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 1 Pre   |        between the partisans of Ali and those of the Ommiad
 2 Pre   |      was among the followers of Ali that the doctrines of the
 3 Pre   |         and 1822.]~as far as to Ali himself, though it is probable
 4 Pre   |       Shi'ites, or followers of Ali, made the eastern provinces
 5 Pre   | deference to the Prophet and to Ali in order to keep on good
 6 I(*)  |    death of Hussein, the son of Ali, whom the Shi'ites regarded
 7 VII(*)|        the time of Abu Bekr and Ali onwards, such religious
 8 XXI(*)|        Allah! yah Muhammad! yah Ali!' They all had slung from
 9 XXI(*)|      and protected by Allah and Ali, can enter with impunity.
10 XXI(*)|          calling upon Mohammad, Ali, and the Imams, or blowing