Shi'a Sects

Author: Abu Muhammad al Hasan ibn Musa al Nawbakhti 

Translated by: Abbas Khadim

Published by: ICAS Press

Review: Experts on Islam consider Kitab Firaq al-Shi'a, a seminal work for two main reasons: Firstly, it is the earliest work on the subject that has survived in its entirety. Secondly, it is the earliest textbook that provides an Imami Shi'a perspective on the differences among, and origins of, the Islamic sects including a full exposition of various sects within Shi'ism. This edition is the first complete English translation of Kitab Firaq al-Shi‘a