The Encyclopaedia Iranica's reference survey of the recurring pattern of discrimination and organized violence against Iran's Babi and Baha'i communities from the nineteenth century onward, including the 1903 wave of pogroms at Yazd, Isfahan and Rasht, written by a specialist historian of the Babi and Baha'i religions.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Iranica, Columbia University 1 Publication Year Assessment
Reliability TierA signed, peer-reviewed entry in the Encyclopaedia Iranica, a scholarly reference maintained at Columbia University, written by an established academic historian of the Babi and Baha'i religions rather than a community or advocacy source. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Yazd, Cities This source names Yazd directly: "including the 1903 wave of pogroms at Yazd, Isfahan and Rasht, written by a specialist historian of the Babi and Baha'i religions."
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- Wars & Conflicts, 16 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 connected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
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