1. 2026-02. Comparison of Yazíd and Shimr with the Divines of Persia. Bahá'u'lláh, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Tablet of Bahaullah comparing Yazíd and Shimr with the theocratic institutions of Persia.
2. 2025-10. Epistle of the Báb to The Greatest Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, Revealed in Isfahán, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . An epistle which alludes to a confrontation that was to take place publicly in the Masjid-i-Jámi‘ of Isfahán between the Báb and the divines of Isfahán, invoking the judgment of God between truth and falsehood.
3. 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 Áqásí to the divines of Isfahán, which incited clerical opposition to the Báb; context of the Báb's 6-month sojourn in Isfahán under the protection of Manuchehr Khan. Áqásí claimed the Báb was a heretic who should be exiled.
4. 2025-05. إلى علماء تبريز (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz). The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . Proclamation from the Castle of Chihriq to the ulama of the city of Tabriz, summoning them to the religion of God; includes Arabic text.
5. 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 complete station of prophethood to the public. It comments on an Islamic prayer for the advent of the promised Qa'im. Includes translation.
6. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Bahá'í history, key writings, and the need for scholarly study, translation, and contextual analysis of Bahá'í texts.
7. 2000. Learned. Peter Smith.
8. 1998-02. Treatise on Leadership: Introduction. Juan Cole. Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Bahá's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893).
9. 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 Bahá'í minority; alternative readings of the sharí‘a that could reconcile discrepancies between the treatment of Bahá'ís with Iran's obligations under international law.
10. 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.
11. 1969. Bábism, Bahá'ism and the Ulama. Hamid Algar. On the differing approaches by the Iranian state and the clergy to the Bábí movement.

1. 1844-08-11 —
   The Báb sent Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí to Najaf and Karbalá to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhís. In Najaf Mullá `Alí delivered a letter from the Báb to Shaykh Muhammad-Hasan Najafí, the leading Shí`í divine and the keeper of the shrines in Iraq. [BBRSM15; DB87-91; SBBH20–1, HotD46]
   • The Shaykh's rejection of the claim led to a violent debate. Mullá `Alí was taken to Baghdád and imprisoned there. After a public trial, a joint tribunal of Sunní and Shí`í `ulamá, he was sent to Istanbul. He was the first martyr of the Bábí Dispensation. It is significant that Mullá Hasan Gawhar, a leading figure of the Shaykhí school, participated in the condemnation as it marks the first major challenge to Bábism from a Shaykhí leader. [Bab27, 37–8, 58; BBR83–90; BBRSM17; BKG31; DB90–2; MMBA, BBR2p17, GPB10]
   • See Alí Bastámí, Mullá by Denis MacEoin at Bahá'í Library Online.
2. 1850-05-00 —
   The start of the Zanján upheaval. Hujjat had converted a sizeable proportion of the town and tension mounted between the Bábís and the 'ulamá. [DB540–1, 527–81; Bab185–8, 209–13; BBD111, 245; BBR114–26; BBRSM28, 216; GPB44–5; TN245]
   • See BW19p381 for this chronicle of events by Moojan Momen.
     • 19 May: Mir Salah dispersed a mob sent against Hujjat by the Governor; the Governor sent to Ṭihrán for reinforcements; the town divided into two.
     • 1, 13 and 16 June: Arrival of troop reinforce ments.
     • 1 July: Capture of an important Bábi position.
     • 25 July: Capture of an important Bábi' position.
     • 4 August: Fierce fighting ending in Bábi victory and recapture of lost positions.
     • 17 August: General assault on Bábi positions repelled, but Bábi's lost ground.
     • 25 August: Arrival of 'Aziz Khan-i-Mukri, commander-in-chief of 1ran's army.
     • 3 September: General assault ordered by 'Aziz Khan repelled.
     • 11 September: Arrival of troop reinforcements.
     • early October: Bombardment and assault took several Bábi' positions, leaving the Bábis confined to a small number of houses.
     • mid-November: Arrival of further reinforcements.
     • 29 December: Martyrdom of Hujjat.
     • about 2 January 1851: General assault resulted in capture of remaining Bábi' positions and killing of several hundred Bábi men and women. End of Zanjan upheaval.

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