abbas Amanat. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
8. 2000. Tribute to Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, A. Violette Nakhjavani. Born Mary Maxwell in Montreal, Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum’s life spanned almost the entire 20th century. To her husband, Shoghi Effendi, she was his "helpmate", "shield" and "tireless collaborator in the arduous tasks I shoulder." Biographies.
9. 1998/2016. Tending the Garden: A Biography of Emeric and Rosemary Sala. Ilona Sala Weinstein. Detailed story of two pioneers from Canada to South America and Africa, told through reference to letters, papers, and archival documents. Biographies.
10. 1996. Story of Vivien Combe, The. Guy Barclay. Biography of a world traveller and pioneer. Biographies.
11. 1991/2001. Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley. Reginald L. Priestley. Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palestine Policeman service in the 1940s, and the story of his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith. Biographies.
12. 1990/2018. To Russia with Love: Journal of a Member of the Quddus Team. Jack McLean. Journal of a visit through Moscow, Kiev, and Levov in August 1990 by the four travel teachers Shamsi Sedagat, Ann Clavin, Leo Misagi, and Jack McLean. Essays.
13. 1989. A Leaf of Honey and the Proverbs of the Rainforest, by Joseph Shepperd: Review. Lin Poyer. Reviews.
14. 1988. Adventures in Persia: To India by the Back Door. Ronald Sinclair. Travel diary, including a description of Tabriz and a mention of the martyrdom of the Báb. Excerpts.
15. 1984-09-14. Africa. Hooper Dunbar. Stories of Dunbar's travels through Africa, its unique energy, and its place in the Bahá'í Faith. Audio.
16. 1981/1992. Nine Days to Istanbul. Jeanne de Corrales. An incredible story of a mid January 1963 train journey. Books.
17. 1974. Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930. Freya Stark, Lucy Moorehead, ed. . Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Bahá'ís she met. Excerpts.
18. 1966. Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India. Violette Nakhjavani. The story of Rúhíyyih Khánum's 9-month journey across India and Southeast Asia in 1964, as told by her travel companion. Books.
19. 1965/1966. Visit to Persia, A. Guy Murchie. Notes from travels to Bahá'í holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission from the House of Justice; includes descriptions of the architecture of the house and shop of the Bab, the birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Síyáh Chál. Essays.
20. 1963. Heart of Iran, The. Duncan Forbes. Travel diary with an account of meeting a Bahá'í in Shiraz, and an overview of Bahá'í history. Excerpts.
21. 1948. Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948. Charles Mason Remey. A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Bahá'í participation in the first U.N. convention on Human Rights, held in Geneva. Biographies.
22. 1942. Martha Root's Travels in India, Burma and Australia — Her Death in Honolulu. Author unknown. A detailed account of Root's travels and teaching activities across the world. Biographies.
23. 1941. SW. Persia: A Political Officer's Diary 1907-1914. Arnold Wilson (published as Sir Arnold Wilson). Two passing mentions of Bahá'ís and Babis. Excerpts.
24. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940. Books.
25. 1939. Wild Asses, The: A Journey through Persia. W. V. Emanuel. Passing mentions of Babis in Tabriz and Zanjan. Excerpts.
26. 1937. Pageant of Persia, The: A Record of Travel by Motor in Persia with an Account of Its Ancient and Modern Ways. Henry Filmer. Three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, with many more pages of description of Persian culture and history included for context. Excerpts.
27. 1937. Sunburst. Lorol Schopflocher (published as Lorol Schofflocher). Autobiography of the life story, and travels on behalf of the Bahá'í Faith, of prominent socialite and wife of the Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher (author name misspelled in book). Books.
28. 1936. Road to Nazareth, The: Through Palestine Today. John Gibbons. Two-page discussion of the Babis and Mount Carmel, from a travel diary. Excerpts.
29. 1935. Persia: Romance and Reality. Onera Amelia Merritt-Hawkes. Travel diary including lunch with a Bahá'í doctor, a visit to two Bahá'í schools in Yazd, and meeting Bahá'í children in Kirmán. Excerpts.
30. 1932. Persian Journey, Being an Etcher's Impressions of the Middle East, A. Fred Richards. Passing mentions of the Citadel at Tabriz, and the 'City of Bast' near Tehran where the Shah was almost assassinated and for which the Babis were blamed. Excerpts.
31. 1932. Men on the Horizon. Guy Murchie. Lengthy travel diary, the first book of a renowned journalist, war correspondent, and author/artist who would adopt the Bahá'í Faith in 7 years and published more extensively on Bahá'í-inspired themes explicitly after 1955. Books.
32. 1930. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries. Zia M. Bagdadi. Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (Arabia), Persia, India, and Turkey — by an Iraqi physician who traveled to the U.S. and was instrumental in the establishment of several Bahá'í communities. Books.
33. 1929. Persien wie es ist und war mit Karawane, Auto und Flugzeug durch Risas Königreich. Hermann Norden. I don't know if this refers to Bahá'ís or not; possibly on page 197? Email me if you can read German, or have access to Hathi Trust. Excerpts.
34. 1927-1928. Bahá'í Message, The. Walter Bryant Guy. A series of 16 newspaper articles summarizing Bahá'í history and teachings in "Florida's Oldest News Weekly Newspaper" by a writer who visited Abdu'l-Bahá several times between 1901-1921 and traveled extensively among the Bahá'ís in foreign lands. Newspapers.
35. 1925. Modern Pilgrimage to Palestine, A. Lovell Bearse Pemberton. Includes "Interviews with 'Abdu'l-Bahá" (Chapter 12, pp. 97-104) and a photograph of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on p. 100. Books.
36. 1921. Excellency of Mt. Carmel, The. George Napier Whittingham. Chapter 10, "The Excellency of Mt. Carmel," describes the author's visit to Haifa and gives an overview of the Bahá'í Faith. Excerpts.
37. 1915-07. Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God. Charles Mason Remey, George Orr Latimer. Experiences of two American Bahá'ís in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha in the Israel in 1914. Includes excerpt of address by Abdu'l-Bahá on proofs of the coming Prophet, and letter written by Abdul Sana to a friend in London. Books.
38. 1914. Hints for Residents and Travellers in Persia. A. R. Neligan. 2-sentence mention of Babis/Bahá'ís. Excerpts.
39. 1914. Observations of a Bahá'í Traveller, 1908. Charles Mason Remey. An account of travels among some Bahá'ís in Egypt, Israel, and Persia in 1908, written at the suggestion of Abdu'l-Bahá. Books.
40. 1913-05-23. Journalist in the Holy Land, A: Glimpses of Egypt and Palestine. Arthur E. Copping. A visit to the Akka and its surroundings in 1913; no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Excerpts.
41. 1913. Peeps Into Persia. Dorothy de Warzee. Brief mention of the Bahá'í Faith in a travelogue about Persia. Excerpts.
42. 1908/1986. Year With the Bahá'ís of India and Burma, A. Sydney Sprague. An early account of the author's personal experiences in India circa 1904 and 1907, relating his interactions with the Bahá'ís and what the Bahá'í cause was doing in India and Burma. Books.
43. 1906. Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research. Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson. A few passing mentions of the Babis. Excerpts.
44. 1906. Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia. Isaac Adams. Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while the author was on lecture tours in the U.S.; an account of Iranian life, culture, and local religious practices before the modern petroleum state. Books.
45. 1903. Zustände im Heutigen Persien wie sie das Reisebuch Ibrahim Begs Enthüllt (Conditions in present-day Persia as revealed in Ibrahim Beg's travel book). Walter Schulz. Passing mentions of the Babis and their persecutions in the context of the travels through Iran of the fictitious character Ibrahím Bayg. Excerpts.
46. 1902-1924. Gertrude Bell Archive, excerpts. Gertrude Bell. A British writer and archeologist, Bell traveled throughout the Middle East from 1899-1926. During this time she made several trips to Haifa and Akka, meeting Abdu'l-Bahá, and entering the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. She also took a number of photos of Akka. Pilgrims.
47. 1894-07. Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand. Thomas Gaskell Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben. A travelogue through Tabreez, with a short but somewhat hostile history of the Bab. Excerpts.
48. 1893/1927. Year Amongst the Persians, A. E. G. Browne. Browne's famous account of his extended visit to Iran in 1887-1888; includes many references to Bábí and Bahá'í history and personages. Books.
49. 1893-07. Week with the Babis, A. Charles H. Stileman. Journal of the Reverend C.H. Stileman, M.A., of the CMS Persia Mission, on his travels to convert Bahá'ís in 1893. Excerpts.
50. 1891/1975. Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A. E. G. Browne, Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. . Annotated translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's history of the Bábí and early Bahá'í movements, dated 1886; includes many historical appendices by Browne. Books.
51. 1887. La Perse La Chaldée et La Susiane: Relation de Voyage. Jane Dieulafoy. Early overview of the Bábí movement in Zanjan, from a travel diary through Iran, Chaldea, and Susa (Shush). Excerpts.
52. 1883. Formation de la Secte des Babi. Carla Serena. Also sections "Les Exploits de la Secte de Babi," "Mort du Point," "Complot des Bábí contre Nasser-Eddin," and "Attentat." Historical overview from a traveller to Persia in 1877-1878, who says she met with a witness to events. Articles.
53. 1882. Six Months in Persia. Edward Stack. Passing mentions of the Babis. Date not given. Excerpts.
54. 1880. My Wanderings in Persia. T. S. Anderson. Lengthy account of 19th-century travels through Iran. Includes one mention of the "Bawbees." Also includes appendix of distances and terrain from Teheran to other cities, important to a traveller on horseback. Books.
55. 1877. Through Persia by Caravan. Arthur E. Arnold. Early three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Bahá'u'lláh is here referred to as "Behar." Excerpts.
56. 1876. Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Palestine and Syria . Thomas Cook (firm). Many passing references to Haifa, Carmel, Akka, and the Holy Land; see e.g. pages 20-21, 30-31, 47-48, 408-416. Books.
57. 1874. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The. Nasir al-Din Shah, J. W. Redhouse, trans. . Contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window into the Sháh's worldview. Books.
58. 1869. Resa I Persien (Journey in Persia). Hermann Vambery. Book excerpt from 1869 of a travel diary in Swedish. Excerpts.
59. 1867. Bab und Babis. Arminius Vambery (published as Ármine Vámbéry). Lengthy discussion of the Babis, by a Hungarian Jew who later met Abdu'l-Bahá. Excerpts.
60. 1856. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia: With Notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia. Lady Mary Sheil. Considered first travel book on Persia by a woman. Of particular interest to Bahá'ís are her accounts on Babism (Babeeism) and the Bab. Books.

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