Anthony, Sean W.

The caliph and the heretic Ibn Sabaʼ and the origins of Shīʼism / [electronic resource] : by Sean W. Anthony. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. - xiii, 352 p. - Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 91 0929-2403 ; . - Islamic history and civilization ; v. 91. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Nasṛ ibn Muzahịm -- Ibn Sabaʻ and the heresiographers -- The execution of Ibn Sabaʻ -- The parousia of ʻAli ibn Abi Tạlib -- 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






ʻAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʼ, 7th cent.


Shīʻah--History.
Muslim heretics.


Electronic books.

BP80.A21975 / A85 2012

297.8/2092