Home›Sources›The Shi'is of IraqSourcesThe Shi'is of IraqCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Shi'is of Iraq." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-shiis-of-iraq.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Shi'is of Iraq. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-shiis-of-iraqCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-shi-is-of-iraq, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Shi'is of Iraq}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-shiis-of-iraq}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXYitzhak Nakash's is a scholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, working from the documented historical record to trace how that community's religious institutions actually formed and how they related to Ottoman and later Iraqi state authority, rather than presenting Iraqi Shia identity as a fixed, timeless given. That institutional and political historical method is the study's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established historical facts about the formation of Iraqi Shia religious institutions and their relationship to state authority; a claim about current Iraqi Shia religious leadership needs a more contemporary source alongside it.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (116 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Yitzhak Nakash's scholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, covering its formation, religious institutions and relationship to the Ottoman and later Iraqi state, published by Princeton University Press.NotesWell-attestedScholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, covering its formation, religious institutions and relationship to the Ottoman and later Iraqi state. Use for established historical facts about Iraqi Shia Islam.CitationAuthorWell-attestedYitzhak NakashPublisherWell-attestedPrinceton University PressPublication YearWell-attested1994Source TypeWell-attestedbookCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithIraq, Countries Well-attested This source names Iraq directly: "history of the Shia community of Iraq, working from the documented historical record to trace how that community's religious institutions actually formed and how they related to Ottoman and later..."Source The Shi'is of IraqYitzhak Nakashtier 1Claims Backed By This Source (116 claims)This source backs 116 claims across the atlas. As facts: 79 well-attested. As cited relationships: 19 holds, 1 connected, 2 held Differently. Plus 15 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Sites, 45 claims: 34 well-attested, 7 holds, 4 general references.Pilgrimage Routes, 19 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Cities, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 5 holds, 3 general references.Schools of Religious Law, 13 claims: 1 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 2 held Differently, 5 general references.Articles, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Subcategories, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested79ArticlesA Circuit That Is Also a Liturgy and a GrievanceA City Grown From a GraveA Rumour, Not an AttackAli's Capital, and the Blow in the MosqueNajaf, and a City Organised Around a GraveThe Askari Shrine and the Hidden ImamThe Invitation to Husayn, and the Law School of IraqThe Mawakib, and Why They Will Not Take MoneyThe Mawkib: A Pilgrimage That Feeds ItselfThe Twin-Domed Shrine of the Two Who Restrained Their AngerWhy the Number Is Forty, and the Years It Was BannedCitiesKarbalaKufaSamarraPilgrimage RoutesThe Arbaeen Walk to KarbalaThe Ziyarat of the Shia Shrine CitiesSacred SitesKadhimiyaThe al-Askari Shrine, SamarraThe Shrine of Imam Ali and the Hawza, NajafThe Shrines of Husayn and al-Abbas, KarbalaSchools of Religious LawJafari SchoolSourcesThe Shi'is of IraqSubcategoriesShia Islamic SitesHolds19CitiesKarbalaPilgrimage RoutesThe Arbaeen Walk to KarbalaThe Ziyarat of the Shia Shrine CitiesSacred SitesKadhimiyaThe al-Askari Shrine, SamarraThe Shrine of Imam Ali and the Hawza, NajafThe Shrines of Husayn and al-Abbas, KarbalaSchools of Religious LawHanafi SchoolHanbali SchoolMaliki SchoolShafii SchoolSourcesThe Shi'is of IraqConnected1Schools of Religious LawJafari SchoolHeld Differently2Schools of Religious LawJafari SchoolGeneral References15CitiesKarbalaKufaSamarraPilgrimage RoutesThe Arbaeen Walk to KarbalaThe Ziyarat of the Shia Shrine CitiesSacred SitesKadhimiyaThe al-Askari Shrine, SamarraThe Shrine of Imam Ali and the Hawza, NajafThe Shrines of Husayn and al-Abbas, KarbalaSchools of Religious LawHanafi SchoolHanbali SchoolJafari SchoolMaliki SchoolShafii SchoolSubcategoriesShia Islamic SitesComments (0)No comments yet. 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