A Concise Numerical Guide for the Perplexed Shiite: Al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) "Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin"
The peculiarity of Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin, the opening section in the printed editions of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) Kitāb al-Maḥāsin, is easily discernable: it is sub-divided into chapters bearing numeric titles, from “The Chapter on Three” to “The Chapter on Ten”. Ea...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Arabica
Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 64-88 |
Further subjects: | B
Imamism
Shiism
Twelver
literature
hadith
numeric
didactic
andarz
Persian
al-Barqī
Kitāb al-Maḥāsin
Buwayhid
B Imamisme chiisme duodécimain hadith nombres didactique andarz persan al-Barqī Kitāb al-Maḥāsin Bouyides |
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