The Nuṣayrī-ʻAlawīs : : an introduction to the religion, history, and identity of the leading minority in Syria /

The Nuṣayrī-ʻAlawīs : : an introduction to the religion, history, and identity of the leading minority in Syria / / by Yaron Friedman.

Friedman offers new and updated research on the Nusayrī-‘Alawī sect, today a leading group in Syria, covering a variety of aspects and focusing on the Middle Ages. A century after Dussaud's Histoire et religion des Nosairîs (1900), he reviews the history and religion of the sect in the light of...

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Superior document:Islamic history and civilization, v. 77
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Friedman, Yaron.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 77.
Physical Description:1 online resource (350 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Y. Friedman
  • Introduction / Y. Friedman
  • I. History Of The Nuṣayrīs / Y. Friedman
  • II. The Nuṣayrī Religion / Y. Friedman
  • III. Identity between Sunna and Shī’a / Y. Friedman
  • Conclusion / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 1. Primary Nuṣayrī Sources / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 2. Titles And Contents Of Unavailable Sources / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 3. Ciphers In The Writings of al-Ṭabarānī / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 4. The Table of Ranks Based on Abdallāh ibn Mu’āwiya’s Kitāb al-marātib wa-’l-daraj / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 5. List of the Imāms And Their bābs / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 6. Dīwān al-Khasị̄bī—Information And Summary / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 7. A Summary of the Kitāb al-majmū’: A Dustūr (Book for Initiates) from the Nineteenth Century / Y. Friedman
  • Appendix 8. The Fatwā of Ibn Taymiyya Against The Nuṣayrīs / Y. Friedman
  • Select Bibliography / Y. Friedman
  • Index / Y. Friedman.

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