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Islam in practice: religious beliefs in a Persian village
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ISBN: 0585088500 9780585088501 1438411111 Year: 1988 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] State University of New York Press

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Expectation of the millennium: Shi'ism in history
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ISBN: 0585078491 9780585078496 1438414269 Year: 1989 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] State University of New York Press

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Twelver Shiism : Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722
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ISBN: 9780748633302 9780748633319 9780748631902 9780748678334 0748633316 0748633308 0748631909 0748678336 1336017139 Year: 2013 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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As many as 40 different Shi`i groups existed in the 9th and 10th centuries yet only 3 forms have survived. Why is Twelver Shi`ism one of themAs the established faith in modern Iran, the majority faith in Iraq and areas in the Gulf and with its adherents forming sizeable minorities elsewhere in the region, Twelver Shi'ism is arguably the most successful branch of Shi'ism. Andrew J. Newman chronicles the progression of Twelver Shiism, exploring the numerous external challenges and internal disagreements that marked the lives of believers in pockets across the Middle East to the early 18th century. During this time, from the 13th to the 15th century especially, with scholarly activity and the availability of earlier key texts of the faith limited, the region's many millenarian doctrines and movements threatened its demise. Only by the late 17th century was Twelver Shiism's survival assured, both in Iran and elsewhere in the region.

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