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An Ismaili Heresiography: The Bab Al-shaytan From Abu Tammam's Kitab Al-shajara (islamic History And Civilization. Studies And Texts, V. 23) (english, Arabic And Arabic Edition) by Wilferd Madelung; Paul E Walker; Habib ibn Aws al-Ta'i Abu Tammam is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is An Ismaili Heresiography: The Bab Al-shaytan From Abu Tammam's Kitab Al-shajara (islamic History And Civilization. Studies And Texts, V. 23) (english, Arabic And Arabic Edition) about?
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
Who reads An Ismaili Heresiography: The Bab Al-shaytan From Abu Tammam's Kitab Al-shajara (islamic History And Civilization. Studies And Texts, V. 23) (english, Arabic And Arabic Edition)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Wilferd Madelung; Paul E Walker; Habib ibn Aws al-Ta'i Abu Tammam
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Pub
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004450981
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Islam, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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