Early Ibāḍī Literature: Abu l-Mundhir Bashīr b. Muḥammad b. Maḥbūb Kitāb al-Raṣf fi l-Tawḥīd, Kitāb al-Muḥāraba and Sīra, introduced and edited by Abdulrahman al-Salimi and Wilferd Madelung

Authors : Adam GAİSER

Pages : 137-140

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2011.21.34

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Publication Date : 2011-06-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :First paragraph: Scholars of Islamic studies have increasingly come to recognize the importance of the Ibāḍiyya as a group that preserves a unique perspective on Islam: as the only surviving sectarian relatives of the Khārijites, the Ibāḍiyya offer important non-Sunnī and non-Shīʿī views on early Islamic history, theology and law. Contemporary Ibāḍīs of North Africa and Oman possess a remarkable corpus of texts, some of which date back to the early medieval period of Islamic history. Large collections of Ibāḍī manuscripts can also be found in Egypt and Tanzania insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(specifically in Zanzibar);. Many important Ibāḍī works have become available to researchers in recent decades, due in part to the efforts of individual Ibāḍī and non-Ibāḍī scholars, but especially to the Omani Ministry of National Heritage and Culture insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Wizārat al-turāth al-qawmī wa-l-thaqāfa);. Nevertheless, and despite these welcome strides forward, much Ibāḍī material remains in manuscript form. In the work under review, Drs. Madelung and al-Salimi present in critical Arabic edition three heretofore unpublished early Ibāḍī works by Abū l-Mundhir Bashīr ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥbūb insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. ca. 290/908);: the Kitāb al-raṣf fī l-tawḥīd insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Book of Paving about Divine Unity);, Kitāb al-muḥāraba insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Book of Warfare); and the Sīra insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Epistle);. In addition, the authors supply a short five page introduction, in English, discussing the author, the texts and manuscripts consulted for the edition, as well as a list of works cited insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in Arabic);.
Keywords : Early Ibāḍī Literature, Abdulrahman al Salimi and Wilferd Madelung, Kitāb al Muḥāraba and Sīra, Abu l Mundhir Bashīr b Muḥammad b Maḥbūb Kitāb al Raṣf fi l Tawḥīd, Abu l Mundhir Bashīr b Muḥammad b Maḥbūb Kitāb al Raṣf fi l Tawḥīd, Kitāb al Muḥāraba and S

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