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'Abd al-Jalil Qazvini in His Book, "Naqd"

Hamid Ahmadi Jolfa'ie ^۱

One of the important prerequisites for strengthening the principles of the Islamic beliefs and ideas is the acquaintance with the various sects and denominations developed in the religion of Islam and each of their specific viewpoints. Naturally, the relatively ancient books and resources, which are closer in terms of time to the emergence of each of the sects and schools and therefore their narrations of the events and beliefs of the followers of the sects and schools are more objective and concrete, enjoy very specific importance.
One of the books and resources which should be used and referred to by the scholars in this field is the book titled Naqd (authored by the late 'Abd al-Jalil Qazvini Razi, one of the scholars of the sixth century After Hijrah). Although the book itself, as deemed by the present writer, can not be considered as one of the powerful and

rather, beside responding to and rejecting the accusations, the author has referred to the names of numerous Shiite cities and neighborhoods of the first century After Hijrah, and he has also mentioned the names of important Shiite scholars and families along with lots of other issues about the Shiite culture and civilization. This reveals the significance of the present discussion.
Therefore, the present article tries to deal with the geography of the Shiites population so that in this way it can study the internal structure of the Shiite society and therefore explain their presence in the social scene.
Keywords: Twelver Shiites, population geography, Seljuqs of Iran, Naqd.