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An Ismaili Heresiography: The "Bab Al-Shaytan" from Abu Tammam's Kitab Al-Shajara (Islamic History & Civilization, 23) (English, Arabic and Arabic Edition)

By Wilferd Madelung , Paul Walker

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
1998
ISBN
9004110720, 9789004110724
Language
englisharabicarabic
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14996192 bytes)
Edition
Bilingual
Pages
134\299
Time added
2024-04-16 12:21:28

Description

Presents the "Chapter on Satan"(Bāb al-shayṭān) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitāb al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurāsānī dā'ī, Abū Tammām. The satans of Abū Tammām's "Chapter" are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally Shī'ī and Mu'tazilī point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature. The volume contains both a critical edition of the "Bāb al-shayṭān", and a complete English translation of it.

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