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Shi'ism
Shi'ism is the branch of Islam that holds that leadership of the community belongs to the descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Its Ismaili form was the faith of the Fatimid Caliphate, whose decline ended Ismaili rule in Egypt. Accounts of the Ilkhanate note Shi'ism's influence on the religious landscape of Persia after the Ilkhanid ruler Öljeitü converted to it.
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