The caliph and the heretic: Ibn Sabaʾ and the origins of Shīʿism

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 Naṣr ibn Muzaḥim -- Ibn Sabaʻ and the heresiographers -- T...

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Published in:Islamic history and civilization
Main Author: Anthony, Sean W. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2012
In: Islamic history and civilization (91)
Reviews:[Rezension von: Sean W. Anthony, The caliph and the heretic. Ibn Sabaʾ and the origins of Shīʿism] (Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2013) (Ess, Josef van, 1934 - 2021)
Series/Journal:Islamic history and civilization 91
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B ʿAbdallāh Ibn-Sabaʾ ca. 7. Jh. / Shi'ah
B Tamīmī, Saif Ibn ʿUmar at- ca. -815
Further subjects:B Islamic heresies History
B Shiʿah History
B Muslim heretics
B Muslim heretics Biography
B ʻAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʼ (active 7th century)
B ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʾ, 7th cent
B Shīʻah History
B Thesis
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Summary: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 Naṣr ibn Muzaḥim -- Ibn Sabaʻ and the heresiographers -- The execution of Ibn Sabaʻ -- The parousia of ʻAli ibn Abi Ṭalib -- 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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004209301