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In the 19th century, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq emerged as the most important Shi'i centres of learning. This book sheds light on the formation of contemporary Shiism and the surrounding debates.Litvak, Meir is the author of 'Shi'I Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq' with ISBN 9780521892964 and ISBN 0521892961.
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