- Thomas Gaskell Allen and William Lewis Sachtleben. Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand (1894). — A travelogue through Tabreez, with a short but somewhat hostile history of the Bab.
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Vincent Flannery. Adventures in Biographical Research: John and William Cormick (2004). — Biographical details of the only European known to have met the Bab, William Cormick, and his father...
- Ahang Rabbani. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
- Universal House of Justice. Authenticity of The Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living (2020). — Memorandum of the Research Department of the Baha'i World Center about the authenticity of the <a...
- Vahid Brown. Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb: Translation of the Khutba Dhikriyya (2005). — A discussion of four of the Bab's autobibliographical works (the Kitab al-Fihrist, al-Kitab al-`Ulam...
- Zackery Mirza Heern. Báb and 'Alí Muhammad, Islamic and Post-Islamic, The: Multiple Meanings in the Writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad Shírází (1819-1850) (2023). — Writings of the Bab can be understood as a commentary on the Qur'an, the original Qur'an, and divine...
- Isaac Adams. Bab and Babism (1900). — Overview of history and teachings; includes Anton Haddad's "A Message from Acca," "A Declaration to ...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed. 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;...
- Bijan Ma'sumian and Adib Masumian. Bab in the World of Images, The (2013). — History of the portraits drawn of the Bab, especially that of Aqa Bala Bayg of Shishvan, the only ar...
- Bahá'í Inspiration. Báb's Business Etiquette, The. — Anecdote about how the Bab changed unseemly business practices while he was a merchant in Bushihr, a...
- Báb, The and Nabil-i-A'zam. Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living, The (1844). — The Bab's farewell speech to the Letters of the Living, extracted from Nabil-i-A'zam's <a href="h...
- Moojan Momen and Todd Lawson. Bab, The (2011).
- Hasan M. Balyuzi. Báb, The: The Herald of the Day of Days (1973). — The classic biography of The Bab, by the eminent historian who also wrote the major biographies of B...
- Riaz Ghadimi. Riaz Masrour, trans. Báb, The: The King of Messengers (2009). — A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
- Denis MacEoin. Báb, The (ʿAlí Mohammad Shirází) (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- 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...
- Jack McLean. Babi Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic (2009). — In defining the three ages of Babi-Baha’i history, Shoghi Effendi named the first the Heroic Age, ...
- Peter Smith and Moojan Momen. Babi Movement, The: A Resource Mobilization Perspective (1986). — Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural an...
- Ramsey Zeine. Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, The: Part 1 (1753-1863) (2006). — Babi and early Baha'i links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is ...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- John E. Esslemont. Baha'u'llah and the New Era (1980). — The classic introductory text on the Baha'i Faith focusing on Baha'i teachings and the lives of the ...
- Moojan Momen. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions (1995). — Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways ...
- E. G. Browne. Bábís of Persia, The: I. Sketch of Their History, and Personal Experiences amongst Them (1889). — 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). — Overview of Babi literature and doctrine.
- Anne Gordon Perry. Behold!: A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb (2019). — A fictionalized script of Baha'i notables commenting on the 200th anniversary of the Bab's birth in ...
- David Merrick. Birth and Childhood of the Bab (2007). — Childhood and Early Life of the Bab, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
- Moojan Momen and Abu'l-Qasim Afnan et al. Black Pearls: Notes on Slavery (1988). — Editor's note, foreword, preface, and introduction to two editions of Black Pearls; brief overview o...
- Abu'l-Qasim Afnan. Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1988). — Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history....
- R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Black Pearls: The African Household Slaves of a Nineteenth Century Iranian Merchant Family (2003). — The African slave trade to Iran in the 1800s, and the lives of household slaves of one specific merc...
- 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 e...
- Moojan Momen. Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith (2019). — Momen explores the life of the founder of the Baha’i Faith, as well as the lives of his forerunner...
- Juan Cole and Amir Hassanpour. Chihriq (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Chosen Highway, The (1940). — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
- Violetta Zein. Chronologies of the Lives of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (2021). — Table of contents for, and links to, 52 detailed biographical chronologies of the Utterance Project.
- Harry Charles Luke. City of Dancing Dervishes, The: And other sketches and studies from the Near East (1914). — One-half page summary of the Mahdi and Baha'i history.
- Moojan Momen. Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions (1995). — Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
- 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 th...
- Ahang Rabbani. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The (1999). — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- 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).
- Boris Handal. Dispensation of the Bab, The (2023). — Detailed, systematic presentation of the Bab's teachings; Babi prophecies relating to Baha'u'llah; t...
- 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...
- Marlene Macke. Dramatic Readings (2017). — Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, eith...
- Thomas the Slav. Early History of the Bahá'í Faith (2015). — A map showing the origins of the Baha'i Faith via the journeys and exile of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- 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 Husa...
- William F. McCants and John Walbridge et al. Richard C. Martin, ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World (2004). — Articles on Abdu'l-Baha, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian langua...
- Anthony Lee. Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz (2012). — Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap...
- Stephen Lambden. Episode in the Childhood of the Bab, An (1986). — Parallels legends of the Bab's early childhood with those of Jesus.
- 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 Baha'is on Naw Ruz, ...
- Susan Gammage. Famous Miracles in the Bahá'í Faith (2015). — Miraculous events and stories of faith healing. ("Miracles" attributed to Shoghi Effendi or other Ba...
- E.G. Browne, trans. Five unpublished contemporary documents relating to The Bab's examination at Tabriz in 1848 (1848).
- Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani and Avarih. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran (n.d.). — Two brief excerpts
- Boris Handal. Genealogía de los Profetas de Dios (2010). — A chart connecting the major Messengers of God through historical, prophetic, and interpretative inf...
- Shoghi Effendi. Genealogy of Bab, The (1932). — Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Baha'u'llah in relation to the Bab.
- Grover Gonzales. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi (1957). — A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history.
- Kay Zinky. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1950). — Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations.
- 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 Re...
- Howard B. Garey. Howard B. Garey, trans. Gobineau's Account of the Beginnings of the Bahá'í Revelation (2000). — Short summary of the Bab's time in Shiraz and Mecca, circa 1843.
- Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By (1971). — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
- 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...
- Jack McLean. Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The (2006). — Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portra...
- Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
- Darius Shahrokh. History of the Báb (1994). — Biography of the Bab, distributed by Images International as a 34-page booklet.
- Rowshan Mustapha. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
- 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...
- Christopher Buck. Joseph in Religious History and the Bahá'í Writings (2022). — Just as the story of Joseph is the "best of stories," the metaphor of Joseph is the "best of metapho...
- Roshan Danesh. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude (2012). — The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Baha’u’llah speak...
- Joseph Arthur Gobineau. Les religions et les philosophies dans l'asie centrale (1866). — A lengthy early account of Babi history by French Orientalist and diplomat Comte de Gobineau, who se...
- Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. David Merrick. Life of the Bab, The (1938). — Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Christopher Buck. Bolhuis Arjen, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Udo Schaefer and Nicola Towfigh et al. Making the Crooked Straight (2007). — Two pages on a prophecy concerning the advent of Man Yuzhiruhu'llah.
- Marriage certificates of The Bab and Baha'u'llah (1934). — Marriage certificates of The Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- David Merrick. Martyrdom of the Bab: An Outline for Researchers (2019). — The events of the Martyrdom of the Bab, including the weeks before and days after, presented through...
- Ahang Rabbani, ed. Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Memoirs of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán (2005). — Autobiography of a close confidant of the holy family. Includes appendices on Baha'i historical plac...
- Moojan Momen. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure (2007). — The argument about exactly when Baha'u'llah became aware of his mission. Relevant issues and rival p...
- Douglas Martin. Mission of the Báb, The: Retrospective 1844-1994 (1996). — The revelation of the Bab in the context of its impact on the Western writers of the period and its ...
- Julio Savi. Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay (2020). — Introduction to the life of the Bab, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artis...
- William F. McCants. Multivalent Mahdihood: Karim Khan Kirmani's Early Critique of the Multiple Claims of the Bab (2003). — Shaykhi critiques of the Qayyum al-asma; the nature of the Bab's gradually unfolding claims, first a...
- 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.
- Robert Stockman. Notes on The Báb, Some (1998). — Brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
- Mary Hanford Ford. Oriental Rose, The: The Teachings of Abdul Baha Which Trace the Chart of "The Shining Pathway" (1910). — Early summary of the history of the Faith by a pilgrim who met Abdu'l-Baha, including content from N...
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
- Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
- A.L.M. Nicolas. Peter Terry, trans. Prophet in Modern Times, A (2008). — Partial translation of A.L.M. Nicolas' Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab, with extensive notes and expl...
- 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 Baha'u'llah by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal un...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. 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...
- Anthony Lee. Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt (2016). — Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum...
- Wanden Mathews LaFarge. Relation of the Báb to the Traditions of Islám, The (1930). — Discussion of prophecies made by Muhammad concerning his son-in-law Ali and the division which divid...
- William Sears. Release the Sun (1960). — Millennialism gripped many around the world during the early 19th century. While Christians expected...
- 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 Ref...
- Ruhi Institute. Ruhi book series (1987). — Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.)
- James B. Thomas. Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond between The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts from the Persian Bayán (2006). — A comparison of some of the writings of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, showing the unique, mysterious bond...
- Universal House of Justice. Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab (2000). — Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Baha'u'llah were slaves, and a list of relevant sources f...
- A.L.M. Nicolas. Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb (1905). — The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language.
- Darius Shahrokh. Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled (1992). — Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Bab and Baha'u'll...
- Farnaz Ma'sumian. Story of the Prophets (2013). — Biographies of nine Manifestations, from Abraham to Baha'u'llah. Designed for junior youth by a reti...
- Hasan M. Balyuzi. Pierre Daoust, trans. Sur l'histoire de la première lettre du Báb envoyée à Bahá'u'lláh (2020). — Extrait du livre de H. M.Balyuzi, Baha'u'llah The King of Glory (George Ronald, 1980, pp. 35-37), co...
- Darius Shahrokh. Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb (1992). — Life stories of two key heroines of Babi history.
- Robert Weinberg. Tales of Magnificent Heroism: The Impact of the Báb and His Followers on Writers and Artists (2019). — This concise survey explores how this particular episode in humanity’s religious history resonated...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Moojan Momen. Trial of Mullá 'Alí Bastámí, The: A Combined Sunní-Shí'í Fatwá against The Báb (1982). — The trial of Mulla `Ali Bastami was one of the most important episodes of 1844-45, being both the fi...
- Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Báb: Alim-i Hashtrud's account (1997). — Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
- 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.
- Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Bab: Mulla Muhammad Mamaqani's account (1997). — Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
- 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.
- Denis MacEoin. Trial of the Báb: Shi'ite Orthodoxy Confronts its Mirror Image (2000). — Overview of, and documents preserved from, the Bab's 1848 trial for heresy against Islam.
- Olivia Kelsey. Two Shall Appear (1943). — A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Baha...
- Elham Afnan. Twofold Mission, A: Some Distinctive Characteristics of the Person and Teachings of the Báb (2019). — Some features of the Bab's life and Writings highlighting the rare combination of qualities that hav...
- Duane Troxel. Videos for Deepening (2004). — Four videos: The Life of the Bab, The Life of the Guardian, The Return of Christ, and What Do Baha'i...
- Guy Murchie. Visit to Persia, A (1965). — Notes from travels to Baha'i holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission fro...
- Universal House of Justice. Whether Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb Met, Indications in the Writings and Historical Records Relative to the Question (1985). — Overview of sources indicating that Baha'u'llah and the Bab never met in person.
- 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...
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