D. M. MacEoin
Articles by D. M. MacEoin
- BAHAISM xii. Bahai Literature
BAHAISM xii. Bahai Literature Bahai literature is a large body of writing in Persian and Arabic produced by leaders and…
- BAHAISM vii. Bahai Persecutions
BAHAISM vii. Bahai Persecutions Bahai persecutions were a pattern of continuing discriminatory measures against adherents and institutions of the Bahai…
- BAHAISM iii. Bahai and Babi Schisms
BAHAISM iii. Bahai and Babi Schisms Although it never developed much beyond the stage of a sectarian movement within Shiʿite…
- BAYĀN (2)
BAYĀN (declaration, elucidation), term applied to the writings of the Bāb in general (Bayān-e fārsī 3:17, p. 102; 6:1, pp. 184-85)…
- BĀRFORŪŠĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ
BĀRFORŪŠĪ, MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ, important figure in early Babism (1239-65/1823-49). He is generally referred to in Babi sources as Ḥażrat-e Qoddūs…
- BARAḠĀNĪ, MOḤAMMAD-TAQĪ
BARAḠĀNĪ MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD-TAQĪ, QAZVĪNĪ, ŠAHĪD-E ṮĀLEṮ, an important Shiʿite ʿālem of Qazvīn (d. 1263/1847). Baraḡānī was the first cleric to…
- BĀLĀSARĪ
BĀLĀSARĪ, term popularly used to distinguish ordinary Shiʿites from members of the Shaikhi sect. The distinction is sometimes expressed by…
- BADĪʿ (2)
BADĪʿ, designation of the calendar system of Babism and Bahaism, originally introduced by the Bāb in several works, including his Persian…
- BABISM
BABISM i. The Babi movement. ii. Babi executions and uprisings. iii. Babism in Neyriz. i. The Babi Movement Babism…
- BĀB, ʿAli Moḥammad Širāzi
BĀB, SAYYED ʿALĪ MOḤAMMAD ŠĪRĀZĪ (1235/1819-1266/1850), the founder of Babism. Born in Shiraz on 1 Moḥarram 1235/20 October 1819, he…
- BĀB (1)
BĀB “door, gate, entrance”: a term of varied application in Shiʿism and related movements. It is applied differently in several…
- AZALI BABISM
AZALI BABISM, designation of a religious faction which takes its name from Mīrzā Yaḥyā Nūrī Ṣobḥ-e Azal (about 1246-1330/1830-1912), considered…
- AYĀDĪ-E AMR ALLĀH
AYĀDĪ-E AMR ALLĀH, “Hands of the Cause of God” (sing. also ayādī, normally preceded by the reverential term ḥażrat), term…
- ʿALĪ BESṬĀMĪ
ʿALĪ BESṬĀMĪ, MOLLĀ, early Bābī ʿālem and member of the ḥorūf al-ḥayy or sābeqūn, the first followers of the Bāb….
- AḤSĀʾĪ, SHAIKH AḤMAD
AḤSĀʾĪ, SHAIKH AḤMAD B. ZAYN-AL-DĪN, 1166-1241/1753-1826, Shiʿite ʿālem and philosopher and unintending originator of the Šayḵī school of Shiʿism in…