AnotherDictionary of Sects A Comprehensive Dictionary of Islamic Sects: A Review

One of the Persian works written upon the study of the sects isThe Comprehensive Dictionary of Islamic Sects, published in three volumes by Etelā’āt Publication in 1389. This dictionary is based on the notes of late Ayatollah Seyyed Mahdi Rohāni, who is one of the researchers in the field of the study of sects and history in the Seminary School of Qom. Later, it was completed by SeyyedHasan Khomeini’s searches. In the following study, the author intends to provide a report of the mentioned book. So, first of all, he introduces some of the work’s features and privileges, and then he criticizes the book and talks about some of its defects.