Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

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Ḥurūfiyya

by Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

fromEncyclopaedia of Islam, THREE

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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 Ḥa…

Astarābādī, Faḍlallāh

by Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

fromEncyclopaedia of Islam, THREE

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Faḍlallāh Astarābādī (b. 740/1339–40, d. 796/1394; the other date of death mentioned in some sources, 804/1401–2, is less plausible) was an original thinker and the founder of a mystical and messianic movement. Other names attributed to Faḍlallāh in various sources include ʿAbd …