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Nakash, Yitzhak. Reaching for power : the shi‘a in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12529-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-691-12529-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Shiites—Middle East. 2. Islam and politics—Middle East. I. Title.
DS59.S55N35 2006
320.956'088'29782—dc22 2005021393
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This book has been composed in Sabon with Friz Quadrata display
Printed on acid-free paper. o°
Printed in the United States of America
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