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Shi'i Islam

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/shii.htm

Article on the Shia branch of Islam in Encyclopedia of the Orient; includes a summary of their history, with a genealogy of the Imams.

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Shi'a

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/SHIA/SHIA1.HTM

A history of the Shia community, from its origins shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad through to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Four Centuries of Influence of Iraqi Shiism on Pre-Safavid Iran

http://al-islam.org/mot/iraqishiism/

An online book by Rasul Ja'fariyan explores the influence of the school of Sheikh Tusi of Baghdad on the survival of Shiism in Iran.

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