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<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>The Occultation of the Twelfth Imam </FONT></FONT></CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>(A Historical Background)</FONT></FONT> <BR>&nbsp; </CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT size=+2>by&nbsp;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=+2>Jassim M. Hussain</FONT>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<EM>&nbsp;with a&nbsp;Foreword by </EM>

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