Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad.
Thābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Harrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad's elite circle...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 137; no. 2; pp. 253 - 278 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
Apr-Jun2017
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