Wikipedia's first sentence called it “idiom”. Today it says “term used synonymously in turkish language to characterize premodern alid dynasties of northern iran”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Bektashism; Kızılbaşism; Ahl-e Haqq Tariqa and Kurdish Alevis”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
The Four Books Kitab al-Kafi Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Other hadith collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Reality of Certainty Nahj al-Balagha Mafatih al-Jinan Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Al-Amali Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence Qur'an Hadiths of The Infallibles Consensus Reason Related topics List of Twelver Shia books Criticism of Twelver Shi'ism Shia Islam portal v t e Aleviler is an idiom , being used synonymously in Turkish language with Shi'ites , to characterize the Zaydids of Tabaristan , Daylam and Gilan ; the Bātinī - Ismāʿīlīs of Pamir Mountains in Turkestan and the Non- Ja'fari Twelver - Shi’ites in Turkey . Balcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları – The course of madh'hab events in Turkish history (Preface and notes by Hilmi Ziya Ülken), Ahmet Sait Press, 271 pages, Kanaat Publications, Istanbul, 1940.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Nowadays Aleviler is an idiom to characterize the " Zaydids " of Tabaristan , Daylam and Gilan ; the " Bātinī - Ismāʿīlīs " of Pamir Mountains in Turkestan ; and the "Non- Ja'fari Twelver - Shi’ites " in Turkey . Balcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları - The course of madh'hab events in Turkish history , (Preface and notes by Hilmi Ziya Ülken), Ahmet Sait Press, 271 pages, Kanaat Publications, Istanbul, 1940. transl.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Four Books Kitab al-Kafi Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Other hadith collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Reality of Certainty Nahj al-Balagha Mafatih al-Jinan Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Al-Amali Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence Qur'an Hadiths of The Infallibles Consensus Reason Related topics List of Twelver Shia books Criticism of Twelver Shi'ism Shia Islam portal v t e Aleviler is an idiom , being used synonymously in Turkish language with Shi'ites , to characterize the Zaydids of Tabaristan , Daylam and Gilan ; the Bātinī - Ismāʿīlīs of Pamir Mountains in Turkestan and the Non- Ja'fari Twelver - Shi'ites in Turkey . Balcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları – The course of madh'hab events in Turkish history (Preface and notes by Hilmi Ziya Ülken), Ahmet Sait Press, 271 pages, Kanaat Publications, Istanbul, 1940.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Idiom in Turkish For other uses, see Alevis and Alids . The Four Books Kitab al-Kafi Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Other hadith collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Reality of Certainty Nahj al-Balagha Mafatih al-Jinan Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Al-Amali Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence Qur'an Hadiths of The Infallibles Consensus Reason Related topics List of Twelver Shia books Criticism of Twelver Shi'ism Shia Islam portal v t e Aleviler is an idiom , being used synonymously in Turkish language with Shi'ites , to characterize the Zaydids of Tabaristan , Daylam and Gilan ; the Bātinī - Ismāʿīlīs of Pamir Mountains in Turkestan and the Non- Ja'fari Twelver - Shi'ites in Turkey . Balcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları – The course of madh'hab events in Turkish history (Preface and notes by Hilmi Ziya Ülken), Ahmet Sait Press, 271 pages, Kanaat Publications, Istanbul, 1940.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “idiom”. Today it says “term used synonymously in turkish language to characterize premodern alid dynasties of northern iran”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Bektashism; Kızılbaşism; Ahl-e Haqq Tariqa and Kurdish Alevis”. Read the current article and compare.
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term used synonymously in turkish language to characterize premodern alid dynasties of northern iran
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