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Shahrastani’s Kitab al-Milal wa’l-Nihal On the Dualists

SHAHRISTANI’S KITAB AL-MILAL WA’L-NIHAL ON THE DUALISTS: TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND COMMENTARY

Tentative Outline of Contents

A. Introduction

B. Preliminary Note on the Text

C. Abbreviations and Bibliography

D. Index siglorum

E. Contents:

  • Edition and English translation of entry ‘the Manichaeans’
  • Edition and English translation of entry ‘the Mazdakites’
  • Edition and English translation of entry ‘the Daysaniyya’
  • Edition and English translation of entry ‘the Marcionites’
  • Edition and English translation of entry ‘the Kantaeans, etc.’

F. Commentary to the translations

G. Indices of (1) Arabic terminology and (2) proper nouns