Materials for the Study of the Azalī–Bahāʾī Schism 1
Materials for the Study of the Azalī–Bahāʾī Schism 1 presents eight scholarly studies and documentary translations examining the contested origins of the Bahāʾī faith and the historical succession of Ṣubḥ-i-Azal to the Bāb. Drawing upon original Arabic and Persian manuscripts, contemporary correspondence, and neglected Azalī Bābī sources, the volume critically reassesses the Baghdad and Edirne periods, the emergence of Bahāʾuʾllāh’s religious claims, allegations of violence against Azalīs, and the Bāb’s testamentary writings. Accompanied by a substantial Critical Introduction, manuscript facsimiles, a Prosopographical Register, Chronology, and bibliography, this volume offers a decolonial and source-critical reassessment of one of the most consequential schisms in modern Iranian religious history. Download PDF, here , and, here . CONTENTS Transliteration and Style — xii Abbreviations — xiv List of Plates — xv Prosopographical Register — xvi Chronology — xxi CRITICAL INTRODUC...
