Zaydiyyah Zaydiyyah , Zaydism , or Zaydi Shia (Arabic: الزيدية ‎ az-zaydiyya , adjective from Zaydi or Zaidi (occasionally called incorrectly as Fiver Shias ) is one of the Shia traditions closest in terms of theology to the Ibadi and Mutazila schools. Zaydiyyah emerged in the 8

1. Mecca Mecca (sometimes spelled also as Makkah or Makkah al-Mukarramah ) is a city in the region called Hejaz. Previously a part of Rashidun Caliphate, Ottoman Empire and a Kingdom of Hejaz, since 1924 it is incorporated in Saudi Arabia, and is also the capital and

1. Medina Medina (also called al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah , "the radiant city"; or al-Madīnah "the city"), also transliterated as Madīnah , is a city in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula and administrative headquarters of the Al-Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. At the city's

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