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The Iranian Revolution of 1979 and recent events in Lebanon have greatly increased Western interest in the Shi'i branch of Islam, which is much less known than Sunni Islam. This volume provides a balanced and comprehensive treatment of a complex religious movement that has flourished since... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Muhammad Shah: Add a description of this character.
- Khumayni
- Husayn
- Abdu
- Ali Shah
- Shils
- Medina
- Hasan
- Fatima
- Muhammad Baqir Majlisi
- Musa
- Umar
- Ayatu
- Uthman
- Shahid
- Bihbahani
- Yazid
- Mukhtar
- Jabal
- Shari
- Sunnism
- Muslim
- Ibn Babuya
- Sayyid Ka
- Abidin
- Allama
- Timar
- Bihishti
- Yazdi
- Zayd
- Agha Khan
- Gabriel
- Ibn Sa
- Shaykhu
- Shaykh Ahmad
- Kashani
- Bazargan
- Mashhad
- Sharrati
- Hisham
- Hashim
- Khadija
- Adam
Setting & Locations edit
- Iran
- Iraq
- Shi'i Islam
- Karbala
- Isfahan
- Najaf
- Baghdad
- Sufism
- Syria
- India
- Mecca
- Lebanon
- Tehran
- Bahrain
- Qumm
- Kafa
- Masa
- Aleppo
- Egypt
- Tabriz
- Khurasan
- Anatolia
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- Umayyads
- Qajar
- Damascus
- Kuwait
- Kashmir
- Kirman
- Africa
- Herat
- Ubaydu
- Afghanistan
- Ramadan
- Russia
- Yemen
- Samarra
- Beirut
- Rayy
- Heaven
- Adharbayjan
- Arabia
- Gulf
First Sentence edit
This chapter is intended to set the background for the emergence of Shi'i Islam.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Moojan Momen (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 297.821
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