but for the Bab and thousands of his followers, such a conception was a natural and obvious understanding of events. The Bab’s message was also an answer to the troubles besetting the world of Islam, that because of sectarian divisions, and the rise of extremists, had strayed from its spiritual truths, stumbling from one crisis to another, stuck in a dark past instead of striving to build a brighter future. At a time when there is an active attempt at historical revisionism by the Iranian Government in order to erase the past from the collective memory, preserving this cultural heritage and familiarization of the Iranian people with these events is especially important. This book is a contribution to this end so that enlightened thinkers might better appreciate the historical truth independent of the false and hateful narratives against the Babis and Baha’is that certain Shia clerics and their followers have spread over more than a century and half.
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