Review and Critique of the Book “Sayyid Taj al-Din Husayni Awi”
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https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i1.1247Keywords:
Sayyid Taj al-Din, Shi‘i scholarsAbstract
The book Sayyid Taj al-Din Husayni Awi by the Iranian historian Muhammad Saeed Najati is, to our knowledge, the only work in the Arab and Islamic worlds that addresses in some detail the lineage, life, and martyrdom of Sayyid Taj al-Din. Like other books, it contains many points that merit comment, which we indicate in this modest critical article. And God grant success.
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