LC control no. | sh 85071658 |
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LC classification | BP195.K3 BP195.K32 |
Topical heading | Karmathians |
Variant(s) | Carmathians Ḳarāmiṭa Ḳarmaṭīs Qarāmiṭa Qarmathians |
See also | Islamic sects |
Found in | Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed., Feb. 10, 2017 (Ḳarāmiṭa, Ḳarmaṭīs; Ismaili sect; originally reported to be followers of Ḥamdān Ḳarmaṭ, which was the basis for their name; active in the 9th century, at least until the 11th; located in Mesopotamia and eastern Arabia) Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court, 2013, via Google Books, Feb. 10, 2017 p. 16 footnote (Qarāmiṭa, sometimes called, the Carmathians in older scholarship; Ismaili group with considerable followers among the Bedouin of the Syrian desert and northwest Arabia in 899 AD) |