Scholars' comments on the religion and its predecessor Bábism date back to at least 1845, the year after its founding.
A number of collections of Baháʼí related materials are preserved around the world.
A number of venues exist for publishing materials related to the Baháʼí Faith.
[41] While there were previous Iran or near-Iranian sources of scholarship of the religion in early periods, wide-ranging publications covering mostly western literature include Moojan Momens' 1981 The Babi and Baha'i Religions, 1844–1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts,[41] William Collins' 1992 Bibliography of English-language works on the Bábí and Baháʼí faiths, 1844–1985,[42] and MacEoin's annotated bibliography borrowing heavily from Collins' work.
[43] There is also the Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baháʼí Faith by Robert Stockman and Jonah Winters published in 1997,[44] focusing more on later works.