The caliph and the heretic : Ibn Saba and the origins of Shiism /

This book is an examination of the traditions and legends concerning early Islam's first and most infamous heretic, the Yemenite Jew known as ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʾ. Tracing the evolution and transformation of the many stories and narratives about Ibn Sabaʾ as adapted by Sunnī and Shīʿī scholars...

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Main Author: Anthony, Sean W.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 91.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.

Subjects:

Abd Allah ibn Sabaơ, > 7th cent.

Shiah > History.

Muslim heretics.

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