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Author Haider, Najam

Title The Origins of the Shi'a : Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century Kufa
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Contents Cover; Title???????????????????????????????; Copyright???????????????????????????????????????????; Dedication??????????????????????????????????????????????; Contents????????????????????????????????????????; List of Maps and Tables; Acknowledgments?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Note on Transliteration and Dates; List of Abbreviations; Part One Narratives and Methods; 1 Kufa and the Classical Narratives of Early Shi'ism; Shi'ism United; Imami Shi'ism; Zaydi Shi'ism; Summary and Structure; 2 Confronting the Source Barrier; The Search for Early Sources
Methodology?????????????????????????????????????????????????Geography???????????????????????????????????????????; Structure???????????????????????????????????????????; Legal Authorities.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; The Composition of Isnads -- Transmitters And Shared Links.; Narrative Style.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Question/answer.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Eyewitness Accounts.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Direct Quotes of Legal Opinions. Exemplary Statements.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Written Correspondence.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Sign/list Traditions.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Exegesis and Biblical Stories.; Emerging Identities?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Part Two Case Studies???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; 3 In the Name of God
The Juristic Context????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????The Hanafis; The Malikis; The Shafi'is; The Hanbalis; The Imamis; The Zaydis; The Legal Landscape?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Comparing the Kufan Traditions; The Kufan Traditions -- An Overview; Authorities?????????????????????????????????????????????????; Chains and Transmitters; Narrative Style?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Conclusion??????????????????????????????????????????????; 4 Curses and Invocations
The Juristic Context????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????The Hanafis; The Malikis; The Shafi'is; The Hanbalis????????????????????????????????????????????????????; The Imamis??????????????????????????????????????????????; The Zaydis??????????????????????????????????????????????; The Legal Landscape?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Comparing the Kufan Traditions; The Kufan Traditions -- An Overview; Authorities?????????????????????????????????????????????????; Chains and Transmitters
Summary This path-breaking book challenges earlier scholarship in its examination of the origins and development of the Shi'a
Notes Narrative Style?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index
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Subject Shīʿah -- History
Shīʿah -- Iraq -- Kūfah -- History
Shīʻah
Iraq -- Kūfah
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139117975
1139117971
1283316404
9781283316408
9781107010710
1107010713
9780511862618
051186261X