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Shi'ism in the Maghrib and Al-Andalus, Volume Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One: History By John Andrew Morrow Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One: History By John Andrew Morrow This book first published 2021 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2021 by John Andrew Morrow All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-6158-5 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-6158-8 Cover Photo Credit: “Moulay Idrīs Zerhoun by Night” by Céline Clanet (Used by permission) To Ottmar Hegyi, Dennis Patrick Walker, and Laleh Bakhtiar TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ................................................................................... xvi Endorsements ......................................................................................... xvii Sources .................................................................................................... xix Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1: The Shī‘ite Imāms in the Maghrib .......................................... 24 1.1 Introduction 1.2 al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn 1.3 Imām ‘Alī 1.4 The Mysterious Mission of the Imāms 1.5 Conclusions Chapter 2: The Shī‘ite ṣaḥābah: The Companions of the Prophet and ‘Alī in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ................................................... 29 2.1. Introduction 2.2. ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Abbās 2.3 ‘Abd Allāh b. Ja‘far 2.4 ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. al-‘Abbās 2.5 Abū Dhu’ayb al-Hudhalī 2.6 Jāb Allāh b. ‘Amr 2.7 ‘Asim b. ‘Umar 2.8 Ma‘bad b. al-‘Abbās 2.9 Miqdād b. al-Aswad 2.10 al-Musayyab 2.12 Conclusions viii Table of Contents Chapter 3: The Shī‘ite tābi‘ūn: The Followers of ‘Alī in the Maghrib and al-Andalus .......................................................................................... 35 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Sa‘īd b. Maṣ‘ūd 3.3 Ḥanash b. ‘Abd Allāh 3.4. ‘Abd Allāh b. Sa‘d 3.5 Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb 3.6 Bakr b. Sawāda 3.7 Abū ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Raḥmān 3.8 Other Companions 3.9 Conclusions Chapter 4: The Companions of Imām al-Ṣādiq, Imām al-Kāẓim, Imām al-Riḍā, Imām al-Taqī, Imām al-Naqī, and Imām al-‘Askarī in the Maghrib .......................................................................................... 43 4.1. Introduction 4.2 Abū Sufyān and al-Ḥulwānī 4.3 Yaḥyā b. ‘Abd Allāh 4.4 Idrīs b. ‘Abd Allāh 4.4 Rashīd al-Awrabī 4.5 Sulaymān b. ‘Abd Allāh 4.6 Ibrāhīm b. ‘Abd Allāh 4.7 Muḥammad b. Ja‘far 4.8 Dāwūd b. al-Qāsim 4.9 Ibn Warsand 4.10 Conclusions Chapter 5: The Berber Wives and Mothers of the Shī‘ite Imāms ............. 54 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Ḥamīdah al-Barbariyyah 5.3 Najmah Khatūn 5.4 Sammanah 5.5 Narjis Khatūn 5.6 The Significance of Berber-Shī‘ite Ties 5.7 Conclusions Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One: History ix Chapter 6: Sharīfian Settlers in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ................... 62 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Descendants of Idrīs I and Idrīs II 6.3 The Descendants of ‘Abd Allāh b. Ja‘far 6.4 The Descendants of Muḥammad Nafs al-Zakiyyah 6.5 The Descendants of Mūsā al-Jawn 6.6 The Descendants of Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim 6.7 The Descendants of ‘Alī al-‘Arid 6.8 The Descendants of Ibrāhīm al-Murtaḍā 6.9 The Descendants of Muḥammad al-Taqī b. ‘Alī al-Riḍā 6.10 Conclusions Chapter 7: Shī‘ite Saints in the Spiritual Silsilahs of Ṣūfī Orders ............ 71 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Silsilah of the Shādhiliyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.3 The Silsilah of the Qādiriyyah Ṣūfī order 7.4 The Silsilah of the Khalwatiyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.5 The Silsilah of the Tijāniyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.6 The Silsilah of the Naqshbandī Ṣūfī Order 7.7 The Silsilah of the Chishtiyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.8 The Silsilah of the Kubrawiyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.9 The Silsilah of the Mawlawī Ṣūfī Order 7.10 The Silsilah of the Suhrawardiyyah Ṣūfī Order 7.11 The Silsilah of the Nurbakhshiyyah, Ni‘matullāhī, and Dhahabī Ṣūfī Orders 7.12 The Silsilah of the Bektāshī Ṣūfī Order 7.13 The Silsilah of the Imāms of the Ahl al-bayt 7.14 Conclusions Chapter 8: The Berber Shī‘ites in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ............... 90 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Zanātah Berbers 8.3. The Ṣanḥājah Berbers 8.4 The Kutāmah Berbers 8.5 The Miknāsah Berbers 8.6 The Awrābah and their Allies 8.7 The Barghawāṭah or Masmūdah Berbers 8.8 The Banū Lammas Berbers x Table of Contents 8.9 Shī‘ite Berbers in al-Andalus 8.10 Conclusions Chapter 9: The Arab Shī‘ites in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ................ 102 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Banū Hāshim 9.3 The Arab Tribes of Qays, Azd, Mudhḥij, Yahsab, and Sadad 9.4 The Banū Hilāl and the Banū Sulaym 9.5 The Yemeni Shī‘ites 9.6 The Muwallad Shī‘ites 9.7 Conclusions Chapter 10: Shī‘ite Sects in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ....................... 120 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Lines of Imāms 10.3 The Imāmī Shī‘ites 10.4 The Bajaliyyah / Mūsawiyyah / Waqifiyyah Shī‘ites 10.5 The Ismā‘īlī Shī‘ites 10.6 The Qarmatians 10.7 The Zaydī Shī‘ites 10.8 The Bāṭiniyyah 10.9 The Ṣūfīs 10.10 The Ghulāt or So-Called Shī‘ite Extremists 10.11 Conclusions Chapter 11: Shī‘ite Dynasties in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ............... 151 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The Idrīsids 11.3 The Ideological Affiliation of the Idrīsids 11.4 Idrīsid Contributions to Scholarship 11.5 The Fāṭimids 11.6 The Zīrīds 11.7 The Ḥammadids 11.8 The Ḥammūdids 11.9 The Ḥūdid Dynasty 11.10 The Green Peninsula: Echoes of Shī‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus 11.11 The Naṣrids 11.12 Conclusions Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One: History xi Chapter 12: Shī‘ite Revolts in the Maghrib and al-Andalus ................... 193 12.1 Introduction 12.2 The Great Berber Revolt of Maysarah al-Matgharī 12.3 The Revolt of al-Ḥubāb b. Rawāḥah and ‘Amir b. ‘Amr 12.4 The Revolt of al-‘Alā’ b. Mughīth 12.5 The Revolt of ‘Abd Allāh b. Sa‘d 12.6 The Revolt of Sa‘īd al-Matarī 12.7 The Shī‘ite Revolt in Lusitania 12.8 The Revolt of ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. Ḥabīb 12.9 The Revolt of al-Rumāḥis b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz 12.10 The Revolt of Shaqyā 12.11 The Revolt of al-Ḥusayn b. Yaḥyā and Sulaymān b. al-‘Arabī 12.12 The Revolt of Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Ḥusayn 12.13 The Revolt of Ibn Ḥafṣūn 12.14 The Rebellion of Mahdī b. al-Qiṭṭ and Abū ‘Alī al-Sarrāj 12.15 The Revolt of Mas‘ūd b. Tajīt 12.16 The False Prophet from Lisboa 12.17 The Revolt of Abū Rakwah Walīd b. Hishām 12.18 The Revolt of Ibn Qasī 12.19 Conclusions Chapter 13: Shī‘ite Scholars in the Maghrib .......................................... 217 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Ismā‘īl b. Naṣr al-Ma‘ādī 13.3 Abū al-Qāsim al-Warfajūmī 13.4 Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Andalusī 13.5 Aflaḥ al-Malūsī 13.6 Hurayth al-Jīmalī 13.7 Mūsā b. Makārim 13.8 Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan 13.9 Muḥammad b. Ḥayyūn al-Mufattish 13.10 Ibn Haytham 13.11 Muḥammad b. Khalaf 13.12 Ibrāhīm b. Ma’shar 13.13 Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muṭṭalibī 13.14 Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Shī‘ī 13.15 Abū al-‘Abbās (Muḥammad b. Aḥmad) 13.16 Abū Bakr al-Qamadī 13.17 ‘Alī b. Manṣūr al-Saffar xii Table of Contents 13.18 ‘Abd al-Mālik b. Muḥammad al-Dabbī (Ibn al-Birdawn) 13.19 Ibn Sabbāgh 13.20 Rabī‘ b. Sulaymān b. Salīm (Ibn al-Kaḥḥalah) 13.21 Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān 13.22 Ishab b. Abū Minhāl 13.23 Abū ‘Alī b. Abū Minhāl 13.24 Ja‘far b. Aḥmad b. Wahb 13.25 Aḥmad b. Baḥr 13.26 Abū Muḥammad b. Shahrān 13.27 Al-Marwadhī 13.28 Abū Sa‘īd Khalaf b. Ma‘mar b. Manṣūr (d. 915/916) 13.29 Muḥammad b. al-Mahfūd 13.30 Muḥammad b. Sallām b. Sayyār al-Barqī al-Hamadānī al-Kūfī (d. 922-23) 13.31 Muḥammad b. ‘Imrān al-Nafṭī (d. 924) 13.32 Zurārah b. Aḥmad 13.33 Conclusions Chapter 14: Shī‘ite Scholars from al-Andalus ........................................ 225 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Muḥammad b. Masarrah 14.3 The Disciples of Ibn Masarrah 14.4 Muḥammad b. Ḥamdūn 14.5 Abū Ja‘far al-Baghdādī 14.6 Abū al-Ḥakam Mundhir b. Sa‘īd 14.7 Abū al-Yasār Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad 14.8 Muḥammad b. Aḥmad 14.9 Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm 14.10 Tha‘labah b. Ḥamdūn 14.11 Abū al-Khayr 14.12 Ja‘far b. ‘Alī 14.13 ‘Abd al-Mālik b. Shamīt 14.14 Muḥammad b. Sulaymān 14.15 Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī 14.16 Ibn Abī al-Manṣūr 14.17 Ibn Hānī al-Andalusī 14.18 Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad b. Sulaymān 14.19 Maslamah b. Aḥmad 14.20 Ibn Mā’ al-Samā 14.21 Ibn Darrāj al-Qasṭallī Shi‘ism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus, Volume One: History xiii 14.22 Abū al-Ḥakam al-Kirmānī 14.23 Ibn al-Sīd or Badajoz 14.24 Ibn al-Abbār 14.25 The Disciples of Ibn al-Abbār 14.26 Ibn Sab‘īn of Murcia 14.27 Lisān al-Dīn b.
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