al-Aṣamm - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" al-Aṣamm - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Schwarb, Gregor M.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059963
Doc. NO	:	ALei360
Main Entry	:	Schwarb, Gregor M.
Title & Author	:	al-Aṣamm - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Schwarb, Gregor M.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,483 words)
Abstract	:	Abū Bakr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Kaysān al- Aṣamm (d. 200/816 or 201/817) was an important Basran theologian and exegete, commonly, though with some reservation, considered a Muʿtazilī. Information about his life is scarce. He was born in Basra, where he spent most of his life. During his youth he served, together with other mutakallimūn (theologians), as an assistant to Maʿmar Abū l-Ashʿath (second half of the second/eigthth century; van Ess, TG , 2:37–9), a Basran physician whom al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/868–869) called “
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei360.pdf