SUNRAGELEN DOKUMAN 1410 HOLLENBERG, David. ‘Neoplatonism in popes Kia ‘Patimid doctrine: a critical edition Cafe b, whaoe™ Tnd translation of the prologue of the Kitab ‘ Yona al-Fatarat wa-l-Qiranat. ‘Le Muséon, 122 i-ii (2009) wp, 159-202 Joma Tt genet logy abt to Fatimid missionary Jafar iba Mansi al-Yamnan vgoort (dc. 348/960). 14 Kasim 2047| Cafer b. Aten sucu'l denen 393° UJA‘FAR B.MANSOR al-YAMAN). The master and | PSl- ; + ihe disciple: an early islamic spinal dslogue, Areote | SBE 7. 293 edition and English translation of Ja‘far b. Mansiir \o?al-Yaman's Kitab al-Alim wa’ ghulam | James W. | W Morris, London: Tauris, in association with the > Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2001 (Ismaili Texts and | U ‘Translations Series, 3). 225+180pp. | devs fracterd ole an be lefall- Fa heeseg 9 | | — [B Jere as aS : 7 = ~~. ~ ae a IBN MAN SUR af-YAMAN (Catfar).- ads gts par ehen erat 5 Math opal SRT aR op ey Riga ON LE, CAPER 6. 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LGR. 42. { \SFATIMICER TOBOO 22 CHFER 6. MOnEURE YEMEN CANT 1 trian se WOGINT (fosayn itn Fagg ALIA cl-).— On the genealogy of Fatind caliphs, Statesent {of JoCfar Ten tangir al-t on Habits comminioation to the Yenen on the real and eac= terie nase of he hidéon predecessors, by Husamn F. al- Hondant. ¥ith a forevord by Buy Stet MMos goey Coed eNews Hed DS oo Rae IE INO a # ree mk yaa — Caro, 1958. Int, 22:14 poy fae aa. Teg. 5755) ~ Ttoe 2. s4g48 (a) FT nash al-ptaet a1 Fitiatytas Le tarto de Bree he Mops ecfeset end extra dem ovrmeey Fusaye itn Fayg "412 a+) ADIAT (Gusayn iba Foyg utah all) 2 Hise se! HAMDEN (Hesayn dba Pryd ALLE al-).— On the genealogy of Fatinta caliphs... ere 4d wintoddd al—tin,= Fublicationa of “Gouniér kale the snerican University at Culro, School of Orientsl stvite! Gccastonsl paper nf 1. RaGiCEt sIoJauiSa staat Aetya bin AQ, Maat el aivtatt alndarplyas aletistle alae. 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Excerpts. 2Uhid ‘AIT, ed. and trans., Teni‘E1T wazhab, 90 ff. 2 ABE al~ im Ja*far b, al-Hasan b. Faraj b. Hawehab [Ja‘far b. Mangtr al- Yanan) Hasan, the elder brother of Ja‘far, having been disappointed in get ting himself nominated by the Fatimid caliph al-MahdT to succeed his father as the head of the dawah defected from the da‘wah camp and Subsequently plotted to have the chief d3°%, ‘abd AGH b. ‘abbas al- ShiwarT, assassinated. Ja‘far, who had remained loyal to the Fatimid cause, found it difficult co reconcile with his brother. He migrated £0 North Africa and arrived in al-MahdTyah soon after the accession of the second Fatimid caliph al-Q3*im. Subsequently he enjoyed the con- fidence of the Fatimid caliphs and reached a high rank in the during the retgn of al-Vutizz 14 DTn ALITA, According to an anecdote narrated by Idr¥s ‘Ind al-DTn, he occupied a cuperior position in the das hierarchy than that of his contemporary al-QZ4T al-Nu‘ain.2 He 1s considered as one of the leading exponents of £: i SOURCES JawdharT, STrhe ust3dh Javdhar, 126-7. Wid al-Javhar after the see MaqrTzT, Leei Zz, 2 abi ‘isd al-Nurshid was entrusted by al conquest of Egypt to administer the ma a7. 2 Yaris ‘Indd al-Din narrates chat on a certain oceasion, after Nut had recovered from an illness, he waited upon al-Mu‘izz who inquired about the various dignitaries vho had visited him during that illness. Nufniin replied chat every one came except Ja‘far. Al-Muiz2 ordered certain books to be brought, gave them to Mu‘sin for perusal, and asked for his opinion. After examining the book Nu‘nn said: "How can 1 coument on a work conposed by you?” Whereupon Mu‘iz2 ancwered: "This is the vork of your master, Ja‘far." Nu‘nin, on hearing this, realized JaSfar's high rank and went straight co him to pay his respects. Whether the story is authentic or not is another question, but 1¢ illustrates the position of batinT sciences over 2ihirl sciences. 10 Hamed, Kash agra H. WanidT, Tufac al-qulfb, 50 (No, 1). M, HOrithT, Maja* al-tarbTyah, 1 (Nos. 1, 2, 11, 12). ‘ALT b, al-WalTd, Re fuhfat al-mureGdd, 164-5 (Wos. 2, 3). Husayn b. ‘AIT by al-WalTa, wabEdah (Wos. 11, 12). Daylant, Qavifid, 53-55 (No, 7 where it is wrongly ascribed to Sijistant), 57, 58, 60, 66-68, 109. Janad, Sulk, as cited in Kay, Yanan, 151, Tarts ‘uylin, V, $05 VI, 39,40 (Nos. 12, 13); VEE, 15 Diya? ai bag*ir, Questions 3,7 (No. 3). 41, as cited in Fyzee, "Study of the Literature," 243 BharlichT, al-azhdr, I, 193-4 (Nos. 2, 3, 8, 11). Majd‘, Fihrise, 134-5, 138-9, 150, 153, 187-8, 190-91, 259-60, 278. 260 (Nos. 1-11, 14). Mubonmad ‘AIT, Mauste babe, 11, 386-7, Massignon, Ivanow: Guide, 36; Tom. Lie, 21, 22. Kraus, "Biblio. Isma¥1ienne," 486-7. Brockelmann: GAL, SI, 324; TAA (trans. Najjar), III, 354. Sezgin, CAS, T, 578-9, U. Mandant: "Unknown Tsmi*T1T authors," 370-71; al~SulayhTytin, 54, 256-7. 52. Hd ‘ALT: TEeTich, 396-7; Lond °TIT mazhab, passin. lasan, Ta?rTeh, 483-8. Qudrat ALLah, Fae a kd 300. Ghalib, A‘ iia, 185-6, Pepe ble y 55 ye BEM, Gettball yal For contents see Majdi‘, Fihrise, 190-91. nInsttute of Asian and African Studies ¥f ‘The Hebrew University of Jérusale Dia sein beard s sy ' - ? ce S. M. STERN Thrkiye Piyannt Vakh Islam Apai’ bapedist Wied ag tm | dugg ose So, ¢ | 2446E Ja STE.S 1983 ‘ ‘THE MAGNES PRESS - THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY - JERUSALEM BJ. BRILL, LEIDEN CHAPTER SEVEN JA‘FAR IBN MANSOR AL-YAMAN'S POEMS ON THE REBELLION OF ABO YAZID The following is an extract from an article by Stern entitled “Ja‘far b. Mangiir al-Yaman’s Account of the Genealogy of the Fatimids””. Here he began an analysis of that section of al-Fa wa-Hudid al-Din by Ja‘far b, Mansiir concerning the Fatimid genealogy and which was published by Husayn F. al-Hamdani as a pamphlet in 1958.1 He preceded the analysis with this biographical information about Ja‘far and the text of certain poems by him, preserved in the ‘Upitn al-Akhbar. (Ed.] An account of the citcumstances which obliged Ja‘far b, Mansir al-Yaman? to leave his native Yemen and join the Fatimid court in North Africa is contained in the invaluable history of the Isma‘tlis in Yemen, written by one of their enemies in the middle of the eleventh century, Muhammad b, Malik al-Hamméadi: “Revelation of the sec- rets of the Batinis and the story of the Qarmatians” (Kashif Asrar al- Batiniyya wa-Akhbar al-Qaramita), Caito, 1939, pp, 39-41 Ja‘far's father was Abt'-Qasim al-Hasan b, Hawshab al-Najjar al- Kifi, who together with ‘Ali b. al-Fad! al-Jadani was the founder of Ismé‘ilism in the Yemen and who is generally known by the epithet Mansi al-Yaman, “‘the victorious one of the Yemen”. When Mangir al-Yaman died in 302/914 he was succeeded in the leadership by ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas al-Shawiri, who, making use of his connections with the Fatimid court in North Africa, succeeded in supplanting the sorié of Mansiir al-Yaman. Abi’l-Hasan Mansi, the chief heir of Mansiir al-Yaman, retired to his castles in Miswar where the other sons of Mansgir al-Yaman, amongst them Ja‘far and Abi'l-Fad, ined him. Ja‘far, noticing his brother’s envy of, and hostile intentions towards, ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas, tried to persuade him that a quarrel would only lead to the weakening of the Ismaili cause. In spite of this warning, 1 Hamdani, Geneatory. 2 CE. sfitah al-Da'wa, pp. 32 f.; Wanow, Guide, p. 36; GAS 1, p. 578. Poems on the Rebellion of Abii Yaztd 147 Abt'l-Hasan waited for his opportunity and murdered ‘Abd Alléh b. ‘Abbas, and regained his fathers’ dominions. After this, however, he publicly renounced Isma‘ilism and returned to orthodox tslam. Ja'fat left the Yemen and emigrated to North Africa to the court of the second Fatimid caliph, al-Qa'im (322-336/933-946). Abir'l-Hasait persecuted the Isma‘ilis who were obliged to keep their beliefs secret, but still had a leader who continued to correspond with the Fatimid caliph. Aba’ Hasan was killed during a visit to a certain Ibn al-‘Arji, ford of ‘Abr Mahmiim.} His lieutenant whom he had left behind in Miswar, Ibrahim. b. ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Siba', seized power iri Miswar, while the children and wives of Abi’l-Hasan moved to Mount Dhii As‘ab,¢ wheré they were killed by the Muslims. Ibrahim al-Siba‘t and Ibn al-‘Arji came to an agreement according to which they shared the rule over the west of the Yemen. Ibrahim also left and recited the khutba in the hame of the ‘Abbisid caliph, We need not continue the story beyond this point, the rest does not concern the family of Mangiir al-Yaman. Also it the preceding abstract the picturesque account, which cotitains dialogues between the protagonists, a quotation from a poem sent by Ja‘far from North Africa to the Yemen, etc., has been reduced to the essentials, as the original text is available, We do not know the exact date of Ja'far’s emigration to the court in Mahdiyya, as we are only told that it occurred under the caliphate of al-Qi’im. We hear of Ja‘far during the last two years of the caliphate of al-Qa'im and the first year of his successor al-Mangir, in connection with the great rising of the Kharijite Aba Yazid al-Nukkari which came near to destroying the Fatimid state. There have been preserved some poems by Ja‘far on various episodes of this war. They are to be found in the ‘Uyian al-Akhbar by the d@‘T Idris$ who, no doubt, derived them from some contemporary chronicle to which he is indebted for extensive account of the wars of Abii Yazid. After the attack on Mahdiyya on Monday, 23rd Rajab, which was repelled by the Fatimid defenders of the city, Ja‘far composed a poem, the beginning of which is quoted in the chronicle. In it he celebrates the success and encourages the Isma‘ilis by the promise of final victory 3. Spelling uncertain, 4. Not itentiied 5 See above, p. 96.MADDE YAYIMLANDIATAN Arabica © Arabica 59 (2012) 484-509 baila / b.Mansacts't Yeuneer Yee ONTTG imamites. ELEN DOKUMAN «= UL 4fer © —/smaglh Une version ismadlienne de b Nouvelles perspectives sur le traité II du Kitab al-Kaif attribué a Ga‘far b. Mansiir al-Yaman (X° s.) Farts Gillon, Boole Patique des Hares Brads, Pai Résumé Le Ki al Ka, ausibut a Ga b. Mangis a-Yaman (Xs), et un ecu de sc ras smag- liens anciens. Uexamen du deuxitme de ces sie teités montre quill est constitué. pour essence de deux dis aestés dans les sources duodécimaines, bien que cla ne soit pas pécsé par auteur ou léditeur du Kish al-Kaff Selon les es, a comparison ene les vesion smae- lienne eitmamite des hadi lair le texte du Kitab al-Kalf souvent dificil et abscus ou ase soupgonner tne transmission parle celle dont ls recuilsduodéimaine se font Tcho, Mots clés . Hadi, ismadlisme, tise, imamisme, Kitab al-Kaf Gatfarb, Mansi a-Yaman Abstract : “The Kitab al al aceibuced co Gafab, Mang a-Yamnan (10th cis collection of six ancient Ismaili resis. A stdy ofthe second ofthese six reise eva tat it consist mainly of ero dadis algo atest in Twelve Si soures, although the vesions in the Ismaili source are not identified excl a bel by the authovledior ofthe Kite a Kaif In some cases, compasing the ima and Twelver St yeetions dares the tat of the Kitab al Kaff woe meaning often dlfficule and obscure. In other cass, i prompes us to suspect the existence of pall tansmis- Slons between che Isa and Tce rains ls ‘Hla, Isrmaclism, Stsra, Imamism, Kitab al-Kaff Gafarb, Mansi al-Yaman Le Kitab al-Kaif (Livre du dévoilement) est attribué par la tradition ismaé- lienne & Ga'far b. Mansi al-Yaman (mort au Caire sous le régne d’al-Mu'izz, le quatriéme calife fatimide de 341/953 4 365/975). Le pére de Ga'far, Ibn Haw5ab, otiginaire de Kaif, fut envoyé au Yémen, en compagnie du Yéménite “All L-Fadl, pour y précher lismaélisme. Cette entreprise fut couronnée de suc- cds, ce qui lui valut le surnom de Mansir al-Yaman'. Lorsque, en 286/899, Pimam de Salamiyya, ‘Ubayd Allah, proclama quil était le Mad? actendu, * Liteéralement, «'asiseé [par Dieu] dans sa victoire sur le Yémens © Kopin Bell NV, Leen, 2012 Dok 10.1168/1s7005812K61934 E Gillon / Arabica 59 (2012) 485 509 485 Mansiir al-Yaman fur de ceux qui lui prétérenc allégeance, candis que d’aucres, comme ‘Ali |-Fedl, le reniérent. Cela ne fut pas sans provoquer de graves trou- bles qui allérent croissant & la mort d’bn HawSab en 302/914, puisque ses fils fuarent écartés de Ja suce Yémen, si bien quils rompirent avec le califat fatimide et le combactizent. Ga'far b. Mansir al-Yaman fit toutefois exception; il demeura fidale aux posi tions de son pére et finit par quitter le Yémen, devenu trop instable, Maghreb, sous le califat d’al-Qa'im bi-Ame Allah (m. en 334/946), d'al-Mahdi (m, en 322/934). Ga'farb. Mansi al-Yaman était, avec le célébre Qagi Nu'man (m. 363/974), Pun des plus hauts dignitaires de la dynastic fatimide naissante. Tous deux contribuérent par I'abondance de leurs écrits & l'slaboration de la doctrine officielle du califat. La recherche contemporaine sest cependant concentrée sur la figure d’al-Nu'man, en raison de l'importance de son réle politique et juridique, délaissane quelque peu Ga'far, qui n'a fait, jusqu’a présent, l'objet aucune étude compléte, malgré le nombre et Pimportance de ses éerits® et la prééminence spirituelle que lui teconnatt la tradition ismaélienne'. Il ne agira jon & la ée de la communauté ismaélienne au ut tous ces événements, voir notamment Wierd Madelung, «Mangas al-Yamans, BP; Heinz Halm, «Djsfar b, Mangir al-Yaman», BP; Heinz Halim, « Die Sit Ibn Hauisb: Die lsmallische da'wa im Jemen und die Fatimiden», Wele des Oren, 12 (1981), p. 108-35. On se reportera également 4 Touvrage de Qidi Numan sus le débue de 'épopée ismadlienne, [ab ateda'wa,técermentteaduit en anglais: Founding the Fat Stare: the Rie of en Early Iemic Enpire, wad. anglaise, introduction et noces par Hamid Haj, Londres/New York, LB, Tsui! Instieute of Ismaili Seudies, 2006. Voir aus le principaux ouvrageshistoriques sur ls débuts du calif faimide: Farhae Dachraoui, Le calif fatimide au Maghreb: hitire poitigue et institu ions, 296-3621908-973, Tunis, Société tunisienne de diffusion, 1981; Parked Dafiary, The oma: this Hlstry and Doctrines, Cambsidge/New Yor, Cambridge University Press, 1990 Fathad Dafary A shore hizory ofthe lal: editions of a Mulim community, Edimnbourg, Edinburgh University Press, 1998, > Bate onde et quinze euveage ul sone atteibuds dap les trav bibliographiques suivants (dans Pordee chronologique): Wladimir lvinow, A Guide to email literature, Londees, Royal Asiatic Socierz. 1933, p. 36, XI n°40 4 50; Paul Kraus, «La bibliographic ismatlienne de ‘We lvanows, Revue des eres ilamiques, 6 (1932), p. 4863 Wladimi Ivanow, Zail izraare 1 biblogrphical Survey, Téean, Tehran University Pres, 1963, p. 21-2, 2°13 823; Ismail K. Poonawala, Bibibliggnphy ofma't literature, Malibu, Undena publications, 1977, p. 704. * On wouve dans le ‘Uyiin ababbir du df Idis ‘id al-Din (m. 972/1488) ua sect qui scene cere prdéminence. Qidi Nulmin Sane tombe malads, tour les dignieniss de UEtar intent lui rendre vise, sauf Galfie b, Mansur al-Yaman. Lorsq'll gen plagnie au calfe al-Mutzz, celui-ei ordonna qu'on lui apporee des ives. len prt un et le peésena au jurisceen Jui demardane ce qui en pene. «Et commen serail possible que je commente vs paroles?» sépondita-Nu'man, imam repritalors: «Ceci été composé par ton maitre (malta) Gaur.» Al-Nu'man alla immédiacementprésncer ss respects 4 Ga. Selon ce edt, al-Nu'mia, repr sentant dela Lo, fait ereur en se considérapt coname le plus haut digntace du régime fatimide apres Imam eten Findignane de ce que Ca'farne lu rende pas visite. LImam invite lors & reconnafre la juste valeur de son rang, en reconnaistant la supécorité du rang qui le précde.Torkiy» Diyanet Vekfy Islam Ans'k!epedial a “pharced ppnaiy eet Negba ali ho ied Hwee = oe UMA E- fe*%afer bWAanree el JA‘FAR B. MANSUR-AL-YAMAN—JAFAR AL-SADEQ, ABU ‘ABD-ALLAH. 349 JAAR B. MANSUR-AL-YAMAN, a high- ranking Isma‘ili author who flourished during the reigns Of the first four Fatimid caliphs. His father, En HawSab (d. 302/914, qv.), originated from a learned Shi‘ite family of Kufa, and pioneered the Isma‘ili da‘wa (see FATIMIDS) in the Yemen, where his conquests earned hhim the honorific title of Mansur-al-Yaman (Conqueror of Yemen). Jatfar's detailed account of his father’s life (Sirat abihi) has been largely preserved through quota- tions. After Ebn HawSab's death, Jafar was his only son to remain faithful to the mission (da‘wa). Antagonism between him and his disgruntled brother, Abu’I-Hasan, eventually forced him to emigrate to the Magreb, where he arrived during the reign of the second Fatimid caliph al-QPem (r. 322-34/933-46; see Hammadi, pp. 39-41.) Ja‘far witnessed the serious anti-Fatimid rebellion led by the Kharijite Abu Yazid (d. 336/947), which rattled the Fatimid state during the last two years of al-Qaem's reign and the beginning of the reign of his successor al- Mangur (r. 334-41/946-53). Ja‘far's fervent support for the Fatimids is expressed in his poems, composed during the years 333-36/945-48 and celebrating Fatimid vic- tories (Stern, pp. 146-52). After defeating Abu Yazid, al- Mansur founded, near Qayrawan, his new residential town Manguriya, where Ja‘far had a fine house. His financial situation led him to mortgage his house, and he was in danger of losing it when the caliph al-Mo‘ezz (8. 341-65/953-75) saved him from his predicament by paying off his debt in recognition of his and his father’s services (‘Azizi Jawdari, pp. 126-27; tr. pp. 193-94). Ja‘far died at an unknown date in the early period of al~ Mo‘ezz’s reign. Ja‘far's works were often copied and incorporated in later anthologies of Isma‘ili literature (Poonawala, pp. 71-15, 144, 150, 317, 323). They are largely devoted to allegorical interpretation (ta’wil) in which he relates words and expressions from the Quran, Islamic rituals, and letters of the Arabic alphabet, to the grades of the hierarchy of the Fatimid da‘wa (hodud al-diny; the numbers seven and twelve feature prominently in his scheme. Among Ja‘far’s early works are Ketdb al-‘alem goldm, a dialogue of spiritual initiation, and Ketdb al-kagf containing six short pre-Fatimid ta’wil treatises dealing mainly with the subject of the imamate, Ja‘far viewed the imamate as a continuation of prophecy. His works on stories ofthe prophets were written particularly with this view. These include al-Sawahed wa'l-bayan supporting ‘Ali's succession to the imamate, Sard’er al-nojaga? and its sequel Asrar al-nofaga’, as well as the interpretation of the sura Yusof contained in his Ketdb al-fard’e! wa hodud al-din. One epistie of Ja‘far, Sark dalalat horuf al-mo'jam (or Resdlat ta’wil koruf al- mo‘jam), is devoted to the interpretation of the letters of the Arabic alphabet. Bibliography: Works. Kerdb al-fard’et wa hodud al-din, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Library (IISL), London, MS no. 928; al-Reid? fi'l-baten, London, TISL, MS no. 1143; Sarit datalat horuf al-mo'am, London, ISL, MS no. 141; al-Sawdhed wa'l-bay | ENCYCLOPAEDIA IRANICA, Vol. XIV, NEW YORK 2008. pp. London, USL, MS no. 142; Ta’wil surat al-nes@?, London, IISL, MS no. 1103; Kerab al-‘alem wa'l- Goldm, e6. and tr. James W. Moris as The Master and the Disciple: An Early Islaniic Spiriwal Dialogue, London, 2001; Kerab al-ka¥f, ed. Rudolf Strothmann, London, 1952; Sard’er al-notaga’ and Asrar al-noraga’, ed, Mostafi Gileb as Sara’er wa asrar al-nojag@’, Beirut, 1984. Studies: Abu ‘Ali Mansur ‘Azizi Jawdari, Sirat al- costa Jawdar: wa beh tawgi'atal-a’emma al-faeniyin, ed. Mohammad Kame! Hosayn and Mohammad ‘Abd: al-Hadi Sa‘ira, Cairo, 1954; tr. Marius Canard, as Vie de P'Ustadh Faudhar (contenant sermons, lettres et rescrits des premiers califes fatimides, Algiers, 1958. Farhad Daftary, Ismd‘ilis: Their History aud Doctrines, Cambridge, 1990. Heinz Halm, “Dia‘far b. Mansir al-Yaman,” in £/?, suppl, pp. 236-37. Hosayn b. Fayz-Allah Hamdani, al-Solayhiyun wa'l-haraka al- fafemiya fi'l-Yaman, Cairo, 1953. Mohammad b. Malek Hammadi, Kaif asrar al-bateniya wa akbar al-Qaramea, ed. Mohammad Zahed b. Hasan Kawtari, Cairo, 1939. Ismail K, Poonawala, Biobibliography of Isma'Wii Literature, Malibu, 1977. Edris Emad-al-Di Qorasi, ‘Oyun al-akbar wa fonun al-dtar fi fata’el al- a’emma al-athér, vols. 4-6, ed. Mostafa Gileb, Beirut, 1973-84; vol, 5 and part of vol. 6 ed. Mohammad Ya‘ldwi, Beirut, 1985. Fuat Zezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifitums, 8 vols., Leiden, 1967-82, 1, pp. 578-79. Samuel Stern, Studies in Early Isma'tlism, Max Schloessinger Memorial Series, Monograph 1, Jerusalem, 1983. (Hamp Has) JA‘PAR B. YAHYA BARMAKL See BARMAKIDS. JAAR KHAN AZ FARANG AMADEH. See MOQADDAM, HASAN. Forthcoming, online. JAFAR KHAN BAKTIARL See paxriant. JA‘FAR AL-SADEQ, ABU ‘ABD-ALLAH, the sixth imam of the Imami Shiites. He was the eldest son of Imam Mohammad al-Bager (q.¥.) and, on the side of his mother, Omm Farwa, a descendent of Abu Bakr by four generations (Tabari, LU/LV, p. 2509; Ya‘qubi, 1, p. 458; Ebn Qotayba, p. 215). He spent most of his life in Medina, where he built up a circle of followers primarily as.a theologian, Hadith transmitter, and jurist (fagih). iLife ii, Teachings. ili, And Sufism iv. And Esoteric sciences. v, And herbal medicine. vi. And Shi'ite jurisprudence. See SHvISM. Forth- coming, ontine.Isam ker. DM. 33215/1 Cel 1a LALA peal 6 Laat 2 Balt VAAN 4 dame yee All p Salle p pala GSMO Oe HCA cmb ctl a pain oy pine yell se OAR PTY we : slid! tasty fw 4 [> Veet Sut jis tym 6 He gies Guid O SFA eT eee TIVE VAAL PE OL Ly fe lL Ue gat ete Nyy sse 04d, dlby x Gat O ; Cyd ST dese ade 2 Od Geoffrey Cumblege ¢ inl 6 ALS gi: wit Geers ree tater Vey be. oun, Je Nolet. of th oTCoder bb. Wer I- Yo "8 276 WAADIe Stiten Lo ve BP zu denen es dort in der Tat etwas zu finden gab, waren zwischen Isma‘liten und Zwélfern nicht kontrovers. Wenn er sich zu ihnen | auBert, so sehr summarisch; Schliisse lassen sich daraus nicht ziehen. s Allerdings benutzt auch er den Ehrentitel Zainal‘abidin nicht,>”” wah- rend bei dessen Sohn der Beiname al-Bagir bereits erscheint.* Er verleugnet Zaid b. ‘Alf? und mufte dies wohl auch tun, wenn er selber einmal zur Imamiya geneigt hatte. Erwahnenswert ist es nur deswegen, weil er eigentlich aus einer zaiditischen Familie kam™? und die Zaiditen unter den Sifiten von Qairawin damals wohl in der Uberzahl waren.* Auch sie besaBen ja eine revolutioniire Tradition; aber die Neuan- kémmlinge haben sich diese offenbar nicht zu eigen gemacht. a ,, MADDE YAVIMLANDIKT 4.9.2 Die Asrir an-nutag?’ des Ga'far b. Mansiir Sonen grr en Dokinie Es ist interessant, das bei Ibn al-Haitam zutage tretende Geschichtsbild mit demjenigen zu vergleichen, das wir aus den Asrar an-nutaga” des Ga'far b. Mansiir al-Yaman kennen. Letzterer war einige Jahre nach dem Tod seines Vaters (302/915) in den Magrib ausgewandert, um unter al-QPim (reg. 322/934-334/946) sein Gliick zu machen.°*” Je- doch sind die Asrar mit Sicherheit spater anzusetzen als das K. al-Mu- nazarat (obgleich auch dieses erst nach dem Tode al-Qzims endgiiltig niedergeschrieben wurde). Im Text selber findet sich die Behauptung, daB seit dem Tode des Hasan al-‘Askari 120 Jahre vergangen seien;** damit ktimen wir in die Zeit um 380/990. Das wiirde uns zwar hin- sichtlich der Lebenszeit Ga‘fars in einige Schwierigkeiten stiirzen;?** aber wenn das Buch nicht ohnehin ein Apokrypon ist,*** so ist doch zumindest das Geschichtsbild sichtlich weiter aktualisiert. Im Sekten- 527 S. 31, 126 528 S. 32, 6. 529 S. 32, 9£F. / iibs. 88. 530 $.58, 10 / dibs. 109. 531 Vel. die Einleitung, S. 24 und 50£ 532 Hierzu und zum Folgenden Madelung in: Der Islam 37/1961/94 ff. > Halm in EF XI 236; auch Daftary, Isma‘tis 599, Anm. 44., und Index s. n. sowie jiingst H. Haji in: Elran XIV 349. 533 Ed. Mustafii Galib, S. 254, 10; Weiteres dazu u. Anm. 542. 534 Vgl. Madelung 94£,, Anm. 273. Wir waren damit bereits im Kalifat des ‘Aziz. 535 Madelung nennt als spitesten chronologischen Anhalt das Abfissungsdatum von Gaffars Ta'wil az-zakéit; dieses ist vielleicht erst im letzten Jahr des Mu‘zz, also 365/975 und damit anderthalb Jahrzehnte vorher entstanden. Josef van Ess, Der Eine und das Andere : Beobachtungen an islamischen haeresiographischen Texten, band I, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2011. iSAM DN. 239758. ZHb~ 2FO(630022) Caper b. 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