It was founded in 1863 in Persia as an offshoot of an earlier sect called Babism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baha'i] Reference

Aḥmad (the forerunner of Babism), the Bāb himself and Baha'ullah.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reconciliation of Races and Religions] Reference

At issue were his outspoken views (reflected in his dissertation on Babism, as well as numerous academic publications) to the effect that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

He soon grew used to the functions of the office, and gave out hundred-dollar interviews on every subject, from labour-strikes to Babism, with a frequency which reacted agreeably on the domestic exchequer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Descent of Man and Other Stories] Reference

“If Babism continues to grow at its present rate of progression, a time may conceivably come when it will oust Mohammedanism from the field in Persia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era] Reference

Shahbazi - old communist and new Islamist, anti-Semite and anti-Bahai - seriously claims to have discovered in his researches that “crypto-Jews” have played “an important role in bringing about and spreading Babism and Bahaism in Iran’s recent history”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did Crypto-Jews spread the Bahai religion in Iran???] Reference

Babism in, at the present day, 1120.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference

In modern Babism, -- a mixture of Mohammedanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference

Babism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subject Index Page 8] Reference

Babism. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas] Reference

Babism, 166.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference

"Babism") but hey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Christianity compared to Babism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference

"Baha'ism," "Bahaism," "Behaism," etc. are sometimes encountered in older material, or in material by dissidents, but are avoided by mainstream Bahá'ís, partly because they object to being consider an "ism" ( "Babism," however, meets with less objection).    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference