- 1970-1995: Newspaper articles archive, by Various (1970-1995). — Collection of newspaper articles from 1970-1995.
- `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914, by Ahang Rabbani (2005). — The story of Abdu'l-Baha's relocating the Haifa/Akka Baha'i community of some 140 people to a nearby...
- Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 3, by Various (2001). — The complete issue of volume 3.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 2, by Various (2000). — The complete issue of volume 2. Some papers were delivered at the 18th annual ABS conference "The Cr...
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 1:2, by Various (1999). — The complete issue of volume 1 number 2.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 4, by Various (2002-2003). — The complete issue of volume 4.
- Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The, by Juan Cole (2004). — On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Babi movement in the nineteenth-century Middle ...
- Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, Moojan Momen, ed. (1981). — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
- Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988, The: A Survey of Contemporary Developments, by Peter Smith, Moojan Momen (1989). — A general account of developments in the Baha'i Faith during these three decades.
- Baha'i Faith, The: The Emerging Global Religion, by William S. Hatcher, Douglas Martin (1985/2011). — Overview of Baha'i history and teachings, designed as an introductory textbook. Available in English...
- Bahá'í History, by Moojan Momen, Peter Smith (1993). — A general survey of the history of the Baha'i Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Ba...
- Bahá'í History, by Firuz Kazemzadeh (n.d.). — Significance of history to the study of the Baha'i Faith.
- Baha'i Religious History: Introduction, by Todd Lawson (2012-12). — Introduction to a special issue of this journal titled "Baha'i History," summarizing the prophetic r...
- Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist, by Peter Smith (2020). — Link to Smith's videos on Babi and Baha'i history: Emergence of the Babi movement; Babi conflict and...
- Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983), by Various Universal House of Justice, comp. (1986). — Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
- Bahāʾī Faith, by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2024-12-23).
- Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote two Tablets.
- Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
- Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus), by Author unknown (1999). — Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charism...
- Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by Jack McLean (2012). — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
- Centenary of a World Faith: The History of the Bahá'í Faith and its Development in the British Isles, by Author unknown (1944). — On the lives of The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and Abdul-Baha, progress of the Faith in the East and West, an...
- Century of Light, by Universal House of Justice (2001). — Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Baha'i Faith's emergence from...
- Change of Culture, A, by Moojan Momen (2003/2011). — An overview of the process of cultural change in the Baha'i community.
- Chart of the Eras and Epochs of Bahá'í History, by Arjen Bolhuis (2000). — Diagram of the periods of Baha'i history. Available in English and Russian.
- 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 eyewitne...
- Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran, by Moojan Momen (2004). — Early attacks on the Baha'i community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations...
- Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran: Some Preliminary Observations, by Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck) (1990). — Conversion patterns of Zoroastrians and Jews in the period 1877-1921.
- "Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran," by Susan Stiles Maneck: Commentary, by Foad Katirai (1992).
- Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A, by Vance Salisbury (1997). — Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Baha'is suppress or distort historical tex...
- Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith, by Adib Masumian (2009). — Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Baha'i Faith as a subversive political group,...
- Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis, by Hui Bau (2016). — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
- Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í, by Bahá'í International Community (2000-06-06). — Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Baha'i
- Early History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Thomas the Slav (2015-05). — A map showing the origins of the Baha'i Faith via the journeys and exile of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths, by Moojan Momen (1995).
- Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice, by Universal House of Justice (1996). — Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the fore...
- Epochs of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice, Research Department (1996). — On dating and defining the three major evolutionary "Ages" of Baha'i history, and the five "epochs" ...
- Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity, The, by Juan Cole (1999-03). — Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Baha'i faith, whi...
- Globalization of the Bahá'í Community: 1892-1921, The, by Moojan Momen (2005). — On the connection between Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking and his practical directives in the global expa...
- God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi (1971 [1944]). — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
- Growth and Spread of the Baha'i Faith, The, by Arthur Hampson (1980-05). — A detailed attempt to describe and account for the spread of the Baha'i Faith, including the roles p...
- Historia de su Cooperacion con las Naciones Unidas, by Bahá'í International Community (n.d.).
- Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An, by Vernon Elvin Johnson (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
- Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the Seventh Century to the Present Day, The, by Amy Suzanne Hollander (1995). — A study of the structure, development, space, and historic preservation of a portion of Akka, includ...
- House of Abdu'llah Pasha, The, by Author unknown (1986). — Short history and restoration of a house associated with "some of the most dramatic and historically...
- Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah, by Douglas Martin (1992-04-09). — Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Baha'i history, current shifts of focus and teaching...
- International Bahá'í Council, by Duane L. Herrmann (1990-03). — History of the formation of the IBC.
- Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law, by Ignaz Goldziher (1981). — An early academic overview of Babi and Baha'i history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book ...
- Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, by Mehrdad Amanat (2009). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Learning from History, by Moojan Momen (1989). — The challenges caused by the influx of Third World villagers into the Baha’i world community. The ...
- Majestic Process, The: Cycles, Eras, Epochs and Stages, John Conkling, comp. (2004). — A one page chart developed as a class handout on the "Majestic Process," the Ages and Epochs of the ...
- Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka, by Muhammed Labib (1968). — Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka, compiled and designed by Labib...
- Map of the Travels of Baha'u'llah, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands, comp. (1991). — The progressive exiles of Baha'u'llah through the Middle East. Includes timeline.
- Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. (1918/1961/2013). — An early collection of historical documents related to Baha'i and Babi studies. (Not fully complete....
- Meaning of Baha'i History, The, by Moshe Sharon (1999-12). — Disregarding personal belief, a neutral historian uses tools of objective research to deal with the ...
- Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only], by Juan Cole (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- New Religion, Babism, A, by Paul Carus (1904-06/07). — Overview of early Baha'i history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teac...
- Notes on the Twentieth Century, by Douglas Martin (2001-09). — Multiple transcriptions of talks given in Atlanta, New York, and Massachusetts in September and Octo...
- Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series, by John Walbridge (1996). — Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no off...
- Part of the Baha'i History of the Family of Charles and Maria Ioas, by Viola Tuttle, Margarite Ioas Ullrich, Monroe Ioas, et al. (1978-08). — Biographies of Charles and Maria: from his birth in 1859, their introduction to the Faith in 1898, e...
- Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís, by Author unknown (1998). — Published in honor of the UK Baha'i Centenary, 1998/99.
- Promised Day is Come, The, by Shoghi Effendi (1980). — A book-length letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Baha’is of the West, dated 28 March 1941, ab...
- Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith, by William P. Collins (1990). — The mythological universe created by Baha’u’llah employs three significant spiritual verities: t...
- Shoghi Effendi's View of Providential History in Light of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition, by Jack McLean (2005). — The Guardian's letters reveal six features of his historicity: palingenesis and transitional history...
- Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (2006). — Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Baha'is, before and after the prohibition of invo...
- Star of the West: Use of, in Electronic Form, by Universal House of Justice (1999-03-03). — Guidance on use of the publication Star of the West in electronic form as well as advice on how to d...
- Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A, by Bahá'í International Community (1992-05). — Introduction to the life and work of Baha'u'llah, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his ...
- Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers, by Adib Taherzadeh Kiser Barnes, comp. (2003). — Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Baha’u’llah, Volume...
- Sweet and Enchanting Stories, Aziz Rohani, comp. (2005). — Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar F...
- Tablet of the Centennial, by Shoghi Effendi Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. (1998). — Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Baha'is, written shortly after "God Passes...
- Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2000). — The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Babis cooperated with the authorities in ...
- The Bahá'í Revelation, by Arthur Pillsbury Dodge Paul Carus, ed. (1905). — Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the...
- Understanding Bahá'í History: Introduction to the study of history, by Moojan Momen (2013-03). — Video and transcript, prepared for the Wilmette Institute, about how to approach and understand the ...
- Unfoldment of the Divine Plan, by Author unknown (2021). — Visual overview of the Baha'i Cycle, the Baha'i Era, the three Ages, the three Epochs, and all of th...
- Universal House of Justice, The, by Universal House of Justice, Research Department (2021-02). — Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Baha’u’llah, 'Abdu’l-B...
- Visits of the Hands of the Cause of God to Ireland, by Betsy Omidvaran (2003). — An overview of all known visits by the Hands, the highest-ranking officers of the Baha’i Faith, to...
- Windows to the Past, by Darius Shahrokh Grace Shahrokh, comp. (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
- Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History, by Ahang Rabbani (1996-2010). — Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
- Zuhur al-Haqq, by Moojan Momen (2002). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- اسرار الآثار (Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings), Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. (1968-1973). — The first large-scale attempt to define Baha'i theology; the volumes, written ca. 1955, are essentia...
- تاريخ ظُهور الحق (The History of the Manifestation of Truth), Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp, Adel Shafipour, ed. (1968-1973). — Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally ...
- مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance), by Azizu'llah Sulaymani (1948-1976). — Biographies of 99 prominent Baha'is from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 an...
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