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ISMA'ILIYYA

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  1959
Authors  Hussein, Kamil.
Place  Cairo
Key Words  English; Full Text Online
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DETAILS: ISMA'ILIYYA, Ta'ifat al-Isma'iliyya, Cairo 1959.


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ISMA'ILIYYA, a major branch of the Shi'a with numerous subdivisions. It branched off fromthe Imamiyya [see ithna 'ashariyya] by tracing the imamate through Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq's son
Isma'il, after whom it is named. By: M. Kamil Husayn, Ta'ifat al-Isma'iliyya, Cairo 1959.
http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei/isma.htm

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