Title: The genesis of Babi-Baha'i faiths in Shiraz and Fars
First published: 2008
Description: The Bábí and Baháʾí Faiths represent two of the most important religious movements of modern times. This book relates the story of the evolution of the Bábí-Baháʾí community, beginning with the birth of its founder, Siyyid ʾAlí-Muhammad, known as the Báb, in 1819 and then traced over the next century and a half in the city of his birth, Shíráz. Its author, Mírzá Habíbuʾlláh Afnán, was himself born in the house of the Báb, reared by the widow of the Báb, who shared with him many stories of the Báb’s life, then spent nearly a year with Baháʾuʾlláh in the ʾAkka-Haifa area, and some ten years in close proximity to Baháʾuʾlláh’s son ʾAbduʾl-Bahá. He served for the next half century as the hereditary custodian of the house of the Báb, and as such was uniquely qualified to tell the story of the Bábí-Baháʾí Faiths in the city of Shíráz in remarkable and moving detail.
Subjects: Bahai Faith, Bahais, Shiraz, Fars, Iran, Baha'is, Bahai faith, Iran, history
Places: Iran, Shīrāz, Fārs, Shiraz, Fars
People: Baha'u'llah, Bab, Afnan, Rabbani
Time periods: 19th century Iran, 20th century Iran
LC classification: BP330 .A3613 2008