Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on the Transliteration Foreword Introduction
1. Reforms in the Late Ottoman Empire Westernising Reforms and the Role of the ulema at the Turn of the 19th Century Sultan Abdülmecid The Tanzimat Period
2. Early Babis in the Ottoman Empire The Rule of Necib Pasha in Iraq and the Relationship with Iran The Rise of the Babi Movement Combined Sunni-Shi?i Opposition: the Trial of Mulla ?Ali Bastami The Bab's Epistle to Sultan Abdülmecid Sultan ...