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The Geographical Spread of the…
Imamiyyah Shiite Population According to "Naqd"
Ma'edeh Bakhshandeh ۱
The study of the political, social and cultural situation of the Shiites in the fifth century After Hijrah based on the valuable book of Naqd plays a very important role in identification and illustration of the political, social and cultural situation of the Shiite society.
Naqd is the first critical book which can be considered as a historical/theological critique, and such a coherent historical critique is unprecedented. This book is one of the works in the intellectual treasury of Muslims and it is one of the ancient Persian books which were written only a few years after the books: The Four Article by 'Aruzi and Maqalat by Hamidi. The book contains important historical, literary, theological, geographical, social, demographical and … material. Naqd is not an important work just in explanation of jurisprudential and religious affairs;