- Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, by Moojan Momen. (1981). A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
- Bábí Uprising in Zanjan, The, by John Walbridge. (1996 Winter/Fall). A study of the Bábí uprising in Zanjan in 1850, examining the social, economic, and political background as well as the motivations of both the Bábís and their opponents.
- Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853, The, by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. (2003-12-23). 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).
- Bahá'í History and Videos, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2013-2022). Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqá, Bahá'í schools for girls and Tahirih's influence, martyrs in Nayriz, Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, and Harlem Prep School.
- Chronicle of `Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani: Personal Reminiscences of the Insurrection at Zanjan, by Aqa Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani. E. G. Browne, trans. (1897). Translation of an account of the Babi struggle at Zanjan in 1850, as recollected by an aged eyewitness who had been a child at the time; an important source for early Babi history.
- Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan, by John Walbridge. (1998-05). Analysis of Muslim and Bahá'í historical texts, including Dawnbreakers.
- Iran: Province of Khamsih (Zanján), by Moojan Momen. (1994).
- Personal Reminiscences of the Bábí Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850, by E. G. Browne. (1897). The testimony of Áqá 'Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani.
- Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1953): A Preliminary Analysis, by Moojan Momen. (1983). In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Bábí movement, which set off a chain of events that led on the one hand, to the constitutional movement in Iran, and on the other, to the establishment of the now world-wide Bahá'í Faith.
- Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins, by Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. (1985). A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism.
- Wild Asses, The: A Journey through Persia, by W. V. Emanuel. (1939). Passing mentions of Babis in Tabriz and Zanjan.
- Zaynab, by John Walbridge. Reina Pennington, ed. (2003). Brief biography of a female Bábí fighter.
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