The Bab and the Babi Community of IranIn 1844, a young merchant from Shiraz called Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad declared himself the ‘gate’ (the Bab) to the Truth and, shortly afterwards, the initiator of a new prophetic cycle. His messianic call attracted a significant following across Iran and Iraq. Regarded as a threat by state and religious authorities, the Babis were subject to intense persecution and the Bab himself was executed in 1850. In this volume, leading scholars of Islam, Baha’i studies and Iranian history come together to examine the life and legacy of the Bab, from his childhood to the founding of the Baha’i faith and beyond. Among other subjects, they cover the Bab’s writings, his Qur’an commentaries, the societal conditions that underlay the Babi upheavals, the works of Babi martyr Tahirih Qurratu’l-‘Ayn, and Orientalist Edward Granville Browne’s encounters with Babi and Baha’i texts. |
Contents
After the Declaration of the Babs Cause | |
The Babs Return from Pilgrimage and the Events of Shiraz | |
The Trial of Tabriz | |
The Return to Chihriq Prison | |
Bibliography | |
Tafsir Works | |
Conclusions | |
Bibliography | |
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The Nayrīz Upheavals of 1850 and 1853 | |
The Tehran Episodes of 1850 and 1852 | |
185051 | |
THE BABISTATE CONFLICTS OF 184850 | |
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY | |
Dialectical Logic and Historical Consciousness | |
Conclusion | |
The Changing Economy | |
The Babi Artisans | |
Converts from the Government Ranks | |
An Assessment | |
LITERARY TRAJECTORIES | |
Esoterica the Abstruse Sciences of the Unseen ulūm alghayb | |
Personal Letters Scriptural Tablets Lawh pl Alwah | |
Devotional Writings of the | |
Hadith Commentary | |
Commentaries on Hadith Texts by the | |
Select Treatises Risala pl Rasail Epistles Şahifa pl Şuhuf and Other Scriptural Communications | |
Bibliography | |
THE QURÁN COMMENTARY OF THE BÁB | |
The Objectives of the Babis at Shaykh Tabarsi | |
May 1849May 1850 | |
An Analysis of the Objectives of Vahid and the Babis in Nayriz | |
An Analysis of the Objectives of Hujjat and the Zanjani Babis | |
Bibliography | |
SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT | |
The Later Development of the Babi Movement | |
Some Further Observations on the Bahai Faiths Evolution from the Babi Movement | |
Conclusion | |
NOTES ON TWO SALIENT THEMES | |
Bibliography | |
BABIBAHAʼI BOOKS AND BELIEVERS IN E G BROWNES A YEAR AMONGST | |
Yazd | |
Conclusion | |
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Abbas Afnan Ahd-i Ala al-asma al-Haqq Amir Kabir Aqasi Arabic Azali Bab's Bábí Bábí and Bahá'í Babi movement Babi religion Babism Baha'i Bahá'í Religions Baha'u'llah believers Book Bushihr cited claim clerics commentary conflict Dala'il Dawn-Breakers divine early episode Fayzi followers governor hadith Haji Mirza Hajji History Holy Hujjat Ibid Imam INBA INBMC Iran Iranian Isfahan Islamic Ja'far jihad Karbala Kashan Khan Khutba Kitab Lambden later letter MacEoin Maku Mazandarani merchants messianic Moojan Muhammad Shah Mulla Husayn Muslim Nabil Narrative Nāsikh al-Tavārīkh Nasir al-Din Nayriz Nuqtat al-Kaf Panj Persian Bayan prayer Prophet Qa'im Qajar Qazvin Qur'an reference religious revelation Samandar Sayyed Sayyid Kazim Shaykh Ahmad Shaykh Tabarsi Shaykhism Shi'i Shíí Shiraz Shoghi Effendi Sipihr sources spiritual súra Sūrat Tabriz Tafsir Tafsir súrat Táhirih Tehran town tradition trans translation ulama upheavals Vahid verses words writings Yazd yuzhiru-hu Allah Zanjan