Babi movement in Iran

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The Babi movement in Iran was a 19th-century Shi'a Islamic messianic movement that proclaimed the imminent appearance of the Mahdi and challenged both religious and political authorities of Qajar Iran.

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Babi movement in Iran canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic new religious movement
messianic movement
religious movement
coreBelief abrogation of certain Islamic laws
authority of the Báb as a new religious figure
imminent appearance of the Mahdi
country Iran
doctrine challenge to established Shia clerical authority
reinterpretation of Shia eschatology
endTime late 19th century
era 19th century
foundedBy the Báb
founderBirthPlace Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
founderName Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad Shírází
hasSuccessor Azali Babis
Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
historicalContext Qajar dynasty in Iran
linked to: Qajar Iran
influenced Baháʼuʼlláh
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh

later Iranian modernist thought
religious reform currents in 19th-century Iran
language Arabic
Persian
mainRegion Qajar Iran
notableFemaleFigure Táhirih
notableLeader Mullá Ḥusayn
Quddús
Táhirih
the Báb
opposedBy Qajar state
linked to: Qajar Iran

Shia clerical establishment in Iran
persecutedBy Qajar authorities
linked to: Qajar Iran

Shia ulama
politicalImpact challenge to Qajar political authority
religiousClassification Shia Islamic messianic movement
religiousText Arabic Bayán
Bayán
Persian Bayán
religiousTradition Shia Islam
resultedIn emergence of the Baháʼí Faith
formation of Azali Babi community
severe repression of Babis in Iran
significantEvent 1852 attempted assassination of Naser al-Din Shah
Babi uprising in Nayriz
Babi uprising in Zanjan
linked to: Bábí uprisings

Conference of Badasht
Declaration of the Báb in Shiraz in 1844
execution of the Báb in Tabriz in 1850
siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi
socialImpact early advocacy of unveiling by Táhirih at Badasht
startTime 1844
statusInIran heavily persecuted

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Mahdism hasHistoricalManifestation Babi movement in Iran