An Introduction to Shi'i'Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism

Oxford: George Ronald, 1985. Hardbound, about 9.5 inches tall, 397 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Includes a section of maps, plus five sections of black and white plates. Provides a general outline of Shi'i Islam, and specifically of Twelver Shi'ism to which the majority of Shi'is belong. biographical notes on nearly fifty prominent religious personalities through the centuries; a glossary of Arabic and Persian terms; a chronology of political and religious events; and a list dynasties.