The Nuṣayrī-ʻAlawīs : an introduction to the religion, history, and identity of the leading minority in Syria /

Friedman offers new and updated research on the Nusayrī-'Alawī sect, today a leading group in Syria, covering a variety of aspects and focusing on the Middle Ages. A century after Dussaud's Histoire et religion des Nosairîs (1900), he reviews the history and religion of the sect in the lig...

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Main Author: Friedman, Yaron.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 77.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223059.

Subjects:

Nosairians > Syria > History.

Nosairians > Syria > Religion.

Nosairians > Syria > Ethnic identity.

Nosairians > Syria > Social conditions.