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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Main Author: Vilozny, Roy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: 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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