Weaver, James

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Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Mūsā al-Nawbakhtī (d. after 300/912) was a member of the prominent al-Nawbakhtī family of Baghdad and an Imāmī Shīʿī scholar active in the fields of theology and philosophy. He was known by later authors for his rich doxographical output, as well as his …

The Mughīriyya were originally the followers of al-Mughīra b. Saʿīd (d. 119/737), a prominent leader among the Kufan Shīʿī ghulāt (transgressives) of the early second/eighth century. Al-Mughīra is often described as a blind sorcerer or magician of some kind, purveying enchantmen…