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Shiism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus provides a panoramic view of the Shiite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. This second volume provides a sweeping study of Aljamiado literature. It features Morisco traditions that are translated into English for the very first time. Not only were Moriscos producing original works of Shiite inspiration, they were also citing classical Shiite sources that were produced by Zaydis, Ismailis, Twelvers, and even Nusayris. As this books comprehensive coverage reveals, some Moriscos were drawing from the works of Imam Ali, Kulayni, Bahrani, Saduq, Rawandi, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Ibn Tawus, Mufid, Bakri, Tusi, Kafami, and even Majlisi. They were studying Shiite traditions, reciting Shiite prayers, marking the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, and reading about the lives of the twelve Imams. By re-examining, re-assessing, and rewriting the religious and political history of the region, Shiism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus makes a revolutionary contribution to scholarship in the field.