Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion compiled by E.G. Browne

An epitome of Bábí and Baháʼi history to A.D. 1898, translated from the original Arabic of Mirzá Muḥummad Jawád of Qazwín.--Ibráhim George Khayruʼlláh and the Baháʼi propaganda in America.--Further notes on Bábí, Azalí and Baháʼi literature, oriental and occidental, printed, lithographed and manuscript.--Five unpublished contemporary documents, Persían and English, relating to the Báb's examination at Tabriz in 1848.--An Austrian officer's account of the cruelties practised on the Bábís who suffered in the great persecution of 1852.--Two unpublished contemporary state papers bearing on the removal of the Bábís from Baghdád to Turkey in Europe, dated May 10, 1862.--Persecutions of Bábís in 1898-1891 at Isfahań and Yazd.--Account of the death and burial of Mírzá Yaḥyá Subḥ-i Azal on April 20, 1912.--List of the descendants of Mírzá Buzurg of Núr, the father both of Baháʼuʼlláh and of Subḥ-i-Azai.--Thirty heretical doctrines ascribed to the Bábís in the Iḥqáquʼl-Ḥaqq of Áqá Muḥammad Taqi of Hamadán.--Selected poems by Qurratuʼl-ʻAyn and Nabíl.

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 In this book, which was first published in 1918, Browne provided readers with access to previously unpublished material on the Bábí religious movement, which came to prominence in Persia between 1844 and 1852, before continuing in exile in the Ottoman Empire.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.