The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs

The BAbA- and BahAE3/4A- Faiths represent two of the most important religious movements of modern times. This book relates the story of the evolution of the BAbA--BahAE3/4A- community, beginning with the birth of its founder, Siyyid E3/4AlA--Muhammad, known as the BAb, in 1819 and then traced over the next century and a half in the city of his birth, ShA-rAz. Its author, MA-rzA HabA-buE3/4llAh AfnAn, was himself born in the house of the BAb, reared by the widow of the BAb, who shared with him many stories of the BAba (TM)s life, then spent nearly a year with BahAE3/4uE3/4llAh in the E3/4Akka-Haifa area, and some ten years in close proximity to BahAE3/4uE3/4llAha (TM)s son E3/4AbduE3/4l-BahA. He served for the next half century as the hereditary custodian of the house of the BAb, and as such was uniquely qualified to tell the story of the BAbA--BahAE3/4A- Faiths in the city of ShA-rAz in remarkable and moving detail.