Bahai Library Online

Primary source material that can't be classified as Pilgrims Notes or Government/legal documents. For general histories of the Faith, see a brief history of the Baha'i Faith or an overview of Baha'i history.

Miscellaneous historical documents

  1. Ali-Kuli Khan. David Merrick, ed. 1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali Kuli Khan (2010). Large volume in English of the words, stories and actions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on many topics recorded by the Bahá'í translator Ali Kuli Khan in Persian in 1906 and partly corrected by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  2. A.L.M. Nicolas. A Propos de Deux Manuscrits "Babis" de la Bibliotheque Nationale (1903). Regarding the correct titles/classification of two versions of the manuscript "Histoire de la secte des Bâbis" from the library of Comte de Gobineau.
  3. A.L.M. Nicolas. Ismael Velasco, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mírzá Ghaffár Zanúzí: ALM Nicolas's 'Abdoul-Béha et la situation', 1912 (2007). A translation of ALM Nicolas’s ‘Abdoul-Béha et la situation’ (1912) reproducing letters by 'Abdu’l-Bahá and Mírzá Ghaffár Zanúzí.
  4. Alili Ridvan. E.G. Browne, trans. Account of the Death of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal (1918).
  5. G. D. Turner. Account of the Main Events in Persia during October 1912 to October 1913, An (1913). Overview of developments in Iran in 1913, with passing references to Abdu'l-Bahá and E.G. Browne.
  6. Activities in Iran in the 1960s: Documents from the US government (1964). State Dept., CIA, and Defense documents regarding activities in Iran in the 1960s.
  7. Paul E. Haney and Horace Holley et al. Ahmad Sohrab and the New History Society (1958). Overview of the defection of Ahmad Sohrab and the formation of the "New History Society" and the "Caravan of East and West."
  8. Alain Locke materials: index to some documents online (2010). List of the various documents at the Bahá'í Library Online by or about Alain Locke, an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts who received a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá.
  9. Mehdi Abedi and Michael M. J. Fischer. Anti-Bahá'í Society, The (1990). Autobiographical stories of Abedi and his involvement in opposition to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran with the "Anjoman-e Zedd-e Bahá'íyat."
  10. John David Rees. Bab and Babism, The (1896). An early, brief account of Bábí history and speculation about the presence of the Bábís (i.e. Bahá'ís) in contemporary Iran by a British colonial official and traveller.
  11. John David Rees. H. Thambs Lyche, trans. Bab og Babismen: en ny religion og dens stifter (1896). Norwegian translation of Rees' Bab and Babism, 1896.
  12. 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 Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
  13. New York Times. Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Babi Attempt on the Life of the Shah, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times (1852). Five brief newspaper reports, among the earliest known references to the Báb in an American publication.
  14. W. A. Rice. Babi Pamphlet, A (1902). Review of an unnamed booklet sent to E.G. Browne, a "little manuscript book of 118 small pages, written in the beautiful Persian character," which was "originally composed before Behaullah’s death in 1892."
  15. Ahang Rabbani, ed. Bábís of Nayriz, The: History and Documents (2006). Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronologies, the transition from the Bábí to the Bahá'í community, provisional translations, and a list of Bábí martyrs.
  16. Eustache de Lorey. Babis, The (1907). Translation of an article which appeared in the official gazette of the Persian government, followed by a letter from de Gobineau, on the torture of Babis after the assassination attempt on the Shah, 1852.
  17. Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali. Youness Khan Afroukhteh, trans. Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD (1917). A memoir by Abdu'l-Bahá, erroneously credited to Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, published in English as a 28-page book in 1904 and 1917, covering events from March-September 1903.
  18. Tooraj Enayati, comp. Bahá'í Philately (2010). Collection of postal stamps and postcards related to the Bahá'í Faith.
  19. Peter Easton. Bahá'ísm: A Warning (1998). This anti-Bahá'í essay from 1911 was the inspiration for the classic Bahá'í text Brilliant Proof. It has no value other than as a historical document.
  20. Ethel J. Rosenberg. Bahá'ísm: Its Ethical and Social Teachings (1908). Overview of the Faith, presented as an address to the Congress held at Oxford, September 15-18, 1908.
  21. Thornton Chase. Before Abraham Was, I am (1902). Open letter to a new Bahá'í summarizing the Bahá'í revelation through a Christian perspective.
  22. Edward T. Hall. Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The (1925). A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Bahá'í in the North of England circa 1906, and the author himself who converted in 1910.
  23. Syed Shakeel Ahmed. Bushires' British Residency Records (1837-50): The Appearance of Babism in Persia (1995). Records from Mirza 'Ali Akbar, a British agent in Shiraz, from 1837, 1839, and 1850, with possible early mentions of the Báb.
  24. August J. Stenstrand. Call of Attention to the Behaists or Babists of America, A (1907). Propaganda materials by an early follower of Ibrahim Kheiralla and self-professed Azali.
  25. Abdu'l-Bahá and Badi'u'llah. Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Center of the Covenant: Tablet to Mason Remey, interview with Badi'u'llah (1912). Brief interview conducted by Howard MacNutt. Includes a tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá to Mason Remey.
  26. Aqa Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani. E.G. Browne, trans. Chronicle of `Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani: Personal Reminiscences of the Insurrection at Zanjan (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.
  27. Peter Terry. Concealment and Burial of the Báb (2012). This chapter from A.-L.-M. Nicolas' seminal biography Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab (1905) tells the story of the death and burial of the Bab, compiled from the reports of several eye-witnesses consulted by the author.
  28. W. Smith Murray. Consideration of the Bahá'í religion, its Tenets, the Character of its Followers, and the Possibility of its Spread, A (1925). Lengthy report back to the US State Department by Murray, who was then in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on the Bahá'ís in the Middle East, the "Imbrie affair," the character of the Bahá'ís, and the possibility of the Faith's spread in Persia.
  29. Alexandra Yerolimpos. Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A (1993). Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period of Bahá'u'lláh's stay there. No mention of Bahá'ís.
  30. David Merrick, comp. Declaration of the Bab (May 1844): A Survey of Sources for Researchers (2017). English Sources for the Declaration of the Bab placed in chronological/thematic order for comparison, with notes.
  31. Anton Haddad. Divine Revelation: The Basis of All Civilization (1902). Commentary on the influence of the Prophets on human society.
  32. Dr. Cormick. E.G. Browne, comp. Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb (1848). A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the persecution of Babis.
  33. Thellie Lovejoy, comp. Dwight Barstow Collection (2000). Partial scans of the 478 translated tablets and other English documents from the archive of American collector Dwight Barstow.
  34. Early Mention of Bábís in Western Newspapers, Summer 1850 (1850). Very brief newspaper mentions about the rise of the Bábí movement: Tioga Eagle (Wellsborough, Pennsylvania) 1850-08-21; Church and State Gazette (Middlesex, London) 1850-07-19; Nevada State Journal 1871-12-23.
  35. Ahang Rabbani. Efforts to preserve the remains of the Bab: Four historical accounts (2003). Accounts by Mirza Hasan Adib Taliqani, Fadil Mazandarani, ‘Abdu’l-Husayn Avarih, and Aqa Husayn ‘Ali Nur.
  36. Emma Maxie Jones, comp. Emma Maxwell (Maxie) Jones Collection (1907). 64 documents collected by Maxie Jones covering a wide variety of topics and sources: pilgrims' notes, letters of Shoghi Effendi, convention reports, Tablets, hymns, compilations, talks of Ruhiyyih Khanum, personal letters of early Bahá'ís.
  37. A.L.M. Nicolas. En Perse: La Constitution (1906). Three documents related to the first Iranian Constitution, with passing mentions of Babis.
  38. Mirza Badi'u'llah. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Epistle to the Bahá'í World, An (1907). Letter from the half-brother of `Abdu'l-Bahá about Badi'u'llah's exit from, return to, and then exit again from the Bahá'í Faith.
  39. A.L.M. Nicolas. Essai Sur le Cheikhisme (1910). One of the earliest biographies of Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kazim Rashi, founders of Iranian reform movements in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  40. Muhammad-Tahir Malmiri. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Events and Tragedies of Manshád, The (2007). Events and martyrs from the uprisings in Manshad and Yazd, in 1903. A translation of Haji Málmírí's Tarikh Shuhaday Yazd, pp. 432-503.
  41. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá'ís in Nayriz, 1909 (2013). Shaykh Dhakariyya's rebellion in Nayriz culminated in the martyrdom of nineteen Bahá'ís on Naw Ruz, 1909, the same day Abdu'l-Bahá interred the remains of the Bab in the mausoleum on Mount Carmel. This is a history of both events.
  42. Steven Kolins, comp. First newspaper story of the events of the Bábí Faith (2013). Six versions of the first public mentions in English of the Bábís, from November 1845.
  43. E.G. Browne, trans. Five unpublished contemporary documents relating to The Bab's examination at Tabriz in 1848 (1848).
  44. Nathan Soderblom. Främmande religionsurkunder (1907). Short excerpt in Swedish titled "Foreign religious deeds" which quotes the Bahá'í Writings.
  45. Bahá'í International Community. Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco: The Nador Case (1963). A formal response to a court case in Morocco from the previous month in which three Bahá'ís were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government, subvert religion, and disrupt the public order.
  46. Ali Akbar Dareini, trans. Freemasonry, Bahá'ísm, and British Tudehis (1999). Overview of Bahá'í activities during the period of Mohammad Reza Shah, from the hostile perspective of Hossein Fardoust, deputy head of SAVAK.
  47. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani and Avarih. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran (n.d.). Two brief excerpts
  48. Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan. Ahang Rabbani, ed. 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 Revolution years, and appendices for the study of the Bahá'í community in Shíráz.
  49. Gertrude Bell. Gertrude Bell Archive, excerpts (1902). A British writer and archeologist, Bell traveled throughout the Middle East from 1899-1926. During this time she made several trips to Haifa and Akka, meeting Abdu'l-Bahá, and entering the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. She also took a number of photos of Akka.
  50. Anna Josephine Ingersoll. Greenacre on the Piscataqua (1900). An early history of Greenacre and some of its notable visitors and presentations.
  51. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles. Growth of the Cause in the British Isles, The (1944). Historical overview, starting with E. G. Browne and Comte de Gobineau, to pilgrims in the time of Abdu'l-Bahá, up to the late 1930s.
  52. Margaret Marie Rutledge. Sheridan Sims, comp. Gulick and Three Women: Diary of a Cross-country Auto Trip to and back from the 1942 Bahá'í National Convention (2015). Diary by the sister of Barbara Sims of a cross-country road trip with Ramona Brown, Marzieh Gail, and Robert Gulick.
  53. Maureen M. Thur. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Arizona, The: The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950 (2004). Historical details and biographies about Arizona, from Nellie French moving from Chicago to Bisbee in 1900, to the formation of LSAs in 1949. Includes biographies of Amelia Collins and Orcella Rexford aka Louise Cutts-Powell (Appendices 1-2).
  54. Steven Kolins, ed. History of the Baha'i Faith in North Carolina, 1845-1970: Presentations from the First Summer Seminar (2018). Presentations at the first Summer Seminar on the history of the Bahá'í Faith in North Carolina, organized by Steven Kolins, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Orange County NC, Aug 3-5 2018, at the Efland Bahá'í Center.
  55. Ibrahim Nayrizi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. If Walls Could Speak: An eyewitness account of the Bábís of Nayriz (1998). An account of the Nayriz uprising in 1853.
  56. Imbrie Murder Laid to Religious Hate (1924). Two brief articles describing the 1924 murder of an American diplomat by a Muslim mob who thought he was a Bahá'í.
  57. Adib Masumian, comp. Interview with Lilian Crawford on the Knighthood of Abdu'l-Baha (date). Interview with Lilian Crawford, a pilgrim to Haifa in 1919 who witnessed the ceremony of the knighthood of Abdu'l-Bahá, published in New Era, short-lived Bahá'í newsletter from Edinburgh; photo of the ceremony and identification of some attendees.
  58. Anthony Lee. Interview with Ruhollah Geula regarding Robert Imbrie (1997). Interview by Lee, the general editor of Kalimat Press, with his father-in-law, an eyewitness to these 1924 events in Tehran.
  59. E. G. Browne. Introduction to Nuqtat-al-Kaf, and Index and Concordance to the Persian Bayán (1910). Browne's English-language introduction to the earliest Bábí history Kitab-i Nuqtat al-Kaf, plus his detailed, annotated "Index of Chief Contents" of the Persian Bayán.
  60. Iranian National Bahá'í Archives (INBA) (1976). 105 volumes of Bahá'í writings and manuscripts, compiled before the Islamic revolution in Iran by the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly and distributed as photocopies to Bahá'í scholars and archives, for preservation.
  61. Juliet Thompson. Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail (1978). Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran.
  62. Le Journal de Constantinople (1848). Collection of 818 files, unsorted. They contain an unknown number of references to the Báb and his milieu. Four entries have been found so far, and searching this archive may yield more.
  63. Joseph Arthur Gobineau. Les religions et les philosophies dans l'asie centrale (continued) (1866). Due to size, this book was split in two for this online edition. See part 1.
  64. Shoghi Effendi and Ruhi Afnan et al. Christopher Buck, comp. Letters to Alain Locke (2010). Collection of letters between Shoghi Effendi, his secretary, and Alain Locke, and related historical material on Locke.
  65. David Piff, comp. Letters to and from US Presidential Archives (1984). A collection of correspondence circa 1984 from and to archivist David Piff concerning Bahá'í-related holdings. Also included is some correspondence between offices of the presidents and the US National Spiritual Assembly and the BIC.
  66. Aqa Husayn Ashchi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh (2007). One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
  67. Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The (1890). Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers.
  68. Siyyid Muhammad Tabíb Manshadi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Martyrs of Manshad (1996). Detailed eyewitness account of martyrdoms in Iran in 1903.
  69. Ahang Rabbani, comp. Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz (1999). A list, compiled from three histories, of those who died in the 1852 revolt at Nayriz.
  70. Charles Mason Remey. Mashrak-el-Azkar: Descriptive of the Bahá'í temple (1917). Preliminary designs for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to be built in America, showing nine varying treatments in different styles of architecture; includes discussions of the Ashkhabad temple and Bahá'í history, and a 1908 letter to Star of West.
  71. A.L.M. Nicolas. Massacres de Babis en Perse (1936). On events in 1903 in Rasht, Isfahan, Yazd, and Tehran, written by a French consul in Iran.
  72. E. G. Browne, comp. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion (1918). An early collection of historical documents related to Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.)
  73. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Memoirs of a Bahá'í in Rasht 1889-1903: Autobiography of Mírzá Yahyá `Amídu'l-Atibbá Hamadání (2007). Personal account of some activities of the Bahá'í community in Iran and persecutions they endured.
  74. Haji Muhammad Nayrizi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Memories of Hájí Muhammad Nayrízi (1999). A short account of events in the 1853 Nayriz uprising.
  75. Message from Abdu'l-Baha, Head of the Baha'is, A (1912). News article of Abdu'l-Bahá's tour. Includes scanned image of various newspaper clippings and photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  76. Permanent Mandates Commission. Minutes of the Twentieth Session, 1931 June (1931). Two-page discussion of the status of "The Bahai Case" regarding confiscation of property in Iraq, possible resolutions, and setting up a "special Committee to consider the views expressed by the Bahai community in respect of certain houses in Baghdad."
  77. Haji Mirza Haydar Ali Uskui. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Monsieur Nicolas - the French: Extracts from Tarikh-i Azarbeyijan (1950). Exracts from an unpublished manuscript by the author of the "History of Faith in Azerbayijan" about A.L.M. Nicolas's background, his involvement with the local Bahá'í community in Azarbeyijan, and his links with Tomanski.
  78. E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens. Mountain of God, The (1911). Book excerpts, sympathetic portrayal by a non-Bahá'í of Abdu'l-Bahá and the small band of Bahá’ís who lived in Haifa and 'Akká early in 20th Century.
  79. Abu'l-Qasim Faizi and Ali-Akbar Furutan. Graham Hassall, ed. Mr Faizi and Mr Furútan in Australia: The Yerrinbool tapes (2000). Lengthy talks of Hands of the Cause A.Q. Faizi and A.A. Furútan in Australia at the Yerrinbool summer school.
  80. Juan Cole. Muhammad `Abduh and Rashid Rida: A Dialogue on the Bahá'í Faith (1981). Translation of a dialogue between two influential Sunni thinkers of the early Twentieth Century; contains much of historical interest.
  81. 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.
  82. Alice Rohe. New John the Baptist Preaching Universal Brotherhood: Abdul Ba-ha Patriarchal Head of Bahá'ísts in Denver With Message of Love and Justice to All and for All (1912). News article of Abdu'l-Bahá's tour. Includes scanned image of original newspaper and photograph of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  83. Juan Cole. Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions (1998). History of the writing of this early Bábí historical text, and some recent interpretations of its history.
  84. C. Edmund Card. Our Precious Heritage: The Coming of the Faith to Wales (n.d.). History of Bahá'í activities in Wales 1942-1973, focusing especially the active sixteen-year period 1946-1962.
  85. Anton Haddad. Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi (1902). Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S.
  86. Loulie Mathews. Outposts of a World Religion by a Bahá'í Traveler: Journeys Taken in 1933-1935, Accompanied by Edward R. Mathews (n.d.). Autobiography of trips to New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia, Hawaii, and South America teaching the Faith.
  87. David Merrick, comp. Passing of Abdu'l-Baha (Nov 1921) (2018). The weeks and days leading up to, during and following the passing of Abdu'l-Bahá, presented as original accounts in chronological order.
  88. Various. E.G. Browne, trans. Persecutions of Babis in 1888-1891 at Isfahan and Yazd (1918). Eyewitness or historical accounts of specific events, uprisings, and attacks, as collected by E.G. Browne.
  89. Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís (1998). Published in honor of the UK Bahá'í Centenary, 1998/99.
  90. Various. Pilgrims' Notes from U.S. Archives (1898). Pilgrim notes from the U.S. Bahá'í National Archives, organized by year, 1898-1959, unsorted, in 60 PDF and TIF files.
  91. Program for the Activities of the Bahá'í Students in the American University of Beirut, 1927-1928 (1927). The program of the weekly meetings of the Bahá'í students in the American University of Beirut during the Bahá'í year 84-95 (1927-1928), including presentations by A.Q. Faizi, H.M. Balyuzi, Hasan and Ali Dehgan, Eshagh and Abbas Eqbal, et al.
  92. Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad. Denis MacEoin, trans. Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan (1997). Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, which led to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan.
  93. Ahang Rabbani. Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The (1997). Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan," discussing the history of these remains. Includes biographical notes.
  94. Ala'u'l-Mulk. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Report to the Shah from Akka, A (2000). Brief report from the Iranian ambassador to Istanbul on the activities of the Bahá'ís in Turkey, 1901.
  95. W. Smith Murray. Report to the U.S. Secretary of State (1924). A report to the US Secretary of State by W. Smith Murray, who was in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on report of the murder of Vice Consel Robert Imbrie in Tihran.
  96. Austin Wright. (Report to the) American Oriental Society / A New Prophet (1851). First paper on Bábí history, from a letter to the American Oriental Society, published in multiple newspapers, including translation into German. Includes preface by Steven Kolins.
  97. Hermann Vambery. Resa I Persien [Journey in Persia] (1869). Book excerpt from 1869 of a travel diary in Swedish.
  98. Christopher Buck. Sapiential Theosis: A New Reading of Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on Paradise (1995). Prepublication chapter from Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha’i Faith (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999). St. Eprem the Syrian is generally regarded as the greatest Christian poet of Late Antiquity.
  99. Aqa Mirza Qabil Abadeh'i. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Shah Abdu'llah and the Bahá'ís of Abadeh: An account of the persecution of Bahá'ís by followers of an imaginary Imam (2001). Account of persecutions in Abadeh, Fars province, in 1901.
  100. Austin Wright. Steven Kolins. Short Chapter in the History of Bâbeeism in Persia, A (1853). Letter to the American Oriental Society recounting the continuation of Bábísm and attack on the Shah. Follow-up to Wright's first report on Bábí history, from June 1851.
  101. Shahrokh Monjazeb. Sijn-i-Akbar (The Great Prison): The Event of Bahá'u'lláh's Incarceration in the Síyáh Chál Prison of Tehran (2002). Historical details of the period of Baha'u'lláh's 1852 imprisonment in the infamous dungeon of Tehran and the birth of the Bahá’í Revelation, and firsthand accounts of this event including some rare testimonies by Bahá’u’lláh Himself.
  102. Corinne True and Hermann Grossmann et al. Statement on Mason Remey from the Western Hands of the Faith (1960). Background information on the claims of Remey, compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God in the Western hemisphere.
  103. Necati Alkan. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History (2000). On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih.
  104. Emma Maxie Jones and Anonymous. Third Bahá'í Intercontinental Conference, Chicago: Notes (1958). Notes, with comments by Borah Kavelin, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Leroy Ioas, Horace Holley, John Robarts, Ugo Giachery, et al., on topics such as raising funds for Temples, pioneering, Native Americans, reflections on Shoghi Effendi, and Mt. Carmel.
  105. Throndhjems borgerlige Realskoles (1852). 1852 report in Norwegian on assassination attempt of the Sháh.
  106. Mohammad Khatami. Transcript of interview with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1998). Khatami praises American civilization, defends Iran and Islam, and laments the 'confrontation between religion and liberty which is to the detriment of religion, liberty, and the human beings who deserve to have both'; no mention of Baha'i.
  107. E. G. Browne and Abdu'l-Bahá. E.G. Browne, trans. Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A (1891). Annotated translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's history of the Bábí and early Bahá'í movements, dated 1886; includes many historical appendices by Browne.
  108. Abdu'l-Bahá. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Treatise on Persecution of Bahá'ís in 1903 (2007). Events in Isfahán and Yazd from March-September 1903.
  109. Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Báb: Alim-i Hashtrud's account (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  110. Denis MacEoin, comp. Trial of the Báb: Answers given during the interrogation of the Báb (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  111. Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Bab: Mulla Muhammad Mamaqani's account (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  112. Denis MacEoin, comp. Trial of the Báb: Questions, rebukes, statements made during the interrogation of the Bab (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  113. Nureddin Mumtazi. Sheridan Sims, ed. Twin Pilgrimages of Núru'd-Dín Mumtází (2015). Accounts of Nureddin Momtazi's pilgrimages in 1920 and 1955-56. Includes foreword and numerous notes, both covering much history and context. Documents reviewed and annotated by multiple members of Momtazi's family.
  114. E. G. Browne. E.G. Browne, trans. Two State Papers Bearing on the Removal of the Babis from Baghdad to Turkey (1862). Iranian State papers requesting that the Ottomans expel Bahá'u'lláh and the Bábís from Baghdad.
  115. Eugene Flandin. Voyage en Perse (1851). A detailed travel diary, giving a sense of what Iran was like at the time of the Báb.
  116. Nabil-i-A'zam. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Whilst He Was in Suleymaniah: Extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabil Zarandi (2002). Handful of short extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabíl-i-A`zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí]. on the conduct of the Bábís in 'Iráq during Bahá'u'lláh's self-imposed exile. From Nabil's unpublished narrative.
  117. Báb, The. Will and Testament of The Báb (2007). One-page scan of a document commonly, though inaccurately, referred to as the "Will and Testament."
  118. Mirza `Isa Khan Isfahani. Ahang Rabbani, trans. With Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Mirza 'Isa Khan Isfahani (2008). Account of a visit to Haifa, December 1919 - January 1920, by a little-known author Mírzá 'Isá Khán Isfahání Darágáh'í. Includes table of an old Persian solar calendar and its Western astrological correspondences, and anecdotes about Esslemont.
  119. Ahang Rabbani. Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History (1996). Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
  120. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. اسرار الآثار (Asráru'l-Áthár): "Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings" (1968). The first large-scale attempt to define Bahá'í theology; the volumes, written ca. 1955, are essentially a dictionary of terms that appear in the Bahá'í writings or stem from other religious traditions that bear some relevance to the Bahá'í Faith.
  121. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp. تاريخ ظُهور الحق (Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq): "The History of the Manifestation of Truth" (1968). Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally published 1932-1936.
  122. Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. حضرت عبد البهاء در نیویورک (Hadrat 'Abdu'l-Bahá dar New York): 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York (2014). Translation in 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, a history of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to the city, concepts and principles he spoke about, the social context of New York at the time, and personal stories of the lives of early American Bahá'ís.
  123. Hussein Ahdieh and 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, against its Bábi and Baháʼí residents. Features accounts from survivors. Translation into Farsi of the original English work.
  124. Azizu'llah Sulaymani. مصابیح هدایت (Masabih-i-Hidayat): "Lights of Guidance" (1948). Biographies of 99 prominent Bahá'ís from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 and 1976.
  125. Muhammad Husayn Nayrizi. وقایع حیرت‌انگیز قصبه نی‌ریزمشکبیز (Vaqáyi`-yi Hayratangíz-i Qasbih-yi Nayríz-i Mishkbíz): "The Astonishing Events in the Town of Nayriz the Perfumed". Account written by the grandfather of Hossein Ahdieh, who describes this book as an authentic and detailed history of the three upheavals of Nayriz (1850, 1853 and 1909), covering the story of Vahid and the 1853 massacre up to 1926.
  126. یادگار جشن پنجاهمین سال تاسیس محفل مقدس بهائیان طهران 55-103: Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bahá'í Assembly of Tehran B.E. 55-103 (1947). Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tihran, published B.E. 103 (1947). Includes partial English translation (2022).
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