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The passion of Al-Hallaj : mystic and martyr of Islam / Louis Massignon ; translated and edited by Herbert Mason..

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Bollingen series ; 98.Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.Edition: Abridged edDescription: xxxi, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0691019193 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
Uniform titles:
  • Passion de Husayn Ibn Mansûr Hallâj. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP80.H27 M37 1994
Contents:
Foreword to the Abridged Edition / Herbert Mason -- Ch. 1. Biographical Outline. I. Prologue. II. Chronological Tableau of Hallaj's Life and Posthumous Survival -- Ch. 2. The Years of Apprenticeship: His Teachers and Friends. I. Native Milieu. II. The Cultural Milieu of Basra. III. Anecdotes from His Years of Apprenticeship: His Hajj (Ghutba) -- Ch. 3. Travels and Apostolate. I. His Modes of Travel: His Dress, His Itineraries, His Stopping Places. II. The Two Periods of Public Preaching in Ahwaz (272-273 and 279-281). III. The Other Regions Traveled Through. IV. The Social Expression of Hallaj's Vocation, and His Contacts with the Cultural Renaissance of His Time. V. The Last Hajj of Hallaj and the Waqfa of Arafat -- Ch. 4. In Baghdad: Zealous Preaching and Political Indictment. I. Baghdad. II. Public Preaching in Baghdad. III. Political Indictment: The Dawat Ilal-Rububiya, Usurpation of the Supreme Power of God --
Ch. 5. The Indictment, The Court of Justice, and the Actors in the Drama. I. The Indictment and Ibn Dawud's Initiative. II. The Definition of Zandaqa, a Heresy Threatening the Security of the State. III. The Sovereign Authority and Its Delegation to a Court of Justice; the Court of Justice, Its Powers and Jurisdiction -- Ch. 6. The Trials. I. A Critical Note about the Historical Sources for the Trials. II. The First Trial (298/910 to 301/913). III. The Eight Years of Waiting. IV. The Second Trial (308/921 to 309/922). V. The Denouement and the Judgment of Condemnation -- Ch. 7. The Martyrdom. The Peripeteias of the Execution.
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BP80.G8 E74 2009 Tradition witnessing the modern age : BP80.G8 M14 2006 Essays, perspectives, opinions / BP80.G8 M14 2009 Essays.perspectives.Opinions/ BP80.H27 M37 1994 The passion of Al-Hallaj : BP88.E83 1999 On being a Muslim : BP89.2.G44 1968 Islam observed; BP93.5H35 1991 Shiism /

Abridgment of the English translation, c1982.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword to the Abridged Edition / Herbert Mason -- Ch. 1. Biographical Outline. I. Prologue. II. Chronological Tableau of Hallaj's Life and Posthumous Survival -- Ch. 2. The Years of Apprenticeship: His Teachers and Friends. I. Native Milieu. II. The Cultural Milieu of Basra. III. Anecdotes from His Years of Apprenticeship: His Hajj (Ghutba) -- Ch. 3. Travels and Apostolate. I. His Modes of Travel: His Dress, His Itineraries, His Stopping Places. II. The Two Periods of Public Preaching in Ahwaz (272-273 and 279-281). III. The Other Regions Traveled Through. IV. The Social Expression of Hallaj's Vocation, and His Contacts with the Cultural Renaissance of His Time. V. The Last Hajj of Hallaj and the Waqfa of Arafat -- Ch. 4. In Baghdad: Zealous Preaching and Political Indictment. I. Baghdad. II. Public Preaching in Baghdad. III. Political Indictment: The Dawat Ilal-Rububiya, Usurpation of the Supreme Power of God --

Ch. 5. The Indictment, The Court of Justice, and the Actors in the Drama. I. The Indictment and Ibn Dawud's Initiative. II. The Definition of Zandaqa, a Heresy Threatening the Security of the State. III. The Sovereign Authority and Its Delegation to a Court of Justice; the Court of Justice, Its Powers and Jurisdiction -- Ch. 6. The Trials. I. A Critical Note about the Historical Sources for the Trials. II. The First Trial (298/910 to 301/913). III. The Eight Years of Waiting. IV. The Second Trial (308/921 to 309/922). V. The Denouement and the Judgment of Condemnation -- Ch. 7. The Martyrdom. The Peripeteias of the Execution.

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