The Bab and the Babi Community of Iran ====================================== Exported from Holy-Writings.com on 2026-06-18 1 clipping 1. Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Fereydun Vahman, The Bab and the Babi Community of Iran, bahai-library.com. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran Fereydun Vahman, editor Oneworld Academic, London, 2020 1. The three items from this book currently online (in earlier versions) Interpretation as Revelation: The Qur'an Commentary of the Báb, by Todd Lawson Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1853): A Preliminary Analysis, by Moojan Momen The Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsí, by Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam (see also 2002 version and audio) 2. Complete contents, for reference (from bahai.works) Biographies Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Map Preface 1. THE BAB: A SUN IN A NIGHT NOT FOLLOWED BY DAWN Fereydun Vahman translated by Adib Masumian The Bab Discontinues his Formal Education and Begins his Mercantile Work Epiphany, Piety, and Intuition The Bab’s Journey to the Sacred Shrine Cities of ‘Iraq The Bab’s Return to Shiraz and Marriage The Declaration of the Bab’s Cause: The Birth of a New Religion After the Declaration of the Bab’s Cause Mulla ‘Ali Bastami The Bab’s Eventful Journey to Mecca The Bab’s Return from Pilgrimage and the Events of Shiraz The Bab in Isfahan From Isfahan to Azarbaijan The Trial of Tabriz The Return to Chihriq Prison The Execution of the Bab in Tabriz Bibliography 2. THE WORLDVIEW OF THE BAB: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY Nader Saiedi Reconstruction of the Idea of Religion: Dialectical Logic and Historical Consciousness Reconstruction of the Idea of the Human Being and Human Identity Rationalism and Humanism Equality of the Believers and Canceling of the Authority of the Clerics Centrality of the Word and the Rejection of Miracles Reconstruction of Heaven, Hell, and the Day of Resurrection Reconstruction of the Concept of the Occultation and Return of the Imam Equal Rights, Social Justice, and Ethics Station of Women, Rejection of Patriarchy The Ethical Maxim: For the Sake of God Culture of Affirmation Development and Modernization: Perfection and Refinement Conclusion Bibliography 3. THE SHAPING OF THE BABI COMMUNITY: MERCHANTS, ARTISANS, AND OTHERS Abbas Amanat The Changing Economy The Babi Merchants The Babi Artisans Converts from the Government Ranks The Babi Community: An Assessment Selected Bibliography 4. FROM A PRIMAL POINT TO AN ARCHETYPAL BOOK: LITERARY TRAJECTORIES THROUGH SELECT WRITINGS OF THE BAB (1819-50) Stephen N. Lambden The Writings of the Bab, Some Preliminary Observations Bayan/Mubin (“Crystal Clear”) yet “Abstruse, Bewilderingly Abstruse (sa‘b mustasa‘b)”: Exegetical Clarity and Esoteric Depth in the Writings of the Bab The Shahada (Testimony of Faith) and its Alphabetical Mysteries Esoterica, the Abstruse, Sciences of the Unseen (‘ulūm al-ghayb) The Style, Grammar, and Syntax of the Bab Personal Letters, “Scriptural Tablets” (Lawh, pl. Alwah) Letters or Scriptural Tablets The Genesis of the New Shari‘a (Laws), the Khasa’il-i Sab‘a (mid. 1845) The All-Comprehensive Bayan (Exposition) of the Bab The Five Modes of Revelation Devotional Writings of the Bab Tafsir Sūrat al-Hamd (Praise) or al-Fatiha (“The Opening,” Q.1) “We indeed proffered thee al-Kawthar (The Abundance).” Hadith Commentary Commentaries on Hadith Texts by the Bab Sūrat al-Ridwan Khutbas, Literary Orations The Khutba al-Jidda (Literary Oration Nigh Jeddah) The Khutba on ‘ilm al-huruf (On the “Science of the Letters”) Select Treatises (Risala, pl. Rasa’il), Epistles (Ṣahifa, pl. Ṣuhuf) and Other Scriptural Communications The Risala fi’l-nubuwwa al-khassa (A Treatise on the Specific Prophethood of Muhammad) Epistles, Treatises, Booklets (Ṣahifa, pl. Ṣuhuf) The Persian Dala’il-i sab‘a (Seven Proofs) The Arabic al-dala’il al-sab‘a (Seven Proofs) Kitab al-asma’/Kull shay’ (The Book of the Divine Names, the “All Things”) Kitab-i panj sha‘n (The Book expressive of Five Modes of Revelation) The (Lawh-i) Haykal al-din (“Temple of Religion”) (1266/early-mid-1850) The Late Messianism of the Bab The Wasiyyat-nama (Will and Testament) Attributed to the Bab Concluding Summary Note Bibliography 5. INTERPRETATION AS REVELATION: THE QURAN COMMENTARY OF THE BAB, SAYYID ‘ALÍ MUḤAMMAD SHÍRÁZÍ (1819-50) Todd Lawson Life of the Báb The Shaykhí School Shaykhí Teachings Tafsír Works Tafsír súrat al-baqara Tafsír súrat Yúsuf Conclusions Bibliography 6. THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE BĀBĪ UPHEAVALS IN IRAN (1848-53): A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS Moojan Momen Introduction The Shaykh Ṭabarsī Upheaval: 1848-49 Total Number of Bābīs at Shaykh Ṭabarsī Rural/Urban Origin of Bābī Participants at Shaykh Ṭabarsī The Nayrīz Upheavals of 1850 and 1853 Occupations of Bābī Participants in the Two Nayrīz Upheavals Origins of Participants at the Two Nayrīz Upheavals Total Numbers of Bābī Participants at the Two Nayrīz Upheavals The Zanjān Upheaval: 1850-51 Occupations of Bābī Participants at Zanjān Origins of Bābī Participants at Zanjān Total Numbers of Bābī Participants at Zanjān The Tehran Episodes of 1850 and 1852 The Seven Martyrs of Tehran, 1850 The Tehran Executions of 1852 Occupations of the Bābīs Executed in Tehran in 1852 Conclusions A Comparative Analysis The Role of Women Other Social Groups The Social Basis of Babism 7. THE BABI-STATE CONFLICTS OF 1848-50 Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam Babi Clashes with the State: Neither Social Protest nor Offensive Holy War Review of the Primary Sources of the Babi Upheavals An Outline of the Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, September 1848—May 1849 The Objectives of the Babis at Shaykh Tabarsi The Calm between Storms: May 1849-May 1850 The Nayriz Conflict of May—June 1850 An Analysis of the Objectives of Vahid and the Babis in Nayriz Hujjat and the ‘Ulama’ of Zanjan The Zanjan Episode of May 1850—January 1851 An Analysis of the Objectives of Hujjat and the Zanjani Babis Conclusion Bibliography 8. FROM BABI MOVEMENT TO THE BAHA'I FAITH: SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF A NEW RELIGION Armin Eschraghi Some General Observations on the Bab’s Sacred Law Messianism in the Bab’s Writings The Later Development of the Babi Movement Baha’u’llah After the Bab’s Martyrdom Babi Messianism and the Question of Leadership Some General Observations on Baha’u’llah’s Sacred Law Some Further Observations on the Baha’i Faith’s Evolution from the Babi Movement Messianism Ritual Impurity (najasah) Holy War and Religious Legitimization of Violence Conclusion Bibliography 9. “THE HAND OF GOD IS NOT CHAINED UP”: NOTES ON TWO SALIENT THEMES IN THE PROSE WRITINGS OF ṬÁHIRIH QURRATU’L-‘AYN Omid Ghaemmaghami Introduction Progressive Revelation Love, Friendship, and Forbearance Bibliography 10. BABI-BAHA’I BOOKS AND BELIEVERS IN E. G. BROWNE’S A YEAR AMONGST THE PERSIANS Sholeh A. 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