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 Shīʿī villages: 1923–48 90
6 Flags of Hizbullah and the Palestinian Ṣābirīn 99
7 Circles of Iranian involvement in the Gaza Strip 133
8 Circles defining the Shīʿīs’ 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 Ashkelon’s 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 Hūnīn document with minister of minorities’ notes p. 1 173
29 Hūnīn document with minister of minorities’ notes p. 2 174
30 Agreement of friendship with Hūnīn 177
31 “Agreement is off the table” 178
32 “Agreement is off the table”—Confirmation 178
33 The “Shīʿīs of Palestine” Facebook Page 195
Tables
1 Shīʿī villages and Israeli settlements that replaced them 80
2 Population counts in Shīʿī villages in Palestine 89