This book examines the extensive writings and documents about the history of the Bahá’í Faith by Western authors not themselves Bahá’ís.

The Bahá’í Faith is a religion which, with its precursor, the Bábí movement, arose in mid-nineteenth-century Iran and has since spread to all parts of the world, with adherents from most races and nations. This book examines the extensive writings and documents about the history of the Bahá’í Faith by Western authors not themselves Bahá’ís.