ʿAbdallāh b. Sabaʾ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" ʿAbdallāh b. Sabaʾ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Lewinstein, Keith

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062928
Doc. NO	:	ALei3325
Main Entry	:	Lewinstein, Keith
Title & Author	:	ʿAbdallāh b. Sabaʾ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Lewinstein, Keith
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,503 words)
Abstract	:	ʿAbdallāh b. Sabaʾ , sometimes known as Ibn al-Sawdāʾ, is remembered as a heresiarch who promoted extremist teachings about ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib. One set of historical traditions ascribes to him a key role in provoking the dissension which led up to the murder of the caliph ʿUthmān (r. 23–35/644–56) and the First Civil War; the heresiographical literature, by contrast, paints him as the founder of extremist Shīʿism (ghulūw). In both types of material, he is described as a Jewish convert from Yemen who sought to undermine
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3325.pdf