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Thiqat al-Islam Shaykhis of Adhirbayjan

 

ثقة الإسلام 

Prominent [crypto-]Shaykhis, Usulis of the Thiqat al-Islam Branch.

The title Thiqat al-Islam, was a mark of honor idicating one especially learned and reliable of the Islamic community, being applied to prominent Shi`i Muslims and others from medieval times, e.g. to Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb al-Kulaynī.

Hajji Mirza Shafi, Thiqat al-Islam (d.1301/1884), an important disciple of al-Ahsa'i. 

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Shaykh Musa, Thiqat al-Islam (d. 1319/1901), son the the above Hajji Mirza Shafi.

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Mirza `Ali, Thiqat al-Islam Tabrizi (d. 1912),

He was changed by the Russians for "for resisting the occupation of Tabriz" (Momen, Shi`i Islam, 1985:230).

  • مرآة الكتب  Mirʼāt al-kutub. 7 vols.  ed. Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Ḥāʼirī, vol. 7 "Al-Juzʼ al-sābiʻ, al-fahāris al-ʻāmmah", ed. Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥāʼirī; ʻAlī Ṣadrāʼī Khūʼī. Qum : Maktabat Āyat Allāh al-Marʻashī al-ʻĀmmah, 1414-<1433> = 1993 or 1994-2012. ( so World Cat. ).

 إيضاح الانباء في تعيين مولد خاتم الانبياء ومقتل سيد الشهداء

  • Īḍāḥ al-anbāʼ fī taʻyīn mawlid Khātim al-anbiyāʼ wa-maqtal Sayyid al-Shuhadāʼ. ed. Muhammad Alvānsāz Khūyī. Qum: Kitābkhānah-ʼi Buzurg-i Ḥaz̤rat Āyat Allāh al-ʻUẓmá Marʻashī Najafī, 2013. Persian volume 150pp.