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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Label Occurrences
Babi movement in Iran canonical 1

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Statements (51)

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 ⓘ