An Ismaili heresiography
Subtitle: the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
By: by Wilferd Madelung and Paul E. Walker.
Contributors: Walker, Paul Ernest, 1941-
Series: Islamic history and civilization.; v. 23
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Abū Tammām Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭāʼī, fl. 808-842; Ismailites -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Heresies, Islamic
Description: This book presents the 'Chapter on Satan' (Bab al-shaytan) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the fourth/tenth-century Khurasani dai, 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 Shii and Mutazili 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-shaytan' and a complete English translation of it.
Notes: Text in English and Arabic, with Arabic on inverted pages.
Includes bibliographical references and index.