Chapter XXV: Section II: ――Of the religion of the Shiâhs 362

Of the twelve sects of the Shiâhs 364

Of the religion of the Akhbárín 372

An account of the Ismâílíah 397

An account of the Ali Ilahian 451

Transcriber Note:

Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Superscripts are contained within braces and preceded by a carat, e.g. III^{ter}. Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the section in which related anchors occur.

Accented consonants d, k, l, and t are shown with the accent following the letter, like this: d´. Aspirated h after a consonant is preceded by an apostrophe: ’h. Umlaut above zed is indicated within brackets: [:z].

Except as noted herein, no changes were made to spelling or diacriticals; many words and names were printed with multiple variations. Punctuation was standardized, with the addition of unprinted quotation marks, parentheses, apostrophes, commas, and stops at ends of sentences and abbreviations. Obvious printing errors were corrected, e.g. backwards or upside down letters, letters in reverse order, duplicate words that occurred at line or page breaks, and spaces missing between words.

Reversed lines were restored to proper order:

person to take care of them. It is said, that in Guze-
all hands a great number of sheep, they appointed a

was changed to:

all hands a great number of sheep, they appointed a
person to take care of them. It is said, that in Guze-

Comments:

Added missing anchor to [256].
There are two anchors to [317].
Missing anchor to [352] was added where it likely belongs.
[563] First letter of _Ilahíyún_ is unclear in the original.
There are two anchors to [583]; the second follows [585].
[661] The word “was” likely omitted from “… he who assassinated …”
[662] Page number in cite is unclear; it may be 34 instead of 54.
[669], the year 1127 is at variance with 1162, shown in the index.
The word “of” was likely omitted from “… shape a powerful …”