Muhammad al-Jawad
Muhammad al-Jawad Ninth Imam of Twelver Shi'ism | |
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محمد الجواد | |
9th Shia Imam | |
In office 819 CE – 835 CE | |
Preceded by | Ali al-Rida |
Succeeded by | Ali al-Hadi |
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Born | c. 8 April 811 CE (10 Rajab 195 AH) |
Died | c. 29 November 835 (aged 24)(29 Dhu al-Qada 220 AH) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Cause of death | Poisoning by al-Mu'tasim (most Shia sources) |
Resting place | Al-Kazimiyya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq 33°22′48″N 44°20′16.64″E / 33.38000°N 44.3379556°E |
Religion | Shia Islam |
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad (
Born in Medina in 810–811, Muhammad al-Jawad was the son of Ali al-Rida, the eighth of the Twelve Imams. In 817, the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833) summoned al-Rida to Khorasan and designated him as the heir apparent, possibly to mitigate the frequent Shia revolts. This appointment provoked strong opposition in Iraq, which forced al-Ma'mun to return to the capital Baghdad in 818 and abandon his pro-Shia policies. On the way back to Baghdad, al-Rida suddenly fell ill and died in Tus, likely poisoned by order of al-Ma'mun as he made concessions to the opposition. Upon the death of al-Rida in 818, the succession of his only son Muhammad to the imamate at the age of about seven became controversial. Most Imamite Shias accepted the imamate of al-Jawad because the Imam, in their view, received his perfect religious knowledge through divine inspiration, irrespective of his age. At the time, some instead turned for leadership to al-Jawad's uncle, Ahmad ibn Musa al-Kazim, and some others joined the Waqifites, but the succession of al-Jawad evidently did not create any permanent divisions in the Shia community. Twelver sources often justify the imamate of the young al-Jawad by drawing parallels with Jesus and John the Baptist, both of whom in the Quran received their prophetic missions in childhood.
In 830, al-Jawad was summoned to Baghdad by al-Ma'mun, who married his daughter Umm Fadhl to the former. This marriage, however, was to be without issue and might have been infelicitous. His successor,
Titles
Muhammad ibn Ali, the ninth of the Twelve Imams, is occasionally known in Shia sources as al-Taqi (Arabic: التقى, lit. 'the pious'),[1] but more commonly as al-Jawad (Arabic: الجواد, lit. 'the generous') for his munificence.[2] The Imam is cited in the Shia hadith literature as Abu Ja'far al-Thani (Arabic: ابو جعفر الثاني, lit. 'Abu Ja'far, the second'),[3] with the title Abu Ja'far reserved for his predecessor, Muhammad al-Baqir (d. 732), the fifth of the Twelve Imams.[4] His kunya is Abu Ali (Arabic: ابو علي),[4] though he was also known by his contemporaries as Ibn al-Rida (Arabic: ابن الرضا, lit. 'son of al-Rida') because he was the only child of Ali al-Rida.[3]
Life
Birth (c. 810)
Muhammad al-Jawad was born in
Reign of al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833)
Marriage (c. 817)
Muhammad stayed behind in Medina when his father al-Rida traveled to Merv in Khorasan at the request of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833).[9] The caliph designated al-Rida as the heir apparent in 202 AH (817 CE),[9] and also changed the official Abbasid color of black to green, possibly to signify this reconciliation between the Abbasids and the Alids.[7][10] To form a political alliance,[11] the caliph also married one of his daughters, named Umm Habib,[4] to al-Rida in 202 AH (817 CE) and promised another daughter, named Umm al-Fadl,[12] to Muhammad, who was still a minor at the time,[13][9] aged about seven.[12] Among Sunni historians, al-Tabari (d. 923), Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur (d. 893), and Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (d. 1232-1233) agree on this report.[14] It is likely that Muhammad was absent from the ceremony,[4][15] even though Abu'l-Hasan Bayhaqi (d. 1169) relates that he visited his father in Merv in 202 AH (817 CE).[4] In contrast, the Sunni historian al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 1071)[16] and the Shia-leaning historians al-Mas'udi (d. 956)[12] and al-Ya'qubi (d. 897-898)[6] place the betrothal of Muhammad after the death of al-Rida in 204 AH (819 CE), following the return of al-Ma'mun to his capital Baghdad. In particular, al-Mas'udi in his Ithbat al-wassiya writes that al-Ma'mun summoned Muhammad to Baghdad, settled him near his palace, and later decided to marry him to his daughter, Umm Fadl,[12] whose given name was Zaynab.[6][3] According to al-Baghdadi, Muhammad was about nine years old at the time of this betrothal.[16]
Death of his father (c. 818)
Ali al-Rida was a prominent Alid, a descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. The Alids were viewed as rivals for the caliphate by the Abbasids, who were the descendants of Abbas, a paternal uncle of Muhammad.[17] The appointment of the Alid al-Rida by the Abbasid caliph thus invoked strong opposition, particularly among the members of the Abbasid dynasty and the Iraqi supporters of Abbasid legitimism.[7][13] These revolted and installed al-Ma'mun's uncle, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, as an anti-caliph in Baghdad.[13][18][19] The caliph and his entourage thus left Khorasan for Baghdad in 203 AH (818 CE),[15] accompanied by al-Rida.[7][19] The latter died shortly in Tus after a brief illness,[20] possibly after being poisoned.[13][15] The death of al-Rida followed the assassination of al-Fadl ibn Sahl (d. 818), the Persian vizier of al-Ma'mun,[13] who had become a divisive figure.[21] Both deaths are linked in Shia sources to al-Ma'mun and viewed as concessions to the Arab party to smooth his return to Iraq.[22][23][15] Modern scholars similarly tend to suspect the caliph in the death of al-Rida.[7][24][22][20] After returning to Baghdad in 204 AH (819 CE),[25][6] al-Ma'mun reversed his pro-Shia policies,[15][13][26] and restored the traditional black color of the Abbasids.[13] Muhammad was about seven years old when his father died.[6] There are multiple Shia reports that he told others about the death of his father before the news arrived in Medina,[27] and some traditions indicate that he was miraculously present in the burial of al-Rida in Khurasan and prayed over his body.[4][28]
Summoned to Baghdad (c. 819)
Soon after arriving in Baghdad in 204 AH (819 CE),
Kitab al-Irshad implies that Muhammad returned to Medina after this episode in Baghdad.[37] By some accounts, however, he stayed in Baghdad for about eight years, primarily engaged in teaching, before returning to Medina with his family after the death of al-Ma'mun in 218 AH (833 CE).[38][30] This is viewed as house arrest by the historian Jassim M. Hussain,[39] citing a report by al-Mas'udi.[40] There is not much known about this period of his life.[41]
Summoned to Baghdad (830)
The marriage of al-Jawad to the daughter of the caliph was consummated in 215 AH (830 CE),
Reign of al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842)
Caliph al-Ma'mun died in 218 AH (833 CE) and was succeeded by his brother, al-Mu'tasim, who continued the policy of his predecessor in simultaneously appeasing and containing pro-Alid groups, according to Medoff.[3] It was perhaps to further this policy that al-Mu'tasim summoned al-Jawad to Baghdad in 220 AH (835 CE) and hosted him and his wife.[3] The departure of al-Jawad was apparently facilitated by Abd al-Malik al-Zayyat at the behest of the caliph.[46] An exception here is the account of al-Mas'udi which does not explicitly state that al-Jawad was summoned by al-Mu'tasim.[47] At any rate, al-Jawad died there in the same year, some ten months after his arrival,[46] at the age of about twenty-five.[30][6] During this short window, Shia sources accuse al-Mu'tasim of multiple attempts to discredit al-Jawad and finally murdering him.[46] This alleged hostility of al-Mu'tasim may have been compounded by a recent wave of Shia revolts in Qom and in Taliqan, even though there is no evidence that al-Jawad was involved in them.[48] One such attempt against al-Jawad was prevented by one of his supporters, Ahmad ibn Hammad al-Marwazi, who was nevertheless an advisor to Ibn Abi Dawud, the influential qadi. The caliph apparently abandoned his plan to dishonor al-Jawad by parading him while intoxicated after Ahmad convinced the qadi about the futility of this plan, saying that the ire of the caliph would only strengthen the loyalty of Imamites for al-Jawad. The qadi passed on the advice to the caliph.[49] A different account by Ibn Awrama, quoted in Bihar al-anwar and Manaqib, describes how al-Jawad unmasked false witnesses who had accused him of plotting against the caliph, though the miraculous ending of this account weakens its historical weight.[50] Another account is narrated by Zurqan, a sahib of the qadi Ibn Abi Dawud: The caliph is said to have solicited and preferred the judicial ruling of al-Jawad about amputating the hand of a thief in the presence of other scholars. This infuriated the qadi, who later visited the caliph and warned him about inadvertently bolstering the public support for al-Jawad as an alternative to al-Mu'tasim. This then set in motion the plot to poison al-Jawad.[51]
Personal life
Similar to his predecessors, al-Jawad lived modestly and gave to the poor generously, according to Dwight M. Donaldson (d. 1976).
Death
Muhammad al-Jawad died on 6
While the manner of his death is given differently by Shia authors,[60] most say that al-Jawad was poisoned by his disaffected wife Umm al-Fadl, at the instigation of her uncle al-Mu'tasim.[43][3][6][62] These include the Shia-leaning historian al-Mas'udi,[63] and Twelver scholars Ibn Jarir al-Tabari al-Saghir,[64][a] Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (d. 1699), Abbas Qomi (d. 1941), and Tabatabai.[66] The Twelver scholar Shaykh Tabarsi (d. 1153) does not have a verdict but mentions the prevalent Shia view that al-Jawad was poisoned.[67] Sunni sources typically say that Umm al-Fadl was present in Baghdad when her husband died.[68] Citing the Sunni historian al-Baghdadi and some others, Baghestani writes that she joined the harem of al-Mu'tasim after the death of al-Jawad.[4] He was buried next to his grandfather, Musa al-Kazim, the seventh of the Twelve Imams, in the cemetery of the Quraysh on the west bank of Tigris, where the Kazimayn shrine was later erected.[6] Kazimayn has become an important center for pilgrimage.[69]
Imamate
Designation as the Imam
Muhammad al-Jawad was about seven years old when his father al-Rida died in 203 AH (818 CE).[70][1] Even as the only child of al-Rida, the succession of the young Muhammad to the imamate became controversial,[6] but did not result in permanent divisions of the Shia community.[71][72] At the time, al-Mas'udi notes the confusion (hayra) among the Imamite Shias about the qualifications of the young al-Jawad for the imamate.[73][3] As related by al-Mas'udi and Majlesi,[74] several supporters of al-Rida thus gathered in Baghdad at the house of Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj, a distinguished companion of the three previous Imams, namely, Ja'far al-Sadiq (d. 765), al-Kazim, and al-Rida.[3][75] Of those present, Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman reportedly suggested they choose a temporary leader until al-Jawad reached adulthood. But the view that prevailed was that adulthood is not a prerequisite for wisdom.[76] There is also the account in Ithbat al-wasiyya and elsewhere, saying that the prominent Shias from across the empire tested the young al-Jawad during the Hajj season and their doubts about him were dispelled.[1][77] There are also reports about the direct or indirect designation (nass) of al-Jawad as the next imam by his predecessor.[78] These are often narrated by the inner circle of al-Rida,[79] thus signifying their visible role in consolidating the imamate of the young al-Jawad.[80] An example of indirect designation is the statement referring to the young al-Jawad as "the greatest blessing for the Shia," ascribed to al-Rida in the canonical Kitab al-Irshad and other sources.[81] Elsewhere, when al-Husayn ibn al-Qiayama questioned the imamate of al-Rida for his lack of an heir at the time, he responded that he would have a son to succeed him.[82]
According to Wardrop, as the only son of al-Rida, recognition of al-Jawad as the heir to the imamate was to be expected,[83] adding that there is considerable evidence in the hadith literature against the horizontal transference of the imamate between brothers after Hasan ibn Ali (d. 670) and Husayn ibn Ali (d. 680), the second and third of the Twelve Imams.[84] Wardrop points out that there were very few qualified alternatives to al-Jawad anyway,[85] naming his uncles, Ahmad ibn Musa and Abdallah ibn Musa, and also a different Hasanid with the latter name.[86] That there was no clear alternative to al-Jawad is also the view of the Muslim jurist Hossein Modarressi.[87] The attention al-Jawad received from al-Ma'mun, who married him to his daughter, may have also strengthened the case for al-Jawad.[88] Wardrop thus concludes that the main challenge to the imamate of al-Jawad was his young age, given that the imamate was viewed by the Shia as the ultimate source of knowledge (ilm) and guidance.[89] A group of followers of al-Rida thus accepted the imamate of his brother, Ahmad ibn Musa,[6][3] who had earlier rivaled al-Rida.[82] Another group joined the Waqifites, who considered al-Kazim to be the last Imam and expected his return as Mahdi, the promised savior in Islam.[6][3] Some of these apparently argued that their imam could not be a child.[90] According to Madelung, some others, who had opportunistically backed the imamate of al-Rida after his appointment as the heir apparent, had now returned to their Sunni or Zaydi communities.[6]
Precedents
As for precedents, there were no child imams before al-Jawad, even though Ali ibn Abi Talib professed Islam at the age of about ten, and Hasan and Husayn formally pledged their allegiance to the prophet when they were about six.[91] Imamite authors have noted that Jesus received his prophetic mission in the Quran when he was still a child,[92][62] suggesting that al-Jawad also received the requisite perfect knowledge of all religious matters through divine inspiration from the time of his succession, irrespective of his age.[3][7] Similar statements are also attributed to al-Rida, "This [his age] does not harm him [al-Jawad], Isa [Jesus] became God's hujja (lit. 'proof') when he was three years old."[93] The related Quranic verse 19:12 includes, "We gave him [John the Baptist] hukm (lit. 'wisdom') as a child."[94] Even so, some among the Shia still debated as to whether the young Imam was equal to an adult Imam in every aspect,[95][96] as evidenced by some reports in heresiographies and in al-Maqalat by al-Mufid. The latter reports that some proposed that the "pious men with religious and legal knowledge" should lead until al-Jawad matured.[97] However, the prevailing answer was that both adult and minor Imams are equal since both receive their knowledge from supernatural sources.[95] Indeed, there already were traditions attributed to earlier Imams asserting that each Imam would inherit the full knowledge of his predecessor upon his death.[98]
Network of representatives
To organize the affairs of a growing Shia population, which had expanded far to the east of Iraq and Arabia, the young al-Jawad relied heavily on his representatives or agents (wokala, sg. wakil) throughout the empire.[3] This underground[99] network of agents across the Abbasid empire was founded by his grandfather al-Kazim (d. 799) and maintained by his son al-Rida.[4] There is even some evidence that an early network existed under al-Sadiq (d. 765).[100][101] This network guided the financial and religious affairs of the Imamite Shias.[4][102] After the death of al-Rida, it took possibly up to four years for the imamate of al-Jawad to consolidate.[103] In this period of uncertainty, the network of wokala likely continued to function, but did so more independently than ever before.[104] Wardrop suggests that this level of autonomy continued throughout the childhood of al-Jawad.[105] After al-Rida, some agents remained loyal to his successor, possibly after testing him during the Hajj season.[4] These included Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Muhtadi, Ayyub ibn Nuh,[106] and Yahya ibn Abi Imran.[107] Some others did not, including perhaps Safwan ibn Yahya, Muhammad ibn Sinan, Zakariyya ibn Adam, and S'ad ibn S'ad.[108] There are conflicting reports about these four and whether they withheld their collected alms from al-Jawad, but some of them are said to have later returned to the Imam.[109] Because of the relative isolation of al-Jawad by the Abbasids,[110] the Imamite Shias normally communicated with their Imam through his agents, except during Hajj when they met directly with him.[4]
During al-Jawad's imamate, Shia activists were dispatched to Egypt and elsewhere, as reported by the Twelver traditionist
Role in Shia revolts
Muhammad al-Jawad adopted a quiescent attitude and kept aloof from politics, similar to many of his predecessors.[52] Nevertheless, Hussain links the 210 AH (825 CE) uprising in Qom to the political activities of al-Jawad's agents, even though the Imamite sources are silent about any military involvement of his underground organization.[4][114] Prior to this revolt, residents of Qom, a rising Shia center,[115][30] had called on al-Ma'mun to lower their taxes as he had done for the city of Rayy.[102] The caliph rejected their appeal, then suppressed their subsequent revolt, and substantially raised their taxes.[3] This is detailed by the Twelver traditionist Ibn Shahrashub (d. 1192),[116] who writes that the Abbasid army demolished the wall surrounding the city, killed many, and nearly quadrupled the taxes.[102] Among those killed was a prominent participant in the uprising, named Yahya ibn Imran,[3] who might have been a representative (wakil) of Muhammad al-Jawad.[3][102] The attitude of al-Jawad towards this uprising, however, remains unclear,[3] as the Imamite sources are silent about this uprising and its connection to al-Jawad or lack thereof.[114] Probably connecting al-Jawad to Shia rebellions, al-Ma'mun summoned the former from Medina to Baghdad in 215 AH (830 CE) and married his daughter Umm Fazl to him. This marriage, however, did not win al-Ma'mun the Shia support, nor did it stop the uprisings in Qom.[4][114] Indeed, some reports by al-Tabari and Ibn al-Athir add that among the rebel leaders who had been exiled to Egypt, Ja'far ibn Dawud al-Qomi later escaped and rose again in Qom,[102] defeating the Abbasid army in 216 AH. The Shia uprisings continued even after his execution in 217 AH by the Abbasids. After succeeding al-Ma'mun, al-Mu'tasim summoned al-Jawad to Baghdad in 220 AH (835 CE) and held him under close surveillance, probably to ascertain his role in the Shia uprisings.[4][114]
Companions and narrators of hadith
Karamat
In Shia sources, al-Jawad is credited with some karamat (sg. karamah),[120] that is, supernatural acts or miracles sometimes attributed to saints in Islam.[121] These include speaking at the time of his birth, tay al-ard (teleportation in Islamic mysticism) from Medina to Khorasan for the burial of his father al-Rida, miraculously healing the sick, fulfillment of his prayers for friends and against his enemies, informing about the inner secrets of people, predicting future events, and particularly his death. These are often cited by the Shia as proof of his imamate.[4] A subtle story of this kind in Bihar al-Anwar and Kitab al-Kafi is told on the authority of Abd-Allah ibn Razin. When visiting the Imam, he decided to gather some of the earth upon which al-Jawad had set foot, a desire that he later deemed sinful. However, his attempts to tactfully do so were all thwarted by al-Jawad, who subtly changed his daily routines. This continued to the point that it surprised the attendant of Imam and let Abd-Allah realize that al-Jawad was aware of his sinful determination. It was only after Abd-Allah resolved to give up that al-Jawad returned to his usual routine.[122]
Successor
After the death of al-Jawad in 220 AH (835 CE),[6] the majority of his followers acknowledged the imamate of his son Ali,[54] later to be known by the epithets al-Hadi (lit. 'the guide') and al-Naqi (lit. 'the distinguished').[30] Similar to his father, Ali was also a minor when he succeeded him in 220 AH (835 CE) at the age of about seven.[54] The will attributed to al-Jawad in Kitab al-Kafi stipulates that Ali would inherit from him and be responsible for his younger brother, Musa, and his sisters.[123][7] Muhammad al-Jawad is also said to have announced the succession of Ali through his main agent, Muhammad ibn al-Faraj,[42] or through Abu al-Khayrani.[113] This messenger relayed the designation to the assembly of companions after the death of al-Jawad and the majority there is reported to have agreed on the imamate of Ali al-Hadi.[124]
Legacy
Muhammad al-Jawad was engaged in teaching during his eight years in Baghdad,[38] and he was renowned for his public defense of Islamic tradition, according to Edward D.A. Hulmes.[62] His extensive correspondence with his followers on questions of Islamic law (fiqh) about marriage, divorce, and inheritance has been preserved in Shia sources. Ali al-Rida is even said to have praised his son for writing "extremely elegant" letters while still a young boy.[3] According to Hamid Mavani, most Shia hadiths about Khums (Islamic alms, lit. 'one-fifth') are attributed to al-Jawad and his successor, al-Hadi.[125] Mavani regards Khums as an example of the Imams' discretionary authority as Shia leaders, which in this case countered the redirection of Zakat (another Islamic alms) to sustain oppressive regimes and support the affluent lifestyle of caliphs.[125] Among the Shia, the titles al-Qa'im (lit. 'he who will rise') and less frequently al-Mahdi refer to the messianic figure in Islam.[126][127] This apparently created confusion and al-Jawad is reported to have identified the two, saying that al-Qa'im is the last Imam and that he would be al-Mahdi.[128] Verses 81:15-16, "O, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and set,"[129] were also interpreted by al-Jawad and his predecessor al-Baqir as referring to the reappearance of al-Mahdi, thus likening him to a shooting star in the dark night.[130] Musnad al-imam al-Jawad lists the collections of hadith that contain the sermons and sayings attributed to al-Jawad, including al-Tazkirat al-Hamdouniya by the Sunni scholar Ibn Hamdan (d. 1295).[4] Among many pithy religio-ethical sayings attributed to al-Jawad,[3] Donaldson quotes a few:[38]
- Muhammad al-Jawad related from Ali ibn Abi Talib that, once when the prophet sent him to Yemen, he said to him, "O Ali, he is never disappointed who asks for good (from God), and He never has a motive for repenting who asks (His) advice."
- Muhammad al-Jawad reported that the prophet had said to Ali, "Rise betimes in the name of God, for God hath bestowed a blessing on my people in their early rising."
- "Whosoever gaineth for himself a brother in God, hath gained for himself a mansion in Paradise."
- Muhammad al-Jawad related from the prophet, "Make it a point to travel by night, for more ground can be got over by night than by day."[38]
See also
- The Twelve Imams
- Kazimayn shrine
- Holiest sites in Islam (Shia)
- al-Ma'mun
- al-Mu'tasim
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Donaldson 1933, p. 190.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 43.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Medoff 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Baghestani 2014.
- ^ a b Momen 1985, p. 42.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Madelung 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Madelung 2011.
- ^ Momen 1985, p. 239.
- ^ a b c Daftary 2013, pp. 60, 61.
- ^ Bobrick 2012, p. 205.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 31–2.
- ^ a b c d Wardrop 1988, p. 33.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sourdel 1970, p. 121.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 32, 56n19.
- ^ a b c d e f Daftary 2013, p. 61.
- ^ a b c Wardrop 1988, p. 32.
- ^ Momen 1985, p. 71.
- ^ Glassé 2008.
- ^ a b Lewis 2012.
- ^ a b Bayhom-Daou 2009.
- ^ Bobrick 2012, pp. 205, 206.
- ^ a b Bobrick 2012, pp. 205–6.
- ^ Cooperson 2013.
- ^ Kennedy 2015, p. 133.
- ^ a b Wardrop 1988, p. 18n2.
- ^ Rahman 1989, p. 171.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 74.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 74-5.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Momen 1985, p. 43.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 35, 57n29.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 36.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 37.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 38.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 39, 40.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 58n35.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 47, 52.
- ^ a b c d Donaldson 1933, p. 194.
- ^ a b Hussain 1986, p. 28.
- ^ Hussain 1986, p. 173n104.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 47–8.
- ^ a b c d Hussain 1986, p. 47.
- ^ a b Tabatabai 1975, p. 183.
- ^ Momen 1985, pp. 43, 327n12.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 3, 31.
- ^ a b c Wardrop 1988, p. 98.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 102–3.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 101.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 99.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 98–9.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 100.
- ^ a b Donaldson 1933, p. 192.
- ^ a b Pierce 2016, p. 49.
- ^ a b c Daftary 2013, p. 62.
- ^ Pierce 2016, pp. 43–4.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 183n23.
- ^ a b c Pierce 2016, p. 44.
- ^ Sachedina 1981, pp. 64, 65.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 45.
- ^ a b Momen 1985, p. 37.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 76.
- ^ a b c Hulmes 2008.
- ^ Pierce 2016, pp. 45–6.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 47.
- ^ Pierce 2016, pp. 23–4.
- ^ Pierce 2016, pp. 49–50.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 48.
- ^ Pierce 2016, p. 183.
- ^ Kohlberg 2012.
- ^ Momen 1985, p. 41.
- ^ Tabatabai 1975, p. 69.
- ^ Momen 1985, p. 60.
- ^ Hussain 1986, p. 45.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 20n25.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 5.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 6.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 7.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 10.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 12–3.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 13.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 11, 21n42.
- ^ a b Wardrop 1988, p. 45.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 28–9.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 45, 54.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 54.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 45–6.
- ^ Modarressi 1993, p. 63.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 31, 41–2.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 53.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 30.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 63.
- ^ Momen 1985, pp. 42–3.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 65.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 67.
- ^ a b Medoff 2016
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 69.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 29, 69.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 72–3.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 178.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 180.
- ^ Hussain 1986, p. 79.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hussain 1986, p. 46.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 198.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 198–9.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 199.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 202.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 203.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, p. 200.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 199–201.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 14, 213–4.
- ^ Hussain 1986, pp. 45–6.
- ^ Wardrop 1988, pp. 204–5.
- ^ a b Wardrop 1988, pp. 14–5.
- ^ a b c d Hussain 1986, pp. 46–7.
- ^ Drechsler 2009.
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