ṮEQAT-AL-ESLĀM, ḤĀJJ MIRZĀʿALI TABRIZI (b. Tabriz, 7 Rajab 1277/3 May 1860; d. Tabriz, 10 Moḥarram 1330/31 December 1911), a religious…

HAMADĀNI, MOḤAMMAD-BĀQER (b. Qahi, near Isfahan, 10 Rabiʿ I 1239/14 November 1823; d. Jandaq, 1319/1901), the founder of a new…

MOḤAMMAD KHAN KERMĀNI, ḤĀJJ (b. Kerman, 1262/1846; d. Langar, 1324/1906; Figure 1), a master of the Kermani Shaikhis and author…

MOḤAMMAD-KARIM KHAN KERMĀNI, ḤĀJJ (b. Kerman, 1225/1810; d. Tahrud, 1288/1871; Figure 1), the founder of the Kermāni branch of Shaikhism…

SHAYKHISM (ŠAYḴIYA), a school of Imamite Shi‘ism founded at the beginning of the 13th/19th century. ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION Shaykhism is…