Azali Bahá'í (historical Babi remnant)
Historical 1860s split from the larger Babi/Bahá'í community following Subh-i-Azal's claim. Very small surviving community in Iran and Cyprus.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — historical Babi-remnant offshoot from 1860s split; very small.
Profile facts
In context
After the Báb's 1850 execution, Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal initially led the Babi community. His half-brother Bahá'u'lláh's 1863 declaration produced the 1860s split that produced the Azali remnant and the much-larger Bahá'í community. Very small Azali community continues.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 1850The Báb executed
- 1863Bahá'u'lláh's Baghdad declaration; split begins
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus — Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1997) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| A Brief Biography of Baha'u'llah · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| A Traveller's Narrative, An epitome of Bábí and Baháʼí history to A.D. 1898 · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010 — The World's Religions in Figures (2013) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Personal Reminiscences of the Bábí Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850 · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Un prisonnier d'État à Chypre sous la domination ottomane : Soubh-i-Ezèl à Famagouste · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| The Primal Point's Will and Testament, Translation and Commentary · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Mulla ʻAbdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib) · archive | Academic | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Various Bahá'í-studies academic work search ↗
- Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus — https://www.jstor.org/stable/1465818 open ↗
- Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus — Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1997) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjaarel%2FLXV.1.47 open ↗
- A Brief Biography of Baha'u'llah — http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahabio.htm open ↗
- A Traveller's Narrative, An epitome of Bábí and Baháʼí history to A.D. 1898 — http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/A-E/B/browne/tn/tnappx2.htm open ↗
- Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010 — The World's Religions in Figures (2013) — https://doi.org/10.1002%2F9781118555767.ch1 open ↗
- Personal Reminiscences of the Bábí Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850 — http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/articles/A-E/browne/brznjan1.htm open ↗
- Un prisonnier d'État à Chypre sous la domination ottomane : Soubh-i-Ezèl à Famagouste — https://www.academia.edu/8926137 open ↗
- The Primal Point's Will and Testament, Translation and Commentary — http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/notes/vol7/BABWILL.htm open ↗
- Mulla ʻAbdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib) — http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/notes/qazvini9.htm open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: academic sources. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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