01021nam a2200121Ia 4500 180225s1989 CNT 000 0 und d Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866) This is a continuation of the author's "Hierarchy, Authority, and Eschatology in Early Bábí Thought", in In Iran (Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History ; v.3). MacEoin deals with the succession to the Báb, the claims by individuals to theophanic status in the period immediately following the Báb's execution, and the growing ascendancy and claims of Bahá'u'lláh. MacEoin concludes that the Báb fully intended Mírzá Yahyá Subh-i-Azal to be his successor, that he did not predict a succeeding Manifestation to arise for several centuries, and that Bahá'u'lláh's claims represent an extreme form of Shi'i and Bábí theophany. BABISM MacEoin, Denis Studia Iranica (Paris) 18, 93-129 PDF internal-pdf://1422943099/maceoin_authority_claims_babism.pdf 23759 23759