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  Introduction           Abdul-Hossain Ayati (1871—1953) was a Persian Shia cleric,  notable poet,  Iranian Orator,  “outstanding author”   and “prominent historian”. He converted to the  Baha’i Faith at the age of 30 and 18 years…

by Edwin     Myth #1: The Bab and Baha’u’llah were anti-slavery            Truth: Both owned, bought, and sold black slaves. Baha’u’llah forbade the slave trade in the Aqdas, not slavery itself. One of the first laws that the…

      The Elder-Miller Version of the Baha'i "Book of Laws" is the earliest, the first, and the most honest.            Baha'is pride themselves on having an authentic religion unchanged by man. Not much point to that if you don't even…

           In this article I want to point out some of the predictions of the so called ‘Great Baha’i Leader’ Abdu’l-Baha which never came true. All those predictions proved that he was a fraud and a great Liar. Abdu'l-Baha in…

      Mirza Yahya Noori was a Babi, and Bab confirmed him as successor in the writings. His followers called Azali`s. Here an infographic of Mirza Yahya Noori`s family is presented by his five marriage:   Reference:…

  By  Denis MacEoin            BĀRFORŪŠĪ, MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD ALĪ (1239-65/1823-­49) was animportant figure in early Babism. He is generally referred to in Babi sources as Qoddūs or Esm-Allāh al-Āḵbar; and in Bahá'í works as Noqṭa-ye Oḵhrā…

 By Kamran Eqbal            BAḠDĀDI FAMILY, designation of an Arab family of a Bābi, Shaikh Moḥammad Šebli, and his Bahá'í progeny, his son Moḥammad-Moṣṭafā Baḡdādi, and the latter’s sons, Żiāʾ Mabsuṭ Baḡdādi and Ḥosayn Eqbāl.…

  By Sen Mc Glinn                When the young Shoghi Effendi was in England for studying, he went to Manchester, arriving there on October 1, 1921, and staying for six days. On the evening of October 2 he was at a meeting of the…

  By D. M. MACEOIN            BAYĀN (declaration, elucidation), term applied to the writings of the Bāb in general (Bayān-e fārsī 3:17, p. 102; 6:1, pp. 184-85) and to two late works in particular, the Bayān-e fārsī and al-Bayān…

  By Juan I.R.Cole             Browne first developed an intense curiosity about Babism when he read Gobineau’s account in the summer of 1886, and one of his pursuits during his subsequent year-long sojourn in Iran (1887-88) was making…