Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam

This volume complements the selection of Wilferd Madelungs articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam), the earlier volume dealing principally with dogmatic issues, the present one concentrating on the political and social aspects. The first articles here examine the origins of the belief in the coming of the Mahdi and apocalyptic prophecies connected with this, such as arose among the Yemenite emigrants in Syria and Egypt. The following studies relate to Shiite and Alid movements under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and to the political ideology of the Buyids. The final group focuses on the Yemen, its social structures and its historiography, in particular Zaydi sources. A section of additional notes and a detailed index complete the volume. Ce volume vient sajouter en complment de la collection darticles de Wilferd Madelung pralablement publie par Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam); le volume prcdent traitant de questions de dogme et celui-ci se concentrant sur les aspects sociaux et politiques. Les premiers articles font lexamen des origines de la croyance en lavnement du Mahdi et des prophcies apocalyptiques lui tant rattaches - telles celles qui ont vu le jour parmi les migrs ymnites en Syrie et en Egypte. Les tudes suivantes se rapportent aux mouvements chiite et alide sous les caliphats umayyade et abbaside, ainsi qu lidologie politique des Buyides. Un dernier groupe sattache au Ymen, ses structures sociales et son historiographie, en particulier aux sources Zaydi. Une section de notes supplmentaires et index dtaill viennent sajouter au recueil.