Resurrection and Renewal
Subtitle: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850
Publisher: Kalimat Press
Published: December 20, 2005
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781890688424
First sentence: Ever since the rise of the Penitents' movement of Mukhtr al-Thaqafï (66/685-686) and the subsequent disappearance, circa 700 A.D., of the declared Mahdi (the "rightly guided one"), Muhammad al-Hanafïya, the heterodox milieu of the Islamic world has yearned for a savior whose return will restore true guidance to the community.