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The Shia-Populated Places during the 2nd and 3rd Centuries A.H (2) - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Shia-Populated Places during the 2nd and 3rd Centuries A.H (2) 2023-02-26 503 Views Shias , Shia Muslims , Shia Population , Second Century , Third Century In continuation of the discussions on the topic titled “The Shia-Populated Places during the 2nd and 3rd Century A.H”, we shall continue with other Shia-populated places during the second and the third centuries.

Contents Baghdad The Shia-Populated Places During the Third Century A.H Summary NOTES: Baghdad Baghdad was founded during the second-century Hijri , 145 AH in particular, by Mansur, the second ‘Abbasid caliph, and soon became one of the demographic concentration centres of the Shia. (1) This fact was unambiguously proved in Imam al-Kazim’s ( ‘a ) burial procession.

The huge number of attendants seriously alarmed the ‘Abbasids so much so that Sulayman ibn Mansur, Harun ar-Rashid’s uncle, participated in it barefooted just to appease the people. (2) Baghdad was founded in Iraq and most of the people of Iraq were Shia.

Although Baghdad at the beginning was a military and political city, with the passage of time the intellectual centre of the Muslim world was also transferred there and Shia of the neighbouring cities such as Kufah, Basrah, and Mada’in among others took residence there and very quickly constituting a large population.

After the minor occultation { ghaybah as-sughrah }, Baghdad became the intellectual and religious centre for the Shia who flourished there by virtue of the Shia government of Al Buyah (Buyeds), until such time that Shaykh at-Tusi transferred the Shia centre to Najaf.

The Shia-Populated Places During the Third Century A.H The geographical expansion of Shi‘ism in the third century AH can be discussed and studied in two ways; the first is through the formation of the Shia states in the Muslim territories. In 250 AH the ‘Alawis in Tabaristan formed a government. (3) During the latter part of the third century AH, descendants of Imam al-Husayn ( ‘a ) set up a Zaydi government in Yemen. In 296 AH the Fatimid state was established in the north of Africa.

(4) These governments were not based on Shia Imamiyyah fundamentals, But their existence showed the extent of Shi‘ism and indicated the fertile ground for its acceptance in the Muslim territories—an opportunity which had been utilized by the Isma‘ilis and Zaydis.