The Baháʼí Faith has its background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Bábism. Shaykhism centred on theosophical doctrines and many Shaykhis expected the return of the h
Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, Israel
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in Adrianople with his brothers and companions of Baháʼu'lláh.
The Báb was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings
Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, Israel
Calligraphic exercise of the Báb written before ten years old
A historical depiction of the Báb
The room where the Declaration of the Báb took place on the evening of 22 May 1844, in his house in Shiraz.