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

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.
Minorities > Syria > Case studies.
Syria > Ethnic relations.
Syria > Religious life and customs.

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Call Number: DS94.8.N67 F75 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • I. History Of The Nuṣayrīs /
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  • II. The Nuṣayrī Religion /
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  • III. Identity between Sunna and Shī'a /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Appendix 1. Primary Nuṣayrī Sources /
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  • Appendix 2. Titles And Contents Of Unavailable Sources /
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  • Appendix 3. Ciphers In The Writings of al-Ṭabarānī /
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  • Appendix 4. The Table of Ranks Based on Abdallāh ibn Mu'āwiya's Kitāb al-marātib wa-'l-daraj /
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  • Appendix 5. List of the Imāms And Their bābs /
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  • Appendix 6. Dīwān al-Khasị̄bī-Information And Summary /
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  • Appendix 7. A Summary of the Kitāb al-majmū': A Dustūr (Book for Initiates) from the Nineteenth Century /
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  • Appendix 8. The Fatwā of Ibn Taymiyya Against The Nuṣayrīs /
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  • Select Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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