Ismaili Heresiography

Presents the "e;Chapter on Satan"e;(Bab al-shaytan) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurasani da'i, Abu Tammam.The satans of Abu Tammam's "e;Chapter"e; are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally Shi'i and Mu'tazili point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature.The volume contains both a critical edition of the "e;Bab al-shaytan"e;, and a complete English translation of it.