Meir Litvak

KUFA
KUFA, a city about 105 kms south of Baghdad. Kufa was founded as a garrison city (meṣr) in 17/638 by…
KAZEMAYN
KAZEMAYN (Kaẓemayn, lit. two Kāẓems), a suburban town in the northwest of Baghdad and one of the four Shiʿite shrine…
IRAQ x. SHIʿITES OF IRAQ
IRAQ x. SHIʿITES OF IRAQ Iraq was the cradle of Shiʿism, where it evolved as a political and religious movement,…
IRAQ xi. SHIʿITE SEMINARIES
IRAQ xi. SHIʿITE SEMINARIES IN IRAQ Background. The communities of learning (ḥawzāt ʿelmiya) in the shrine cities (ʿatabāt-e ʿāliyāt) of…
KARBALA
KARBALA (Karbalāʾ), a city in Iraq, situated about 90 km southwest of Baghdad. It is one of the four Shiʿite shrine…

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