An online book by Rasul Ja'fariyan explores the influence of the school of Sheikh Tusi of Baghdad on the survival of Shiism in Iran. al-islam.org/mot/iraqishiism
A history of the Shia community, from its origins shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad through to the Islamic Republic of Iran. www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/SHIA/SHIA1.HTM
Article on the Shia branch of Islam in Encyclopedia of the Orient; includes a summary of their history, with a genealogy of the Imams. lexicorient.com/e.o/shii.htm
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