An Ismaili heresiography
the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
by Wilferd Madelung
This book presents the 'Chapter on Satan' (Bab al-shaytan) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the fourth/tenth-century Khurasani dai, Abu Tammam.
The satans of Abu Tammam'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 Shii and Mutazili 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 'Bab al-shaytan' and a complete English translation of it.
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An Ismaili heresiography: the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
1998, Brill
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An Ismaili heresiography: the "Bab al-shaytan" from Abu Tamman's Kitab al-shajara
1998, Brill
in Multiple languages
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Text in English and Arabic, with Arabic on inverted pages.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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