The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Newman, Andrew J.

ISBN 10: 0700712771 / ISBN 13: 9780700712779

Published by Routledge, 2000

About this Item

Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440. . 2000. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700712771
• ISBN 13: 9780700712779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution favoured the narration of different bodies of the Imams' traditions

About the Author

Andrew J. Newman