Qum
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Qum Iran: see Qom .
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FROM BIDA TO SUNNA: THE WILAYA OF ALI IN THE SHII ADHAN.
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... built the Faydiya theological college in Qum [57] and took special pains to show respect ... fi [fada.sup.[contains]] il A1 Muhammad (Qum: Maktaba Ayatullah al-[Mar.sup.[subset ... 1942), 100-101; Mufid, Awa il al-maqalat (Qum: Maktaba al-Dawari, 1370/1950), 240-41 ...
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Center of Shiism shifting back to Iraq
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