Hosein ibn Hamdan Khasibi

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Abstract

ḴAṢIBI, ḤOSAYN B. ḤAMDĀN AL-JONBALĀNI, ABU ʿABD-ALLĀH (d. 969), founder of Noṣayrism. The mystical Shiʿite sect whose present-day followers in Syria and southern Turkey call themselves ʿAlawis (Turk. Alevis), became widespread throughout Iraq and Syria as it was backed by the Ḥamdānids of Aleppo (r. 944-1004) and the Buyids of Baghdad (r. 945-1055).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia Iranica
PublisherColumbia University
Pages68-70
VolumeXVI
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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