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{{cite book}}:|author2=has generic name (help) - ↑ STEFAN H. WINTER (1999). "Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Makki "al-Shahid al-Awwal" (d. 1384) and the Shi'ah of Syria" (PDF). Mamlūk Studies Review. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: 173. doi:10.6082/M1862DM5 . Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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{{cite book}}:|author2=has generic name (help) - ↑ STEFAN H. WINTER (1999). "Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Makki "al-Shahid al-Awwal" (d. 1384) and the Shi'ah of Syria" (PDF). Mamlūk Studies Review. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: 174. doi:10.6082/M1862DM5 . Retrieved 25 September 2014.
