Mahdis and millenarians: Shi'ite extremists in early Muslim Iraq

Mahdis and Millenarians is a discussion of Shiite groups in eighth- and ninth-century Iraq and Iran, whose ideas reflected a mixture of indigenous non-Muslim religious teachings and practices in Iraq in the early centuries of Islamic rule. It demonstrates the period's fluidity of religious boun...

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Subtitles:Mahdis & Millenarians
Main Author: Tucker, William F. 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008.
In:Year: 2008
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iraq / Iran / Mahdi / Millennialism / History 700-900
Further subjects:B Islam (Iraq) History
B Islam ; Iraq ; History
B Islam (Iran) History
B Islamic fundamentalism Iraq History
B Islamic fundamentalism ; Iraq ; History
B Islam ; Iran ; History
B Islamic fundamentalism Iran History
B Islam Iraq History
B Shīʻah Iran History
B Shīʻah ; Iran ; History
B Shīʻah Iraq History
B Islamic fundamentalism ; Iran ; History
B Shīʻah ; Iraq ; History
B Shīʻah (Iran) History
B Islamic fundamentalism (Iran) History
B Islam Iran History
B Islamic fundamentalism (Iraq) History
B Shīʻah (Iraq) History
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780521883849
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Summary:Mahdis and Millenarians is a discussion of Shiite groups in eighth- and ninth-century Iraq and Iran, whose ideas reflected a mixture of indigenous non-Muslim religious teachings and practices in Iraq in the early centuries of Islamic rule. It demonstrates the period's fluidity of religious boundaries. Particular attention is given to the millenarian expectations and the revolutionary political activities of these sects. Specifically, it seeks to define the term 'millenarian', to explain how these groups reflect that definition, and to show how they need to be seen in a much larger context than Shiite or even Muslim history. The author concentrates, therefore, on the historical-sociological role of these movements. The thesis of the study is that they were the first revolutionary chiliastic groups in Islamic history and, combined with the later influence of some of their doctrines, contributed to the teachings of a number of subsequent Shiite or quasi-Shiite sectarian groups.
Introduction -- 1. Earlier movements -- 2. Bayan ibn Sam'an and the Bayaniyya -- 3. al-Mughira ibn Sa'id and the Mughiriyya -- 4. Abu Mansur al-'Ijli and the Mansuriyya -- 5. 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya and the Janahiyya -- 6. Influence and significance of the four sects -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
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ISBN:0511512090
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511512094