The Mission of the Báb

The Mission of the Báb

Retrospective 1844-1994

In this article, first published in the 1994–5 edition of The Bahá’í World, Douglas Martin considers the Revelation of the Báb in the context of its impact on the Western writers of the period and its subsequent influence.

By Douglas Martin

The Central Figures

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