The Parting of Ways between ʿAlid Shiʿism and Abbasid Shiʿism: An Analysis of the Missives between the Caliph al-Manṣūr and Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
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The Abbasid Revolution rode to power on a religious ideology based upon Ê¿AlÄ«âs legitimacy and the Abbasid Muḥammad b. Ê¿AlÄ«âs supposed appointment as imam by Ê¿AlÄ«âs grandson AbÅ« HÄshim. In the wake of the Revolution, however, the differences between the HÄshimiyya and purely Ê¿Alid branches of the proto-ShiÊ¿a came to a head. This article demonstrates that the pivotal theological turning point occurred in the year 145/762, as a result of the revolt of the Ḥasanid Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. The articleâs close reading of the arguments adduced in the purported correspondence between the two sides, preserved uniquely in al-ṬabarÄ«âs chronicle, reveals why in the wake of this revolt the Abbasids ultimately found the legitimating theology of their original daÊ¿wa to be untenable.
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The Parting of Ways between ʿAlid Shiʿism and Abbasid Shiʿism: An Analysis of the Missives between the Caliph al-Manṣūr and Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
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The Abbasid Revolution rode to power on a religious ideology based upon Ê¿AlÄ«âs legitimacy and the Abbasid Muḥammad b. Ê¿AlÄ«âs supposed appointment as imam by Ê¿AlÄ«âs grandson AbÅ« HÄshim. In the wake of the Revolution, however, the differences between the HÄshimiyya and purely Ê¿Alid branches of the proto-ShiÊ¿a came to a head. This article demonstrates that the pivotal theological turning point occurred in the year 145/762, as a result of the revolt of the Ḥasanid Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. The articleâs close reading of the arguments adduced in the purported correspondence between the two sides, preserved uniquely in al-ṬabarÄ«âs chronicle, reveals why in the wake of this revolt the Abbasids ultimately found the legitimating theology of their original daÊ¿wa to be untenable.
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