The caliph and the heretic Ibn Sabaʻ and the origins of Shiʻism / by Sean W. Anthony.

Author/creator Anthony, Sean W.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Descriptionxiii, 352, [2] pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesIslamic history and civilization ; v. 91
Islamic history and civilization v. 91. ^A424857
Contents Ibn Sabaʻ and the Sayfian corpus -- Sayf ibn ʻUmar and the Sabaʻiya (i): the caliphate of ʻUthman ibn ʻAffan -- Sayf ibn ʻUmar and the Sabaʻiya (ii): ʻAli ibn Abi Tālib the Battle of the camel -- Excursus: The Sayfian corpus in the riwaya of Naṣr ibn Muzaḥim -- Ibn Sabaʻ and the heresiographers -- The execution of Ibn Sabaʻ -- The parousia of ʻAli ibn Abi Ṭalib -- Excursus 1: ʻAli in the clouds -- Excursus 2: The letter of ʻAli given to ʻAbd Allah ibn Wahb al-Hamdani -- The Sabaʻiya of the Umayyad period.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
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LCCN 2011035779
ISBN9789004209305 (hardback ; alk. paper)
ISBN9004209301 (hardback ; alk. paper)

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