The origins of the Shīʻa : identity, ritual, and sacred space in eighth-century Kūfa / Najam Haider.

The Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i i...

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