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Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background … Universalium
Imamíes — El chiísmo duodecimano o imamí (Iṯnā‘ašariyya, en árabe: اثنا عشرية) constituye la mayor rama del islam chií. La denominación duodecimano se origina en las creencias definitorias de la corriente en doce guías sucesorios en el linaje de Alí, de… … Wikipedia Español
Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… … Universalium
Shīʿite — ▪ Islam Introduction Arabic Shīʿī, collective Shīʿah member of the smaller of the two major branches of Islam, distinguished from the majority Sunnis (Sunnite). Early development Early in the history of Islam, the Shīʿites were a… … Universalium
zakat — /zeuh kaht /, n. Islam. a tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam. Also, zakah /zeuh kah /. Also called sadaqat. [1800 05; < Turk zekât or… … Universalium
Ithnā ʿAsharīyah — ▪ Islamic sect also called Imāmīs , English Twelvers an important sect of the Shīʿah (one of the major branches of Islām), believing in a succession of 12 imāms, leaders of the faith after the death of Muḥammad, beginning with Alīʿ ibn… … Universalium
ghaybah — ▪ Islam (Arabic: “absence,” or “concealment”), Islāmic doctrine, especially among such Shīʿite sects as the Ithnā ʿAsharīyah, or “Twelvers.” The term refers to the disappearance from view of the 12th and last imam (leader), Muḥammad al… … Universalium
Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn al- — ▪ Persian scholar in full Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al Ḥasan al Ṭūsī born Feb. 18, 1201, Ṭūs, Khorāsān [now Iran] died June 26, 1274, Baghdad, Iraq outstanding Persian philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. Educated first in Ṭūs … Universalium
