Ḥurūfiyya

by Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

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Ḥurūfiyya (lit., letterists, from Arabic ḥarf , pl. ḥurūf , letter) is the name given to the followers of Faḍlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) in external sources, for example, the Inbāʾ al-ghumr bi-abnāʾ al-ʿumr (“Information for the ignorant about the men of the time”) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852/1448) (vol. 5, 1972, wafayāt sanat 804 , 46–7), reproduced by Shams al-Dīn Sakhāwī (d. 902/1497) in his al-Ḍawʾ al-lāmiʿ li-ahl al-qarn al-tāsiʿ (“Shining light for the people of the ninth

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Ḥurūfiyya (lit., letterists, from Arabic ḥarf , pl. ḥurūf , letter) is the name given to the followers of Faḍlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) in external sources, for example, the Inbāʾ al-ghumr bi-abnāʾ al-ʿumr (“Information for the ignorant about the men of the time”) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852/1448) (vol. 5, 1972, wafayāt sanat 804 , 46–7), reproduced by Shams al-Dīn Sakhāwī (d. 902/1497) in his al-Ḍawʾ al-lāmiʿ li-ahl al-qarn al-tāsiʿ (“Shining light for the people of the ninth

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3704

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eng Islam

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Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

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