Bábí Faith

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The Bábí Faith was a 19th-century Persian religious movement founded by the Báb that proclaimed the imminent appearance of a new divine messenger and served as the immediate precursor to the Baháʼí Faith.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bábí Faith canonical 10
Bábism 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century religion ⓘ
Islamic messianic movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
consideredAs heretical by many contemporary Shia clerics ⓘ
coreBelief abrogation of certain Islamic laws ⓘ
imminent appearance of a new divine messenger ⓘ
progressive revelation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Persia ⓘ
doctrine abrogation of Islamic sharia for its followers ⓘ
new religious laws revealed by the Báb ⓘ
emergedFrom Shia Islam ⓘ
Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
experiencedEvent Bábí persecutions in Qajar Iran ⓘ
Bábí uprisings ⓘ
foundedBy the Báb ⓘ
foundedInCity Shiraz ⓘ
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
foundedInRegion Fars Province ⓘ
geographicSpread Iraq ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
hasCentralFigure the Báb ⓘ
hasFounder the Báb ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Baháʼu'lláh ⓘ
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh

Mullá Husayn ⓘ
linked to: Mullá Ḥusayn

Quddús ⓘ
Táhirih ⓘ
hasSacredFigureTitle the Báb ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influenced Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
languageOfScripture Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
meaningOfName followers of the Báb ⓘ
messianicExpectation appearance of "He whom God shall make manifest" ⓘ
fulfilment of the Shia concept of the Mahdi ⓘ
originatedIn Persia ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
persecutedBy Persian clerical establishment ⓘ
Qajar authorities ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran
relatedConcept Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
religiousText Arabic Bayán ⓘ
Bayán ⓘ
Persian Bayán ⓘ
servedAs immediate precursor to the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
startDate 1844 ⓘ
successorMovement Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
theologicalRole forerunner to the Baháʼí revelation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

The Dawn-Breakers → subject → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Nabíl-i-Zarandí → religion → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Bábí Faith → relatedConcept → Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
Bábí Faith → alsoKnownAs → Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
Táríkh-i-Nabíl → subject → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Nabíl’s Narrative → subject → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Báb → religion → Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
Nabíl-i-Aʿzam → religion → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ → religiousTradition → Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí Faith
Mullá Ḥusayn → religion → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Mullá Ḥusayn → veneratedIn → Bábí Faith ⓘ
Mullá Ḥusayn → conversionTo → Bábí Faith ⓘ