A Gateway to Hell, a Gateway to Paradise. the North African Response to the Arab Conquest
This book is a study of the early history of the lbadiyya in North Africa, a ""moderate"" movement among the Kharijis which from its base in Basra gradually spread among the Berbers of the Maghrib in the 750s. The Berbers found in this new religious allegiance an attractive ideol...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Gerlach Press,
2020.
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Colección: | SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is a study of the early history of the lbadiyya in North Africa, a ""moderate"" movement among the Kharijis which from its base in Basra gradually spread among the Berbers of the Maghrib in the 750s. The Berbers found in this new religious allegiance an attractive ideology with which to rebel against the central caliphate. An Ibadi imamate, headed by the Rustamid dynasty, was founded in Tahart in 160 or 162/777 or 779 and lasted until 296/909, when it fell to the Fatimids. The book is divided into seven chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. After a briefintroduction to the lbad. |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 p.). |
ISBN: | 3959941099 9783959941099 |