ʿAlī: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- acquisition of Dhū al-faqār
- In Dhū al-faqār
- burial in Najaf
- In Najaf
- establishment of capital at Kūfah
- In Kūfah
- sayings in “Nahj al-balāghah”
- shrine in Mazār-e Sharīf
- significance of Battle of Ṣiffīn
- support by Shiʿah
fitnah conflict
- ʿĀʾishah
- In ʿĀʾishah
- Khārijites
- Muʿāwiyah I
relationship to
role in
- Arabian history
- Battle of Karbala
- imam tradition
- Iranian Islamic history
- Rashidun caliphate
- In Rashidun
Additional Reading
Useful biographical studies of ʿAlī are Reza Shah Kazemi, Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam ʿAlī (2006); Muhammad Adbul Rauf, Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib: The First Intellectual Muslim Thinker (1996); Thomas Cleary (trans.), Living and Dying with Grace: Counsels of Hadrat ʿAlī (1995); and Sulayman Kattani, Imam ʿAlī: Source of Light, Wisdom and Might, trans. by I.K.A. Howard (1983; originally published in Arabic, 1967). The sayings of ʿAlī are collected in Nahjul Balagha: Peak of Eloquence: Sermons, Letters, and Sayings of Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib, trans. by Sayed Ali Reza, 6th ed. (1996). Good introductions to Shiʿi Islam include William Chittick (ed. and trans.), A Shiʿite Anthology (1981); Najam Haider, Shīʿī Islam: An Introduction (2014); and ʿAllamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Shiʿite Islam (1975; originally published in Persian, 1967).
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Article History
Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Alī ibn Abū Ṭālib. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
First paragraph modernization. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: History Today - Caliph Ali Assassinated. | Nov 16, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Alī ibn Abū Ṭālib. | Nov 01, 2022 | ||
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Ali ibn Abi Talib. | Aug 16, 2022 | ||
Removed unverifiable statement. | Apr 20, 2022 | ||
Top Questions updated. | Sep 18, 2019 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Sep 17, 2019 | ||
Article revised. | Mar 08, 2018 | ||
Bibliography added. | Mar 08, 2018 | ||
Rephrased sentence concerning ʿAlī's sons. |
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Dec 05, 2016 | |
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Ali ibn Abi Talib. | Oct 08, 2013 | ||
In the discussions of the year of his death, changed "660" to "661." | Aug 14, 2012 | ||
Bibliography revised. | Jun 05, 2007 | ||
Article thoroughly revised. | Jun 05, 2007 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |