Bbism (Paperback)

Bbism is a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844 to 1852, then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire (especially Cyprus) as well as underground. Its founder was Siyyid Al-Muhammad of Shiraz, who took the title Bb - meaning "Gate" - from a Shi'a theological term. Unlike other Islamic messianic movements, the Bb movement signalled a break with Islam and attempted to start a new religious system. While the Bb movement was violently opposed and crushed by the clerical and government establishments in the country in the mid 1850s, the Bb movement led to the founding of the Bah' Faith which sees the religion brought by the Bb as a predecessor to their own religion, and gives a renewed significance to the Bb movement.