Shiâ ~ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus provides a panoramic view of the Shiâ ~ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. This first volume surveys the seminal role played by the Shiâ ~ite Imams, their companions, and their followers in North Africa and Islamic Spain. It highlights the fact that several of the Shiâ ~ite Imams had Berber wives and mothers, and studies the settlement of sharifian families in the Western part of the Muslim world. It examines the role of the Shiâ ~ite Imams in the Sufi orders of the region, and scrutinizes the Berber and Arab Shiâ ~ites in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, the Shiâ ~ite sects that surfaced there, and Shiâ ~ite dynasties that they established. The work investigates the Shiâ ~ite revolts that took place in both the Maghrib and al-Andalus, and provides profiles of the Shiâ ~ite scholars who hailed from there. The Maliki Sunni inquisition and the mystery of the Shiâ ~ite Moriscos are also addressed, as are the vestiges of Shiâ ~ism and the current Shiâ ~ite revival in the region. By re-examining, re-assessing, and rewriting the religious and political history of the region, Shiâ ~ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus makes a revolutionary contribution to scholarship in the field.