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**Dwencejed** · 04-04-2012, 11:24 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/46915351/C...vol-5#page=294

Probably an orientalist history though. The chapter quotes some Shi'i histories ("polemics"), apparently the situation in Khorasan was extremely complicated, with a whole bagful of different groups. Hanafi-Mu'tazili, Shafi'e-Mu'tazili, Shafi'i-Mujassima, Najjarites (whoever they are?), Maliki-Khariji (is that even possible?), Shafie-Khariji (shocking!) etc etc etc!

It seems Khorasan was full of heresy in those days. There was also no singular ruler for the area but lots of little chiefs, a recipe for civil strife. I would say the strife is likely tribal, but made worse by tribes adopting and aggrandizing small differences.

04-04-2012, 11:24 AM	#6
Dwencejed Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	http://www.scribd.com/doc/46915351/C...vol-5#page=294 Probably an orientalist history though. The chapter quotes some Shi'i histories ("polemics"), apparently the situation in Khorasan was extremely complicated, with a whole bagful of different groups. Hanafi-Mu'tazili, Shafi'e-Mu'tazili, Shafi'i-Mujassima, Najjarites (whoever they are?), Maliki-Khariji (is that even possible?), Shafie-Khariji (shocking!) etc etc etc! It seems Khorasan was full of heresy in those days. There was also no singular ruler for the area but lots of little chiefs, a recipe for civil strife. I would say the strife is likely tribal, but made worse by tribes adopting and aggrandizing small differences.
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