Bábí movement

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The Bábí movement was a 19th-century Persian religious reform and messianic movement that emerged from Shia Islam and served as the immediate precursor to the Bahá'í Faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic reform movement
messianic movement
religious movement
coreBelief abrogation of certain Islamic laws
coming of a messianic figure
progressive revelation
countryOfOrigin Persia
declarationDate 23 May 1844
declarationPlace Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
emergedWithin Shia millenarian expectations
estimatedPeakAdherents tens of thousands
experienced persecution in Qajar Iran
foundedBy the Báb
founder the Báb
governmentClassification heresy in Qajar Iran
hadArmedConflictsAt Nayriz
Shaykh Tabarsí
Zanjan
hasCentralFigure the Báb
hasDoctrine abrogation of Islamic sharia for Bábís
anticipation of “He whom God shall make manifest”
new religious laws revealed by the Báb
hasKeyEvent Declaration of the Báb
hasNotableDisciple Baháʼuʼlláh
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh

Subh-i-Azal
hasSuccessorMovement Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
historicalOutcome largely absorbed into the Baháʼí community
influenced Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
isPrecursorOf Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
keyConcept He whom God shall make manifest
languageOfScripture Arabic
Persian
opposedBy Qajar authorities
linked to: Qajar Iran

Shia clergy
originalName Bayání movement
linked to: Bábí movement
originatedFrom Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia
presentDayLocation Iran
regardedFounderAs Gate to the Hidden Imam
linked to: The Mahdi

Mahdi
religiousText Arabic Bayán
Bayán
Persian Bayán
religiousTradition Shia Islam
splitLedTo Azali Bábís
Baháʼís
linked to: Baha'i Faith
startTime 1844
timePeriod 19th century

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Bahá'u'lláh associatedWith Bábí movement
Martyrdom of the Báb associatedWith Bábí movement
Martyrdom of the Báb hasCategory Bábí–Bahá'í history
linked to: Bábí movement
the Báb religionFounded Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
the Báb movement Bábí movement
Declaration of the Báb marksBeginningOf Bábí dispensation
linked to: Bábí movement
Bábí movement originalName Bayání movement
linked to: Bábí movement
Nabíl-i-Zarandí movement Bábí movement
Báb founded Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Báb movement Bábí movement
Nabíl-i-Aʿzam movement Bábí movement
the Gate associatedWithReligion Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
the Gate linkedToMovement Bábí movement
Bayán religion Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Persian Bayán religion Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Arabic Bayán religiousMovement Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ scriptureOf Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Daláʼil-i-Sabʻih religiousTradition Bábí religion
linked to: Bábí movement
Daláʼil-i-Sabʻih religiousMovement Bábí movement
Mullá Ḥusayn movement Bábí movement
Maku fortress associatedWith Bábí movement
Chihriq fortress religiousSignificance associated with Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad founded Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad religion Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad movement Bábí movement
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad veneratedIn Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement