Endnotes

1 For biographical details of his life and works see al-Hurr al-'Amili, Amal al-'dmil (Qum, 1362Sh/1984), v. 2, pp. 57-58 #149; al-Afandi, Riyad al-^culama^} (Beirut, 1431/2009), v.

2 On al-Shaykh al-Baha’i see Stewart, “The Lost Biography of Baha’ al-Din al-'Amili and the Reign of Shah Isma'il II in Safavid Historiography,” Iranian Studies 31/2 (1998), pp. 177-205; Stewart, “A Biographi­cal Notice on Baha’ al-Din al-'Amili (d. 1030/1621),” JAOS 111 (1999), pp. 568-571.

3 The Shaykh al-islam of a city was its chief religious authority who was responsible, among others duties, for the judgeship. This was a state appointed post. See Arjomand, The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984), pp. 124, 137; Stewart, “The First Shaykh al-Islam of the Safavid Capital Qazvin,” JAOS 116 (1996), p. 387.

4 Stewart, “A Biographical Notice on Baha’ al-Din al-'Amili (d. 1030/1621),” p. 571.

5 Al-'Amili, A'yan al-Shi'a, v. 4, p. 271.

6 Al-Mar'ashi al-Najafi, Manhaj al-rashad fl tarjumat al-Fadil al-Jawad, pp. 16-17.

7 Al-Sadr has recorded a different title: Sharh al-sahifa al-usturlabiyya.

8 For the details of this MS see the editor's introduction in al-Sharif al-Murtada, al-Dhari'a ila usul al- shari'a (Mashhad, 1399Sh/2020), p. 134.

9 This is arguably Kazimi's most important work. It is edited and published in 4 volumes. See al-Kazimi, Masalik al-afham ila ayat al-ahkam (Tehran, 1365Sh/1986).

10 Baha’ al-Dm al-'Amili, Zubdat al-usul ma^!a hawashi l-musannif 'alayha (Qum, 1425/2004), pp. 44-46 (editor's introduction). It appears that the list of commentaries contains a repetition and therefore the total will reach to 27 commentaries.

11 Al-Khwansari, Rawdat al-jannat, v. 2, p. 216; Agha Buzurg al-Tihrani, al-Dhari'a ila tasanif al-Shi'a (Bei­rut, 1403/1983), v. 16, p. 15 #61. It should be noted that his rival scholar Taliban of Astarabad is also credited with a commentary on the Zubdat al-usul.

12 Al-'Amili, A'yan al-Shi'a, v. 9, p. 244.

13 Dirayati, Fihristegan-e nuskheha-ye khatti-ye Iran (Tehran, 1390Sh/2012), v. 23, pp. 305-312; Nasrabadi, Ketabshinasi-ye Shaykh Baha’i (Mashhad, 1387Sh/2008), pp. 379-381 (73 MSs). This is also attested by Agha Buzurg al-Tihrani, al-Dhari'a, v. 16, p. 15 when he states that the MSs of Ghayat al-ma’mul are numerous and widely disseminated (kathira shayi'a).

14 The Ghayat al-ma’mul has been subject of research at the postgraduate degree level at Al-Azhar Univer­sity. Between 2010 and 2011, three students selected different sections of the Ghayat al-ma’mul for their dissertations. See 'Ali 'Amr 'Abd al-Latif 'Ali, Ghayat al-ma’mul fi sharh Zubdat al-usul “tahqiq wa-dirasa” lil-'Alldma Muhammad b. Sad al-shahir bi-l-Jawad al-Kazimi min awwal al-makhtut ila akhir al-kalam 'an al-mabadi al-lughawiyya (MA dissertation, Al-Azhar University, 2010), 604 pages; 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad As'ad Muhammad, Tahqiq wa-dirasa makhtut Ghayat al-ma’mul fi sharh Zubdat al-usul (min awwal al-mabadi al-ahkamiyya ila akhir mabhath al-qiyas) lil-AUama Muhammad b. Sa'd al-shahir bi-l- Jawad al-Kazimi (MA dissertation, Al-Azhar University, 2011), 621 pages; Muhammad Faruq Muham­mad 'Abd al-Muhisn, Tahqiq wa-dirasa makhtut (Ghayat al-ma’mul fi sharh Zubdat al-usul) lil-AHama Muhammad b.

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15 'Abdallah b. Bukayr, a student and narrator of traditions from Abu Basir Layth b. al-Bakhtari al-Muradi. Abu Basir al-Muradi was a Twelver hadith transmitter; because chains of transmission only listed the kunya Abu Basir, it was often unclear whether it was in reference to him or Abu Basir Yahya b. Abi l-Qasim al-Asadi, another transmitter, since both were disciples of the Imams Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq, and lived in Kufa around the same time. As a result, the identity of Abu Basir in a chain of transmission cannot be determined with certainty (Pakatchi, tr. Hamid Tehrani, “Abu Basir,” EIS).

16 Sama'a b. Mihran b. 'Abd al-Rahman, a prolific Kufan author and transmitter from Ja'far al-Sadiq, Musa al-Kazim, and their disciples; “there are close to one thousand quotations from this author in Shi'ite works...mainly through the same transmitter.” See Modarressi, Traditional and Survival (Oxford, 2003), p. 370.

17 A reference to the followers of Ibn Faddal, who was a “renowned” scholar of rijal, the biographies of transmitters, and a member of the Fathiyya; Abu Basir al-Muradi's only attributed work, on juridical issues, is known mainly through Ibn Faddal's transmission. See Pakatchi, “Abu Basir”.

18 Qur’an 49:6.

19 Aban b. 'Uthman al-Ahmar, a transmitter of hadith from Abfl Basir al-Asadi. See Pakatchi, “Abfl Basir”.

20 Baha’ al-Din al-'Ämili, Mashriq al-shamsayn wa-iksir al-sa'adatayn (Mashhad, 1429/2008), pp. 43-45.

21 Qur’an 49:6.

22 The Fathiyya were Shi'is who believed that the rightful Imam after Ja'far al-Sadiq was his son 'Abdallah al-Aftah rather than his other son, Mflsa al-Kazim, who the Twelver Shi'is regard as the sole legitimate successor.

23 Al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Ma'arij al-usül (London, 2003), p. 216.

24 Shi'is who believed that Ja'far al-Sadiq did not die and would return as the Mahdi (Eds., “Nawflsiyya,” EI2).

25 Shi'is who believed the line of Imams stopped with Mflsa al-Kazim, whom they believed did not die and would one day return as the Mahdi. See Khani, tr. Farzin Negahban, “Bashiriyya,” EIS.

26 Al-Tflsi, 'Uddat al-usül (Qum, 1417/1997), vol. 1, pp. 148-150.

27 Al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Ma'arij al-usül, p. 215.

28 Al-'Allama al-Hilli, Khulasat al-aqwal fi ma'rifat al-rijal (Qum, 1417/1996), p. 74.

29 Qur’an 29:69.

30 Al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Ma'arij al-usül, p. 218.

31 Al-Juba'i al-'Ämili al-Shahid al-Thani, al-Ri'aya fi 'ilm al-diraya (Qum, 1408/1988), p. 186.

32 Qur’an 49:6.

33 Qur’an 2:282.

34 Al-'Allama al-Hilli, Khulasat al-aqwal, p. 50.

35 Al-'Allama al-Hilli, Nihayat al-wusül ila 'ilm al-usül (Qum, 1427/2006), vol. 3, p. 432.