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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century religion
Islamic messianic movement
religious movement
alsoKnownAs Bábism NERFINISHED
consideredAs heretical by many contemporary Shia clerics
coreBelief abrogation of certain Islamic laws
imminent appearance of a new divine messenger
progressive revelation
countryOfOrigin Persia NERFINISHED
doctrine abrogation of Islamic sharia for its followers
new religious laws revealed by the Báb
emergedFrom Shia Islam NERFINISHED
Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED
experiencedEvent Bábí persecutions in Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
Bábí uprisings NERFINISHED
foundedBy the Báb NERFINISHED
foundedInCity Shiraz NERFINISHED
foundedInRegion Fars Province NERFINISHED
geographicSpread Iraq NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Persia NERFINISHED
hasCentralFigure the Báb NERFINISHED
hasFounder the Báb NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Baháʼu'lláh NERFINISHED
Mullá Husayn NERFINISHED
Quddús NERFINISHED
Táhirih NERFINISHED
hasSacredFigureTitle the Báb NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 19th century
influenced Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED
languageOfScripture Arabic NERFINISHED
Persian
meaningOfName followers of the Báb
messianicExpectation appearance of "He whom God shall make manifest" NERFINISHED
fulfilment of the Shia concept of the Mahdi
originatedIn Persia NERFINISHED
Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
persecutedBy Persian clerical establishment NERFINISHED
Qajar authorities NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Bábism NERFINISHED
religiousText Arabic Bayán NERFINISHED
Bayán NERFINISHED
Persian Bayán NERFINISHED
servedAs immediate precursor to the Baháʼí Faith
startDate 1844
successorMovement Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED
theologicalRole forerunner to the Baháʼí revelation

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The Dawn-Breakers subject Bábí Faith