Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Articles by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
- ḴAṬṬĀBIYA
ḴAṬṬĀBIYA (Khattabiyya), an extremist Shiʿite sect named after Abu’l-Ḵaṭṭāb al-Asadi (killed ca. 755 CE), who for some time was an…
- COSMOGONY AND COSMOLOGY v. In Twelver Shiʿism
COSMOGONY AND COSMOLOGY v. In Twelver Shiʿism Imami traditions contain a chaotic abundance of material portraying the origin and structure…
- EBN ŠAHRĀŠŪB, ABŪ JAʿFAR ZAYN-AL-DĪN MOḤAMMAD
EBN ŠAHRĀŠŪB, ABŪ JAʿFAR (or Abū ʿAbd-Allāh) ZAYN-AL-DĪN (or ʿEzz-al-Dīn, Rašīd-al-Dīn) MOḤAMMAD b. ʿALī b. Šahrāšūb b. Abī Naṣr b….
- MEʿRĀJ i. DEFINITION
MEʿRĀJ i. DEFINITION Derived from the Arabic instrumental form mefʿāl, the term meʿrāj means “instrument of ascension,” either a “ladder”…
- ISLAM IN IRAN x. THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL SHIʿISMs
ISLAM IN IRAN 3. Islamic Political Movements A series of articles on Political Islam in Iran can be viewed in…
- ISLAM IN IRAN vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM
ISLAM IN IRAN vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM Mahdism in Twelver Shiʿism inherited many of its elements…
- RAJʿA
RAJʿA (lit.: “return”). Abuʾl-Ḥasan Ašʿari (q.v., d. 935) introduces this concept in his work Maqālāt al-eslāmiyin as a belief held…
- ŠAHRBĀNU
ŠAHRBĀNU (lit. “Lady of the Land,” i.e., of Persia), said to be the daughter of Yazdgerd III (r. 632-51), the…
- SHIʿITE DOCTRINE
SHIʿITE DOCTRINE. Shiʿite doctrine is usually considered to be based on five principles. The first three, called “the principles of…