| Description |
1 online resource (225 p.). |
| Series |
SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser. ; v.7
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SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
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| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
This book is a study of the early history of the lbadiyya in North Africa, a ""moderate"" movement among the Kharijis which from its base in Basra gradually spread among the Berbers of the Maghrib in the 750s. The Berbers found in this new religious allegiance an attractive ideology with which to rebel against the central caliphate. An Ibadi imamate, headed by the Rustamid dynasty, was founded in Tahart in 160 or 162/777 or 779 and lasted until 296/909, when it fell to the Fatimids. The book is divided into seven chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. After a briefintroduction to the lbad. |
| Contents |
Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. "Religion and Sovereignty Are Twins:" Evolution of the Ibāḍī Imāmate -- II. Survival through Alliance: the Establishment of the Ibāḍīya -- III. From Imām to King -- MAP 1. Extent of Rustamid Authority -- IV. Ibāḍī Slavers: an Eighth-Century Transformation -- V. Christian 'Ibādīs: Equality of the Divine Truths -- MAP 2. Donatists and Early Ibāḍīs -- VI. Nafūsa Sword, Mazāta Wealth -- MAP 3. Tribal Ifrīqiya -- VII. Beyond Tāhart -- MAP 4. Beyond Tāhart -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Figures |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa, North -- History -- 647-1517.
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North Africa |
| Chronological Term |
647-1517 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Savage, Elizabeth A Gateway to Hell, a Gateway to Paradise. the North African Response to the Arab Conquest Berlin : Gerlach Press,c2020 9783959941082 |
| ISBN |
3959941099 |
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9783959941099 (electronic bk.) |
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