The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Sabaʾ and the Origins of Shīʿism by Sean W. Anthony

Brill's Islamic History and Civilization #91

The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Sabaʾ and the Origins of Shīʿism

Sean W. Anthony

368 pages digital 2011

2 editions

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This book offers an examination of the origins of Shīʿite Islam as viewed through the lens of the traditions surrounding its earliest and most infamous heretic, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʾ, and the sectarian movement he purportedly founded, the Sabaʾīya.

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