Bábí movement

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Islamic reform movement messianic movement religious movement

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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bábism	1
Bábí dispensation	1
Bábí–Bahá'í history	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
declarationDate	23 May 1844 ⓘ
declarationPlace	Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedWithin	Shia millenarian expectations ⓘ
estimatedPeakAdherents	tens of thousands ⓘ
experienced	persecution in Qajar Iran ⓘ
foundedBy	the Báb NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	the Báb NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentClassification	heresy in Qajar Iran ⓘ
hadArmedConflictsAt	Nayriz NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaykh Tabarsí NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanjan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCentralFigure	the Báb NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableDisciple	Baháʼuʼlláh NERFINISHED ⓘ Subh-i-Azal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessorMovement	Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOutcome	largely absorbed into the Baháʼí community ⓘ
influenced	Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPrecursorOf	Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyConcept	He whom God shall make manifest NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfScripture	Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian ⓘ
opposedBy	Qajar authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Shia clergy ⓘ
originalName	Bayání movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedFrom	Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
regardedFounderAs	Gate to the Hidden Imam NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahdi NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousText	Arabic Bayán NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayán NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Bayán NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
splitLedTo	Azali Bábís NERFINISHED ⓘ Baháʼís NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1844 ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bábí–Bahá'í history

Declaration of the Báb → marksBeginningOf → Bábí movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bábí dispensation

the Báb → movement → Bábí movement ⓘ

the Báb → religionFounded → Bábí movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bábism