What does Bábism mean?

Bábism (a.k.a. the Bábí Faith; Persian: بابیه, romanized : Babiyye) is a religion founded in 1844 by the Báb (b. ʻAli Muhammad), an Iranian merchant turned prophet who taught that there is one incomprehensible God who manifests his will in an unending series of Manifestations of God.

Why was the Babi movement important?

The Babi movement… [became] an important catalyst of social progressiveness in mid-nineteenth-century Iran, promoting interreligious peace, social equality between the sexes and revolutionary anti-monarchism. Babism was a reflection of an older Iran that had been mass-producing messiahs in opposition to mainstream Islam since the seventh century….

What is Babi Rusa?

Babi-rusa, or hog-deer: an animal of the hog kind, with peculiar tusks resembling horns. Frau Babi led the way down into this hollow, which was then, luckily, free from water.

Where did the Bábi faith come from?

The Bábi Faith flourished in Iran until 1852, then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire, especially Cyprus, as well as underground in Iran. An anomaly amongst Islamic messianic movements, the Bábí movement signaled a break with Shia Islam, beginning a new religious system with its own unique laws, teachings, and practices.