Bibliography: 9F9WJU3D

key	9F9WJU3D
title	Shī'ahs
author	Patton, Walter M.
item type	Book section
publication year	1908
date	1908
publication title	Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
abstract note	The most important outgrowths of the Shī'ah party are: (1) the Zaidiyah sect; (2) the Ismā'ilians; (3) their offspring, the Carmatians; (4) the Fātimids; (5) the Druses (derived from the Fatimids); (6) the Hashishin, or Assassins (a develo pment within the Ismā'ilian sect); (7) in quite modern times the Shaikhī sect and its derivatives, the Bábis and Baháis. The Shaikhī sect took its rise in Persia in the early years of the last century. They are Ithna-'asharīyah ('Twelvers') by profession, but hold an exaggerated belief in the divinity of the imāms, especially of the imām Mahdī. The sect is of interest because from it sprang Mirza Muhammad'Alī, the founder of the Bābī sect—an eclectic religious enterprise which renounced connexion with conventional Islām and struck out a path for itself. From Bābīism has sprung in its turn Bāhāism (sic), which aims at being a universal religion. Bābīism was founded in 1844–45, and Bāhāism in 1892. These sects are not recognized or tolerated by the Shī'ahs.
pages	XI:453-458
publisher	Clark ; New York : Scribner
place	Edinburgh
language	English
manual tags	SHIAH
editor	Hastings, J.