Bábism
Sign in to saveBábism () is a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb ( 'Ali Muhammad of Shiraz).'''''' The Báb, an Iranian merchant-turned-prophet, professed that there is one incorporeal, unknown, and incomprehensible God who manifests his will in an unending series of theophanies, called Point () in Bábí terminology. The Báb's revelation, throughout which there was much evolution as he progressively outlined his teachings, was turbulent and short-lived and ended with his public execution in Tabriz in 1850. A campaign of extermination followed, in which thousands of followers were killed in what has
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Bábism was a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb, an Iranian merchant-turned-prophet who taught that God manifests his will through an endless series of divine messengers. The movement was short-lived and faced severe persecution, ending with the Báb's execution in 1850 and the killing of thousands of his followers.
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30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Antecedents
- Origin
- Spread
- Uprisings and massacres
- Fort Tabarsi
- Zanjan upheaval
- Nayriz upheaval
- After the execution of the Báb
- Bahá'í–Azali split
- Beliefs and teachings
- God and prophets
- Progressive revelation
- Resurrection, Judgment Day and cyclical revelation
- Human nobility
- Improving the status of women
- Importance of education
- Ethics
- Aesthetics and Spiritual Refinement
- Hidden Imam
- Religious law
- Writings
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Encyclopedias
- Further reading
- External links
Bábism () is a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb ( 'Ali Muhammad of Shiraz).'''''' The Báb, an Iranian merchant-turned-prophet, professed that there is one incorporeal, unknown, and incomprehensible God who manifests his will in an unending series of theophanies, called Point () in Bábí terminology. The Báb's revelation, throughout which there was much evolution as he progressively outlined his teachings, was turbulent and short-lived and ended with his public execution in Tabriz in 1850. A campaign of extermination followed, in which thousands of followers were killed in what has been described as potentially one of the bloodiest actions of the Qajar Iranian military in the 19th century.
According to current estimates, Bábism has no more than a few thousand adherents, most of whom are concentrated in Iran, but it has persisted into the modern era in the form of the Bahá'í Faith, to which the majority of Bábís eventually converted.