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15- Al-Mufid, al-Irshad, p. 199.
16- Al-Tabari,Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 334; al-Maqdisi, al-Badi wa’l
Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 238.
17- Haider, Asad, al-Imam al-Sadiq, p. 373.
18- Ibn Qatibata al-Daynuri, al-Imama wa’l Siyasa, vol. 1, p.
203;
al-Tabari,Tarikh, vol. 5, pp. 256257-; al-Ya‘qubi, vol. 2, p. 231;
al-Maqdisi, al-Badi wa’l Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 108; al-Tabarsi, al-
Ihtijaj, vol. 2, pp. 297 -298.
19- Badr 80 miles (130 km) Southwest of Medina.70 of the
prominent leaders of the Umayyads and Quraish were killed
in that battle. Half of them were killed by al-Imam Ali b. Abi
Talib (as) and the other half by Muslims.The battle led to the
foundation of the Islamic state.
Al-Mas‘udi, Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 288; al-Ya‘qubi, Tarikh
Al- Ya‘qubi, vol. 2, p. 46; al-Mufid, al-Irshad, p. 39.
20- Haidar, Asad, al-Imam al-Sadiq, pp. 306- 306.
21- Al-Tabari,Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 336
22- Saheb, Karbala, pp. 2226-.
23- Abu Na‘im, Hilyatu’l awliya, vol. 5, p.38.
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