Islamic messianism : the idea of Mahdī in twelver Shīìsm /

Islamic messianism : the idea of Mahdī in twelver Shīìsm /

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Author / Creator:Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein, 1942-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1981.
Description:1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Mahdism.
Shīʿah -- Doctrines.
Mahdism.
Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11109327
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ISBN:0585069247
9780585069241
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-223) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Other form:Print version: Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein, 1942- Islamic messianism. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1981 0873954424
Table of Contents:
  • Transliteration
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Islamic Messiah, Al-Mahdi
  • The twelver Messianic Imam, Al-Qa'Im Al-Mahdi
  • The occultation of the Imamate Mahdi
  • The Imamate of the hidden Imam
  • The return of the Mahdi
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: index of the Imam and the Imamate in al-Kulayni's Kitab al-hujja in al-Kafi
  • Glossary
  • Chart: the Imamite Imams
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography and abbreviations.

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