historic-issues

  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 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…

  By Denis Mac Eoin            Azali Babism, designation of a religious faction which takes its name from Mīrzā Yaḥyā Nūrī Ṣobḥ-e Azal (about 1246-1330/1830 - 1912), considered by his followers to have been the legitimate successor to…

  By Vance Salisbury   Introduction While searching for information about the Sufism during the latter part of the 19th century, British orientalist Edward Granville Browne, came upon an account of Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab…

Abstract Dissimulation of the faith was widespread among Babis and Baha’is until the early years of the ministry of Shoghi Effendi (1921-57), when he, in a number of messages starting in 1927, prohibited its practice. …

 By Denis Mac Eoin     Badi Villiard,Mozayyen,… and Peter Smith posted on Facebook   Matte Hausse:Is there a 2nd part to Dawn breakers?          David Mozayyen Merrick: Several points, from my understanding. Vol 1, which…

  Dear Friends,           Baha’u’llah has made it compulsory upon every believer Bahá'í to prepare and keep a will and testament (the most Holy Book, para 255) during his life time. He himself followed the same procedure, wrote a will…

  By Sayyed Meghdad Nabavi Razavi M.A in history of Islam, Beheshti University   Abstract            Mirza Ali Mohammad Bab declared himself as the Promised Mahdi of Islam, and determined a Promised One for his new faith, and…

By A.Talei   Abstract           The holy prophets are the Messengers of God. The Almighty God has bestowed on them two divine weapons: the divine knowledge, and the divine extra- ordinary power, which serve as signs and…