shiah, A Mohammedan sect, usually much at variance with those of Sunni persuasion.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne
Also thy bullet hurts me not a little, Thy shiah blood might serve to salve the ill.
"India's Love Lyrics"
Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (AKA Laurence Hope), et al.
On Sabbath I preached in Hindustanee to the native Christians, and we attended the English service held in a building which had been an Imambara, the name given to a building where Muhammadans of the shiah sect worship.
"Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877"
James Kennedy