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Anthony, Sean W.

The caliph and the heretic Ibn Saba and the origins of Shiism / [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 Saba and the Sayfian corpus -- Sayf ibn Umar and the Sabaiya (i): the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan -- Sayf ibn Umar and the Sabaiya (ii): Ali ibn Abi Talib the Battle of the camel -- Excursus: The Sayfian corpus in the riwaya of Nasr ibn Muzahim -- Ibn Saba and the heresiographers -- The execution of Ibn Saba -- The parousia of Ali ibn Abi Talib -- Excursus 1: Ali in the clouds -- Excursus 2: The letter of Ali given to Abd Allah ibn Wahb al-Hamdani -- The Sabaiya of the Umayyad period.


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

ISBN: 9789004216068 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Abd Allah ibn Saba, 7th cent.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shiah--History.
Muslim heretics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BP80.A21975 / A85 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 297.8/2092