UID:
almahu_9949701144302882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004450981
,
9789004110724
Series Statement:
Islamic History and Civilization ; 23
Content:
Presents the "Chapter on Satan"( Bāb al-shayṭān ) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitāb al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurāsānī dā'ī, Abū Tammām. The satans of Abū Tammām's "Chapter" are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally Shī'ī and Mu'tazilī point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature. The volume contains both a critical edition of the "Bāb al-shayṭān", and a complete English translation of it.
Additional Edition:
Print version: An Ismaili Heresiography : The 'Bāb al-Shayṭān' from Abū Tammāms' Kitāb al-shajara. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1998 ISBN 9789004110724
Language:
English
