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The New International Encyclopædia/Imamites

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Edition of 1905. See also Twelver on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

IMAMITES, ḗ-mäm'ḯts. A Mohammedan sect whose members recognize the twelve imams, descendants of Mohammed's son-in-law Ali, whom they consider the first real imam or caliph. They are commonly known as Shiites.