An Ismaili heresiography : the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
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An Ismaili heresiography : the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
（Islamic history and civilization, . Studies and texts ; v. 23）
Brill, 1998
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باب الشيطان من كتاب الشجرة لابي تمام
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Text in English and Arabic, with Arabic on inverted pages
Added t.p. in Arabic
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Presents the "Chapter on Satan"(Bab al-shayt an) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurasani da'i, 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 Shi'i and Mu'tazili 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-shayt an", and a complete English translation of it.
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