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Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for some Shias escaping persecution from Umayyads, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and Ottomans. The immigration continued throughout the second millennium until the formation of modern nation states.
However, as per an estimation of one reputed Shia NGO Alimaan Trust, India's Shia population in early 2000 was around 30 million with Sayyids comprising just a tenth of the Shia population. [171] According to some national and international sources Indian Shia population is the world's second-largest after Iran .
List of Shia dynasties. 11 languages. ... Indian subcontinent. Soomra dynasty (1026–1351 CE) Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 CE) Bidar Sultanate (1489–1619 CE)
Shia Muslims form a majority of the population in three countries across the Muslim world: Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan. Significant Shia communities are also found in Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Turkey, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent.
The Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent or Indo-Muslim period [1] is conventionally said to have started in 712, after the conquest of Sindh and Multan by the Umayyad Caliphate under the military command of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [2] It began in the Indian subcontinent in the course of a gradual conquest.
Pages in category "Shia Islam in India" ... Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent; A. All India Shia Political Conference; Ashurkhana Sayyid Jamshed Ali Khan;
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .
The three main Shia branches are Twelverism, Isma'ilism and Zaydism. Shia Muslims form a majority of the population in four countries across the Muslim world: Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Azerbaijan. Significant Shia communities are also found in Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent.