Middle East and Islamic World Reader
Contributors: Marvin E. Gettleman (Editor); Stuart Schaar (Editor)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN-13: 9781417723041
Subjects: Islam - General; Middle East - General; History - General History
First sentence: on the battlefield. Shiites continued to believe in the legitimate succession only of those who descended from Ali's lineage.