The caliph and the heretic [electronic resource] : Ibn Saba and the origins of Shiism / by Sean W. Anthony.

By: Anthony, Sean WContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Islamic history and civilization ; v. 91.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012Description: xiii, 352 pISBN: 9789004216068 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Abd Allah ibn Saba, 7th cent | Shiah -- History | Muslim hereticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 297.8/2092 LOC classification: BP80.A21975 | A85 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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