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.
- ISBN10 9004110720
- ISBN13 9789004110724
- Publish Date 17 June 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id1427