Wilferd Madelung
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
352
1992
This volume complements the selection of Wilferd Madelung?s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam) the earlier volume dealing principally with dogmatic issues the present one concentrating on the political and social aspects. The first articles here examine the origins of the belief in the coming of the Mahdi and apocalyptic prophecies connected with this such as arose among the Yemenite emigrants in Syria and Egypt. The following studies relate to Shi?ite and Alid movements under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and to the political ideology of the Buyids. The final group focuses on the Yemen its social structures and its historiography in particular Zaydi sources. A section of additional notes and a detailed index complete the volume.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
352
1992
This volume complements the selection of Wilferd Madelung?s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam) the earlier volume dealing principally with dogmatic issues the present one concentrating on the political and social aspects. The first articles here examine the origins of the belief in the coming of the Mahdi and apocalyptic prophecies connected with this such as arose among the Yemenite emigrants in Syria and Egypt. The following studies relate to Shi?ite and Alid movements under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and to the political ideology of the Buyids. The final group focuses on the Yemen its social structures and its historiography in particular Zaydi sources. A section of additional notes and a detailed index complete the volume.