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245	1	0	_aThe Babi and Baha'i community of Iran: A case of "suspended genocide"?
500			_aDOI: 10.1080/14623520500127431
520	3		_aThe Baha’i community of Iran has its origins in the Babi movement, a religion which began in Iran in 1844. Its founder, Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi, who took the title the Bab (1819–1850), was executed in 1850 in the midst of a general persecution of the Babis that culminated in a general massacre in 1852. In about 1866, Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Nuri (1817–1892), who took the title Baha’u’llah, openly claimed to be the religious leader prophesied by the Bab in his writings. Since more than 90% of the surviving Babis became followers of Baha’u’llah, Baha’is, at about this time, it is legitimate from the sociological and historical viewpoint to regard these two movements, the Babis and the Baha’is, as one movement and, hereinafter, for ease of reference, all phases will be referred to as persecutions of the Baha’is, although it should be born in mind that the first phase was in fact a persecution of the Babi community.
700	1		_aMomen, Moojan
773			_tJournal of Genocide Research _g7, 221-241
856	4	1	_3PDF _ainternal-pdf://Momen - 2005 - The Babi and Baha'i community of Iran A case of suspended genocide.pdf
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