Mahdis and millenarians
Subtitle: Shi'ite extremists in early Muslim Iraq
By: William F. Tucker.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521883849
Subjects: Shīʻah -- Iraq -- History; Shīʻah -- Iran -- History; Islam -- Iraq -- History; Islam -- Iran -- History; Islamic fundamentalism -- Iraq -- History; Islamic fundamentalism -- Iran -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Earlier movements. 'Abd Allah ibn Saba' and his followers. al-Mukhtar and the Kaisaniyya; title: 2. Bayan ibn Sam'an and the Bayaniyya; title: 3. al-Mughira ibn Sa'id and the Mughiriyya; title: 4. Abu Mansur al-'Ijli and the Mansuriyya; title: 5. 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya and the Janahiyya; title: 6. Influence and significance of the four sects; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.