The authenticity of the letter of ‘Abd Allâh b. Ibâḍ to ‘Abd al-Malik

The so-called first letter of Ibn Ibâḍ was long considered in modern scholarship as an authentic letter of ‘Abd Allâh b. Ibâḍ, the reputed founder of the Ibâḍiyya sect, to the Umayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik. This was questioned first by John Wilkinson and then by Michael Cook in his book on Early Musl...

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Main Author: Wilferd Madelung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2012-12-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/7753