- Universal House of Justice. 20,000 Martyrs, Source of Statements about (1984/2005). — Two letters from the Research Department.
- Ahang Rabbani. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
- Juan Cole. Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The (2004). — On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Babi movement in the nineteenth-century Middle ...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán (2008). — Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration;...
- Moojan Momen. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts (1981). — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
- Denis MacEoin. Bábí Executions and Uprisings (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Ahmad Nur Fuad. Babi Movement in Iran, The: From Religious Dissent to Political Revolt, 1844 (1998). — Development of the Babi movement and the political implications of its religious teachings, as seen ...
- Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, The (2002). — On the background and events of the Shaykh Tabarsi conflict; developments, both in the political sph...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents (2006). — Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronolog...
- Edward Sell. Babis, The (1896-05). — An early 10-page overview of Babi history and beliefs, published in a monthly journal of missionary ...
- Hussein Ahdieh. Bábism in Nayriz (2015). — Brief excerpt on Nayriz and Sayyed Yahya Darabi (Vahid), with link to article offsite.
- Moojan Momen. Badasht (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Peter Smith. Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist (2020). — Link to Smith's videos on Babi and Baha'i history: Emergence of the Babi movement; Babi conflict and...
- E. G. Browne. Bábís of Persia, The: I. Sketch of Their History, and Personal Experiences amongst Them (1889-07). — Results of Browne's investigations into the doctrines, history, and circumstances of this "most rema...
- E. G. Browne. Bábís of Persia, The: II. Their Literature and Doctrines (1889-10). — Overview of Babi literature and doctrine.
- Arthur J. Arberry. Browne and the Babis (1960). — Brief history of the Babis and E. G. Browne's relations with them.
- Syed Shakeel Ahmed. Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia (1995-10). — Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible e...
- Nabil-i-A'zam. Shoghi Effendi, trans. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation (1932). — The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Baha'i Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mul...
- National Teaching Committee. Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of The Bahá'í Revelation: Study Guide (1932).
- Jonah Winters. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions (1997). — Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shi'i and Babi history.
- Thomas the Slav. Early History of the Bahá'í Faith (2015-05). — A map showing the origins of the Baha'i Faith via the journeys and exile of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan. Ahang Rabbani, ed, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, The (2008). — Detailed account of the early years of the Bab, events of the 1880s and 1890s, the Constitutional Re...
- Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By (1971 [1944]). — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
- Laura Clifford Barney. God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts (1910). — A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
- Anthony Lee. Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran (2015). — Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Ba...
- Sepehr Manuchehri. Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi (2001-03). — Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
- Ugo Giachery. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An (1956). — On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited...
- Julio Savi. Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay (2020-05). — Introduction to the life of the Bab, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artis...
- Negar Mottahedeh. Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís (1998). — A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis...
- Soheila Vahdati. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten (2008-09-18). — An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran...
- Husayn Hamadani. E. G. Browne, trans. New History (tarikh-i-jadid) of Mirza Ali-Muhammed the Bab, The (1893). — Detailed history of the Bab, translated into English. Also known as Tarikh-i Badi'-i Bayani.
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. Nuqtat al-Káf (2008). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Juan Cole. Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions (1998-08). — History of the writing of this early Babi historical text, and some recent interpretations of its hi...
- Abbas Amanat. Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal, The (2007). — On the Babi Faith as a product of the religious environment of Shi'i Iran, including its esoteric cu...
- A.L.M. Nicolas. Peter Terry, trans. Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn] (2004). — First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Tahirih. These p...
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The (1934). — Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Babi history aut...
- Amin Banani. Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Bábí Movement in Iran, by Abbas Amanat: Review (1989-1990).
- Negar Mottahedeh. Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht (1998-02). — Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic his...
- William P. Collins. Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). — The mythological universe created by Baha’u’llah employs three significant spiritual verities: t...
- Universal House of Justice. Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab (2000-02-02). — Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Baha'u'llah were slaves, and a list of relevant sources f...
- Mark A. Foster. Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics (1999). — Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility...
- Shoghi Effendi. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet of the Centennial (1998). — Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Baha'is, written shortly after "God Passes...
- Sepehr Manuchehri. Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions (2000). — The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Babis cooperated with the authorities in ...
- Darius Shahrokh. Grace Shahrokh, comp. Windows to the Past (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Witness to Shaykh Tabarsi: The Narrative of Haji Nasir Qazvini (2007). — Biography of Qazvini, sources for the study of the conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, and Qazvini's narrati...
- Ahang Rabbani. Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History (1996-2010). — Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
- Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. اسرار الآثار (Asráru'l-Áthár): "Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings" (1968-1973). — The first large-scale attempt to define Baha'i theology; the volumes, written ca. 1955, are essentia...
- Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp, Adel Shafipour, ed. تاريخ ظُهور الحق (Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq): "The History of the Manifestation of Truth" (1968-1973). — Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally ...
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نیریز (Subh-i Bídárí: Táríkh-i Díyánat-i Bábí va Baháʼí dar Nayríz): Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz (2014). — An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran...
- Hussein Ahdieh. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Táhirih Písh-tár Ázádí-yi Zanán-i Sharq): Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East (2019). — A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, ...
- Azizu'llah Sulaymani. مصابیح هدایت (Masabih-i-Hidayat): "Lights of Guidance" (1948-1976). — Biographies of 99 prominent Baha'is from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 an...
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