1. Babism (bä`bĭzəm), system of doctrines proclaimed in Persia in 1844 by Ali Muhammad of Shiraz

2. Babism bä´bĭzəm , system of doctrines proclaimed in Persia in 1844 by Ali Muhammad of Shiraz

3. Babism a religion founded in 1844 by the Persian Mirza Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (1819–50, popularly known as ‘The Bab’), who taught that a new prophet would follow Muhammad. Babism developed into Baha'i when Baha'ullah claimed to be this prophet