Reviews and corrections

The present article is composed in three parts. First, Shī‘a in old Bahrain is discussed based on evidences from codicology, numismatics, and paleography, and evidences are argued regarding the oldest mosque in Awal, old Bahrain, and it is shown that this mosque has been built by Imamite Shī‘as. The second part is the correction of the name of a book by Dā‘ī Ismā‘īlī ‘Abdān whose works have been listed in Al- Fihrist by Ibn Nadīm. The last part of the present article is a reflection on historiography in early centuries of Islam.