Figures
1 The ahl al-bayt and the location of their tombs in Palestine 46
2 The religious-strategic rectangle 47
3 Shīʿī settlement in Palestine: fourth/tenth to fifth/eleventh centuries 55
4 Shīʿī settlement in Palestine: twelfth/eighteenth to twentieth centuries (until 1948) 81
5 Eight ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« villages: 1923â48 90
6 Flags of Hizbullah and the Palestinian á¹¢ÄbirÄ«n 99
7 Circles of Iranian involvement in the Gaza Strip 133
8 Circles defining the ShÄ«Ê¿Ä«sâ status in the state of Israel 134
9 The al-Nabī Yūshaʿ shrine 139
10 al-Nabī Yūsha: The left/east chamber 141
11 al-Nabī Yūsha: The left/east, inscription 1 141
12 al-Nabī Yūsha: The left/east, inscription 2 142
13 al-Nabī Yūsha: The left/east, inscription 3 142
14 The right/west chamber (outside) 143
15 The right/west chamber (inside) 144
16 Inscription - left/east close-up 145
17 Inscription - left/east 146
18 Sitt Sukayna: Five-line inscription 147
19 The verse of purification (close-up) 148
20 Sitt Sukayna: Eight-line inscription 149
21 The shrine of Rachel, wife of Rabī ʿAkīva 151
22 The shrine of Rachel with sign 152
23 Raʾs al-Ḥusayn 153
24 Raʾs al-Ḥusayn: Municipality of Ashkelonâs sign 154
25 Raʾs al-Ḥusayn (close-up) 155
26 Israeli Documents: Hūnīn 1948 - meeting report p. 1 171
27 Hūnīn 1948 - meeting report p. 2 172
28 HÅ«nÄ«n document with minister of minoritiesâ notes p. 1 173
29 HÅ«nÄ«n document with minister of minoritiesâ notes p. 2 174
30 Agreement of friendship with Hūnīn 177
31 âAgreement is off the tableâ 178
32 âAgreement is off the tableââConfirmation 178
33 The âShÄ«Ê¿Ä«s of Palestineâ Facebook Page 195
Tables
1 Shīʿī villages and Israeli settlements that replaced them 80
2 Population counts in Shīʿī villages in Palestine 89