Bábí movement

E782800

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.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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