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Chapter 10:List of Abbreviations

List of Abbreviations Employed in the Footnotes and in the Bibliography

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Bihar ‑ al‑Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir, Bihar al‑Anwar, 110 vols., Tehran, 1375­1395/1956‑1975.

B. Sahih‑ al‑Bukhari, Muhammad b. Isma'il, al‑Jami` al‑Sahih, Leiden, 1862‑1908.

Dala'il ‑ al‑Tabari, Muhammad b. Jarir b. Rustam, Dala'il al‑Imama, Najaf, 1369/1949.

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Fakhri ‑ Ibn al‑Taqtaqi, Muhammad b. `Ali, al Fakhri fi al‑Adad al‑Sultaniyya, Cairo, 1345/1929.

Fasl‑ Ibn Hazm, `Ali b. Muhammad, al‑Fasl fial‑Milal wa‑I‑Ahwa' wa‑l‑Nihal, Cairo, 1317‑21

al‑Fusul al‑`Ashara ‑ al‑Mufid, Muhammad b. al‑Nu`man, al‑Fusul al‑`Ashara fi al-Ghayba, Najaf, 1371/1951.

al‑Fusul al‑Mukhtara ‑ al‑Murtada, al‑Fusul al‑Mukhtara min al‑`Uyun wal‑Mahasin lil‑Mufid, 2 vols., Najaf, 1966.

Ibar ‑ Ibn Khaldun, al‑`Ibar wa diwan al‑Mubatada' wal‑l‑Khabar, 7 vols., Cairo, 1284‑7/1867‑70.

Ikhtiyar‑ al‑Kashshi, Muhammad b. 'Umar, Ikhtiyar Ma`rifat al‑Rijal, Mashhad, 1972.

`Ilal ‑ al‑Saduq, Muhammad b. `Ali, `Ilal al‑Shara'i`, Najaf, 1385/1966.

al‑Irshad ‑ al‑Mufid, Muhammad b. al‑Nu`man, al‑Irshad, Najaf, 1972; English translation, Balagha Books, 1981.

Ithbat ‑ al‑Mas`udi, `Ali b. al‑Husayn, Ithbat al‑Wasiyya, Najaf, 1955.

J. Wuzara'‑ al‑Jahshayari, Muhammad b. `Abdus, Kitab al‑Wuzara' wal‑Kuttab, Cairo, 1357/1939.

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Khatib‑ al‑Khatib al‑Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, 14 vols., Cairo, 1349/1931.

Kindi‑ al‑Kindi, Muhammad b. Yusuf, Kitab Wulat Misr, Beirut, 1379/1959.

Maqatil ‑ al‑Isfahani, Abu al‑Faraj, Maqatil al‑7alibiyyin, Cairo, 1368/1949, also Najaf, 1965.

Milal‑ al‑Shahristani, Muhammad b. `Abd al‑Karim, Kitab al‑Milal wal‑Nihal, London 1263/1846.

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M. Sahih ‑ Muslim b. al‑Hajjaj al‑Nisaburi, Sahih Muslim, Cairo, 1377/1956.

Al-Najashi ‑ al‑Najashi, Ahmad b. al‑‘Abbas, Kitab al‑Rijal, Tehran, n.d.

N. Firaq‑ al‑Nawbakhti, al‑Hasan b. Musa, Firaq al‑Shi`a, Leipzig, 1931, also Najaf 1963.

Nujum ‑ Ibn Taghri Bardi, Abu al‑Mahasin, al‑Nujum al‑Zahira fi Muluk Misr wal­Qahira, 12 vols., Cairo, n.d.

Q. Maqalat ‑ Sad al‑Ash`ari al‑Qummi, Kitab al‑Maqalat wal‑Firaq, Tehran, 1963.

Tabari ‑ al‑Tabari, Muhammad b. Jarir, Tarikh al‑Rusul wal‑Muluk, Leyden, 1879­1901.

T. al‑Fihrist ‑ al‑Tusi, Muhammad b. al‑Hasan, al‑Fihrist, Mashhad, 1972.

T. al‑Ghayba ‑ idem, Kitab al‑Ghayba, Tabriz, 1322/1904.

al‑Tirmidhi ‑ al‑Tirmidhy, Muhammad b. Isa, Sunan al‑Tirmidhi Cairo, 1356/1937.

`Uyun ‑ al‑Saduq, `Uyun Akhbar al‑Riďa, Najaf, 19(70.

Wafayat ‑ Ibn Khallikan, Ahmad b. Muhammad, Wafayat al‑A`yan, 2 vols., Cairo, 1299/1882.

al‑Yaqubi ‑ al‑Ya`qubi, Ahmad b. Abi Ya`qub, al‑Tasrikh, 3 vols., Beirut, 1375/1955.