A History of the Shi'a People- Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi mysticism Shaista Yusufali

Shaista Yusufali

concepts and definitions drives from the sources of Islam

yet profound Muslim mystic of the twentieth century

To the editors who always met the deadlines

A History of the Shi'a People- Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi mysticism Shaista YusufaliThis book deals with the history of the Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim community from the early days of Islam up to present day. Starting with a brief note on the origin of the Shia faith, the book describes the early days of its followers history from the 7th 11th century. From there, it focuses on regions; beginning with the history of the Shias of Iran, Iraq & Afghanistan, reviewed together due to the multiple layers of mutual influences among them on