The Bábí Religion

Edward Granville Browne (1862?1926) was a British orientalist renowned for his work on Persia. In this book, which was first published in 1918, Browne provided readers with access to previously unpublished material on the Bábí religious movement, which came to prominence in Persia between 1844 and 1852, before continuing in exile in the Ottoman Empire. This material was gathered by the author as a result of the development of personal relationships with key figures in the movement, such as Subh-i-Azal and Bahá'u'lláh, from 1890 onwards. Prior to publication, it was translated into English, where necessary, and properly organised to increase intelligibility. This is a highly informative text that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of Bábism.

Introduction; 1. An epitome of Bábí and Bahá'í history to AD 1898, translated from the original Arabic of Mírzá Muhammad Jawád of Qazwín; 2. Ibráhím George Khayru'lláh and the Bahá'í propaganda in America; 3. Further notes on Bábí, Azalí and Bahá'í literature, oriental and occidental, printed, lithographed and manuscript; 4. Five unpublished contemporary documents, Persian and English, relating to the Báb's examination at Tabríz in 1848; 5. An Austrian officer's account of the cruelties practised on the Bábís who suffered in the great persecution of 1852; 6. Two unpublished contemporary state papers bearing on the removal of the Bábís from Baghdád to Turkey in Europe, dated May 10, 1862; 7. Persecutions of Bábís in 1888–91 at Isfahán and Yazd; 8. Account of the death and burial of Mírzá Yahyá Subh-i-Azal on April 29, 1912; 9. List of the descendants of Mírzá Buzurg of Núr, the father both of Bahá'u'lláh and of Subh-i-Azal; 10. Thirty heretical doctrines ascribed to the Bábís in the Ihqáqu'l-Haqq of Áqá Muhammad Taqí of Hamadán; 11. Selected poems by Qurratu'l-'Ayn and Nabíl; Index; List of other works by the author of this book.