Peter Smith's video: The Babis: the development of a new religion pt 1

From chapter 3 of my book 'The Baha'i Faith: A Short History' (Oneworld, 1999). For a detailed academic overview of the Babi movement see Abbas Amanat. 'Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850'. Cornell University Press, 1989. See also: Denis MacEoin. 'The Sources for Early Bābī Doctrine and History: A Survey'. Brill, 1992; and Denis MacEoin. 'The Messiah of Shiraz: Studies in Early and Middle Babism'. Brill, 2009. My own brief account is in Peter Smith. 'The Babi and Baha'i Religions: From Messianic Shi'ism to a World Religion'. Cambridge University Press, 1987, pp. 5-56. On Babi doctrine see: Todd Lawson and Omid Ghaemmaghami (eds.) 'A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb,`Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850)'. George Ronald, 2012. My Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=42165895&fan_landing=true My PayPall account: paypal.me/PeterSmith602