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The Trial of Mullá 'Alí Bastámí

Author	Moojan Momen
Title of item	The Trial of Mullá 'Alí Bastámí
Subtitle of item	A Combined Sunní-Shí'í Fatwá against The Báb
Volume	20
Pages	113-143
Parent publication	Iran: Journal of the British Institute for Persian Studies
Date of this edition	1982
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	2010-05-25 by Jonah Winters
Formatted	2010-05-25 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.org/momen_trial_bastami
Abstract	The trial of Mullá `Alí Bastámí was one of the most important episodes of 1844-45, being both the first occasion on which the new Bábí movement encountered the opposition of the ulama, and a crucial turning point in the development of the movement.
Notes	Also presented at the Bahá'í Studies Seminar at the University of Lancaster, April 1980. Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Tags	Bab, Life of (documents); Fatwa; Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution, Iraq; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Trials
Locations	Baghdad; Iraq
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Last edited	2022-03-02 00:11 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.org/file.php5?file=momen_trial_bastami.

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