- Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker, by Graham Hassall. (1999) Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Bahá'í.
- Asking Questions: A Challenge to Fundamentalism, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání: Review, by Graham Hassall. (1991)
- Aspects of Isrá'íliyyát and the Emergence of the Bábí-Bahá'í Interpretation of the Bible, Some, by Stephen Lambden. (2002) Islamic "Israelitica" literary traditions, the Bible, and their relationship to the Bábí and Bahá'í religions. Includes discussion of the Greatest Name, Ism Alláh al-A'zam.
- Authenticity of The Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living, by Universal House of Justice. (2020-01-19) Memorandum of the Research Department of the Bahá'í World Center about the authenticity of the speech of the Báb to the Letters of the Living.
- Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living, The, by The Báb, Nabil-i-A'zam. (1844) The Báb's farewell speech to the Letters of the Living, extracted from Nabil-i-A'zam's The Dawn-Breakers, pp. 92-94.
- Babi Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic, by Jack McLean. (2009) In defining the three ages of Bábí-Bahá’í history, Shoghi Effendi named the first the Heroic Age, thus aligning the virtue of heroism and the Bahá’í Faith’s metaphor of historical time, with The Bab as the tragic hero.
- Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by Jack McLean. (2012) Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of Hegel; the military metaphor; the language of interpretation; history of the apostolic age.
- Chronology of Principal Events Related in the Dawn-Breakers, Author unknown, comp. (n.d.) Table of 59 key events in early Bábí history.
- Competing for the Oneness Of Mankind: The Influence of the Bahá'í Faith on the Olympic Games, by Kiser Barnes. (2001) The influence of the Bahá'í Faith on the Olympic Games and how it relates to the principle of the oneness of mankind.
- Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays, by Marzieh Gail. (1976) A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
- Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, by Nabil-i-A'zam. Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1932) The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Bahá'í Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí].
- Dawn-Breakers Movie, The, by James J. Keene. (1986/2021) Sample sections of a movie script of historical fiction: preface, first scene, and appendices 1-5: Dawn-Breakers chronology, story outline and plot, and character visualizations.
- Dawn-Breakers Novel, The, by James J. Keene. (2021) Sample chapters from a book of historical fiction: preface and chapters 1-3: Anticipation of the mission of the Báb, the Shaykhi movement in Karbala, and proclamation of the mission of the Báb.
- Dawn-Breakers, The: A Summary, by Martijn Kersten. (2002) Outline, in point form, of each chapter.
- Dawn-Breakers: A Study Guide and Outline, Brett Zamir, comp. (2002) See the actual outline at dawnbreakers/expandedoutlinedb.html.
- Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of The Bahá'í Revelation: Study Guide, by National Teaching Committee. (1932)
- Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. (1991)
- Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan, by John Walbridge. (1998-05) Analysis of Muslim and Bahá'í historical texts, including Dawnbreakers.
- Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer, by Amine de Mille. (1973-10) Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
- Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. (2000) On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension.
- God Passes By: Outline and cross-reference of chapters correlated with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers, Brett Zamir, comp. (2002) A variety of indexes and tables correlating these three books.
- Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry. (1997) Biography of a travel-teacher, translator of the Writings into Italian, and the first pioneer to Italy. She had a great impact on her fellow believers during her lifetime, but is little-recognized today.
- Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The, by Jack McLean. (2006) Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portray in moralistic terms. This paper explores the heroic motif through a literary framework in the model of Thomas Carlyle's concept of the prophet as hero.
- Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America, by Daniel Akira Stadnicki. (2019) On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in Bahá'í American music; themes of religious oppression, persecution, and martyrdom; Iranian diaspora, transnational music-making, and cosmopolitanism.
- Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism, by Michael W. Sours. (1992) Bahá'u'lláh uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the realm of creation — such as "angel," "fire," and the prophets' claims to be incarnating the "face" or "voice" of God; these convey the transcendence of God.
- Interview with A.L.M. Nicolas of Paris: Translator of many important works of the Báb, by Edith Sanderson. Peter Terry, trans. (1942) Nicolas' life, his encounter with the Bábí movement, his motivations and translation efforts.
- Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah", by Brian Wittman. (2001) Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings.
- Letters of Living, Dawn-Breakers, Quddús, Terraces, by Universal House of Justice. (2000) Five unrelated questions: Identity of the Letters of the Living; "List of Illustrations" in the Dawn-Breakers; Status of the Writings of Quddus; Naming of the Terraces at the Arc; and The Bab's Tablets in the Dawn-Breakers.
- Little Badasht: Aids for the Study of Nabil's Narrative, Author unknown, comp. (1980/2001) Study guide of The Dawn-Breakers designed for a youth audience. Includes chronology of the time period, and maps of Persia.
- Map of Persia, by Author unknown. (1932) Map included in the 1932 edition of Dawnbreakers.
- Mission of Bahá'u'lláh, The: And Other Literary Pieces, by George Townshend. (1952) Poems, meditations, and essays, including "Nabíl’s history of the Báb," "Abdu’l-Bahá: A study of a Christlike character," "Queen Marie of Rumania and the Bahá’í Faith," "The wellspring of happiness," and "The genius of Ireland."
- Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay, by Julio Savi. (2020-05) Introduction to the life of the Báb, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artist Simina Boicu Rahmatian.
- Mulla Husayn's Journey: Google Earth video, by Boris Handal. (2022) This silent video captured from Google Earth shows Mulla Husayn's 800km, 82-day journey from Mashhad to Shaykh Tabarsi with 200+ Babis (21 July - 12 October 1848).
- Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís, by Negar Mottahedeh. (1998) A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis/Bahá'ís as being disruptive symbols of destabilizing modernism, with the stories of Qurratu'l-'Ayn's public unveiling a central element.
- Nabil's Narrative: What History has Forgotten, by Soheila Vahdati. Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2008-09-18) An outsider's view of how Iranian media and society have glossed over or intentionally obscured Iran's treatment of 19th-century dissidents.
- Number of the Letters of the Living, by Muhammad Afnan. (2004)
- Pedigree of the Qajar Dynasty, by Shoghi Effendi. (1932) Genealogical chart of the Qajar Dynasty
- Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The, by Universal House of Justice. (2009-03-08) Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript used by Shoghi Effendi for The Dawn-Breakers; can scholars inspect the one surviving copy; does a corrected version or a "second manuscript" exist?
- Pioneering, Language, Arts, Example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Universal House of Justice. (1998-02-10) Pioneering; Serving parents; Serving where need is; Gardens; International Auxiliary Language; Arabic pronunciation; study of Persian; Some references in Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Folk art; External affairs; Daily living; Abdu'l-Bahá as divine exemplar.
- Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1934) Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Bábí history authored by Nabil-i-A'zam.
- Release the Sun, by William Sears. (1960) Millennialism gripped many around the world during the early 19th century. While Christians expected the return of Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would appear. This is a living history of that period.
- Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht, by Negar Mottahedeh. (1998-02) Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic history; also Shaykh Abu Turab's recollections of the event and his literary role in Nabil's Dawn-Breakers.
- Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith, by William P. Collins. (1990) The mythological universe created by Bahá’u’lláh employs three significant spiritual verities: the unknowable nature of the Ultimate Mystery, the relativity of religious/mythological truth, and the necessity of science and investigation of reality.
- Saddlebag, The: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review, by Carolyn See. (2000-09-15)
- Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review, by Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. (2002)
- Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse, by Universal House of Justice. (2004-09-06) Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the ungodly, infallibility, sexual violence, and abuse.
- Stories from the Dawn-Breakers: For Children, by William Sears. (1998) Stories for children about Shaykh Ahmad, Siyyid Kazim, Young Man in the Green Turban, The Letters of the Living, and The Bab, taken from the book Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, by Zoe Meyer, illustrated by Winifred Barnum Newman (1998).
- Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics, by Mark A. Foster. (1999) Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility: Sinlessness and Prophetic Ecology," "The Case of Some Answered Questions [pedagogy and evolution]," and "The Gospel According to Nabíl."
- Translation of French Foot-Notes of the Dawn-Breakers, Emily McBride Perigord, trans. (1939) Translation of the French footnotes of The Dawn-Breakers.
- Traveler's Narrative, A Study Outline and Cross-Reference, Brett Zamir, comp. (2001) Summary headings and correlation of passages with The Dawn-Breakers, God Passes By, the Lawh-i-Sultán, and other works.
- Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh, National Youth Committee, comp. (1985) Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Bahá'í youth.
- Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth": Original Source, Correct Transliteration and Translation, by Universal House of Justice. (2001-12-28) About an invocation revealed by the Báb, prescribed for recitation in times of trouble and difficulty.
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