Life and Mission of the Báb

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• The Dawn-Breakers

  A first-hand account of the early days of the Bábí and Bahá'í Revelations. More >

• Overview of the Bábí Faith

  The early nineteenth century was a period of messianic expectation in the Islamic world as well as in the Christian world. In Persia, two influential theologians, Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í and his disciple and successor, Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, taught a doctrine that departed radically from orthodox Shiah belief. In addition to interpreting the Qur'án in an allegorical rather than a literal manner, the "Shaykhís," as their followers were known, proclaimed that the return of the Imam Mahdi, the appointed deliverer and successor of Muhammad, was imminent. More >

• The Mission of The Báb: Retrospective, 1844-1994

  The year 1994 marked the 150th anniversary of the declaration of His mission by the Báb (Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad, 1819-1850), one of the two Founders of the Bahá'í Faith. The moment invites an attempt to gain an overview of the extraordinary historical consequences that have flowed from an event little noticed at the time outside the confines of the remote and decadent society within which it occurred. More >