Book Summary
This book reconstructs the development of an Islamic ideal in the form of Shi'ism It traces the Shi'a response to this ideal, from its origins among a group of the Prophet's Companions until the Imamate of Ja'far as-Sadiq, by which time all the fundamental elements of Shi'ism had appeared.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Origins And Early Development Of Shi'a Islam |
| Author | S. H. Jafri, Syed Husain Mohammad Jafri |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Usa (Apr 2002) |
| ISBN | 9780195793871 |
| Pages | 344 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 495 |
