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.
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