An Ismaili Heresiography: The 'Bāb Al-Shayṭān' from Abū Tammāms' Kitāb Al-Shajara

By Wilferd Madelung and Paul Walker

Presents the "Chapter on Satan"(Bāb al-shayṭān) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitāb al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurāsānī dā'ī, Abū Tammām.
The satans of Abū Tammām'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 Shī'ī and Mu'tazilī 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 "Bāb al-shayṭān", and a complete English translation of it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004110720
• ISBN13: 9789004110724
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"