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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Occultation of the Twelfth Imam (A Historical Background) List of Abbreviations Employed in the Footnotes and in the Bibliography Azdi ‑ al‑Azdi, Yazid b. Muhammad, Tarikh al‑Mawsil, Cairo, 1387/1967. B. Firaq ‑ al‑Baghdadi, ‘Abd al‑Qahir, al‑Farq bayn al‑Firaq, Beirut, 1393/1973. al‑Bidaya ‑ Ibn Kathir, Isma'il b. ‘Umar, al‑Bidaya wal‑Nihaya, 14 vols., Beirut, 1386/1966.

Bihar ‑ al‑Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir, Bihar al‑Anwar, 110 vols., Tehran, 1375­1395/1956‑1975. B. Sahih ‑ al‑Bukhari, Muhammad b. Isma'il, al‑Jami’ al‑Sahih, Leiden, 1862‑1908. Dala'il ‑ al‑Tabari, Muhammad b. Jarir b. Rustam, Dala'il al‑Imama, Najaf, 1369/1949. D. Sunan ‑ al‑Sajistani, Abu Dawud,Sunan Abi Dawud, Cairo, 1370/1951. Fakhri ‑ Ibn al‑Taqtaqi, Muhammad b. ‘Ali, al Fakhri fi al‑Adad al‑Sultaniyya, Cairo, 1345/1929. Fasl ‑ Ibn Hazm, ‘Ali b.

Muhammad, al‑Fasl fi al‑Milal wa‑I‑Ahwa' wa‑l‑Nihal, Cairo, 1317‑21 al‑Fusul al‑‘Ashara ‑ al‑Mufid, Muhammad b. al‑Nu’man, al‑Fusul al‑‘Ashara fi al-Ghayba, Najaf, 1371/1951. al‑Fusul al‑Mukhtara ‑ al‑Murtada, al‑Fusul al‑Mukhtara min al‑‘Uyun wal‑Mahasin lil‑Mufid, 2 vols., Najaf, 1966. Ibar ‑ Ibn Khaldun, al‑‘Ibar wa diwan al‑Mubatada' wal‑l‑Khabar, 7 vols., Cairo, 1284‑7/1867‑70. Ikhtiyar ‑ al‑Kashshi, Muhammad b*.

'Umar, Ikhtiyar Ma’rifat al‑Rijal, Mashhad, 1972.* ‘Ilal ‑ al‑Saduq, Muhammad b. ‘Ali, ‘Ilal al‑Shara'i’, Najaf, 1385/1966. al‑Irshad ‑ al‑Mufid, Muhammad b. al‑Nu’man, al‑Irshad, Najaf, 1972; English translation, Balagha Books, 1981. Ithbat ‑ al‑Mas’udi, ‘Ali b. al‑Husayn, Ithbat al‑Wasiyya, Najaf, 1955. J. Wuzara'‑ al‑Jahshayari, Muhammad b*.* ‘Abdus, Kitab al‑Wuzara' wal‑Kuttab, Cairo, 1357/1939. al‑Kafi ‑ al‑Kulayni, Muhammad b. Ya'qub, al‑Kafi fi ‘Ilm al‑Din, 6 vols., Tehran, 1381/1961.

Kamal ‑ al‑Sadnq, Muhammad b. ‘Ali, Kamal al‑Din wa Tamam al‑Ni’ma, Tehran, 1395/1975. al‑Kamil ‑ I bn al‑Athir, ‘Izz al‑Din ‘Ali, al‑Kamil fi al‑Tarikh, 9 vols., Leiden, 1851-­76. Khatib ‑ al‑Khatib al‑Baghdadi, T arikh Baghdad, 14 vols., Cairo, 1349/1931. Kindi ‑ al‑Kindi, Muhammad b. Yusuf, Kitab Wulat Misr, Beirut, 1379/1959. Maqatil ‑ al‑Isfahani, Abu al‑Faraj, Maqatil al‑7alibiyyin, Cairo, 1368/1949, also Najaf, 1965. Milal ‑ al‑Shahristani, Muhammad b.

‘Abd al‑Karim, Kitab al‑Milal wal‑Nihal, London 1263*/1846.* Mizan ‑ al‑Dhahabi, M izan al‑I’tidal fi Naqd al‑Rijal, 4 vols., Cairo, 1963.