AhlulBayt News Agency

source : ABNA Exclusive
Monday

15 June 2009

7:30:00 PM
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Shia atlas unveiled at Tehran book fair

In presence of cultural and scientific figures, a rich Shia atlas was unveiled at Tehran book fair.

According to AhlulBAyt News agency –ABNA- the manager of the History of Iran and Islam Library and professor of history,  hojatolislam Rasool Jafarian  in interview with ABNA said the atlas  has come to existence as a result of cooperation of 76 my students and me.Collecting of atlas has lasted from 1385 until 1387."The publisher of atlas is geographic organization of armed forces", he expressed.According to his statement, the project shows the history of Shia in the shape of geographic maps, the shia progress in different areas and sections. The Shia atlas is begun by shia definition and its history.hojatolislam Rasool Jafarian said this work includes 12 chapters. The first chapter presents the definition of Shia and the reasons for schism in Shia.The second chapter includes the biography of AhlulBayt.The rest of chapters examine the Shia position in different countries and continents like Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Europe, and America and so on.

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