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  2. Zaydism - Wikipedia

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    Zaydism (Arabic: الزَّيْدِيَّة, romanized: az-Zaydiyya) is a branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. [1] Zaydism is one of the three main branches of Shi'ism, with the other two being Twelverism and Ismailism. [2]

  3. Shia Islam - Wikipedia

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    Shia Islam [a] is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib ( r. 656–661 ) as his successor ( khalifa ) as the imam , that is the spiritual and political leader of the Muslim community.

  4. Dukayniyya Shia - Wikipedia

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    The Dukayniyya Shia (named for one of its leaders, Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn al-Dukayn) [1] were a sect of the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam. The Dukayniyya Shia were led by Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn al-Dukayn and Ibrahim ibn al-Hakam.

  5. Batriyya - Wikipedia

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    Batriyya or Butriyya (Arabic: بترية, adjective form Batrī) is an early branch of Zaydī Islam.. The Batriyya were a group of moderates who emerged in Kūfa and played a significant role in the formation of early Zaydism in the 8th century.

  6. Islam in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Yemenis are divided into two principal Islamic religious groups: 65% Sunni and 35% Shia. [1] [2] [3] Others put the numbers of Shias at 30%. [4] [5] [6] The denominations are as follows: 65% primarily of the Shafi'i and other orders of Sunni Islam. 33% of the Zaidi order of Shia Islam, 2% of the Ja'fari and Tayyibi Ismaili orders of Shia

  7. Imams of Yemen - Wikipedia

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    The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were religiously consecrated leaders belonging to the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam.They established a blend of religious and temporal-political rule in parts of Yemen from 897.

  8. Alid dynasties of northern Iran - Wikipedia

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    In the 9th–10th centuries, the northern Iranian regions of Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan, sandwiched between the Caspian Sea and the Alborz range, came under the rule of a number of Arab Alid dynasties, espousing the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam. The first and most powerful Zaydi emirate was established in Tabaristan in 864 and lasted until 928.

  9. Jarudiyya - Wikipedia

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    Jarudiyya (Arabic: الجارودية, Persian: جارودیه, romanized: Jārūdīyya), also known as Jarudism, [1] is among the first branches of Zaydi Islam, attributed to Abu'l-Jarud Ziyad ibn al-Mundhir. Among the theorists of the Jarudiyya are Fadl ibn Zubayr al-Rasani, Mansur ibn Abi al-Aswad, and Harun ibn Saad al-Ajli.