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ASĀLEMI dialect
Cross-Reference
See ṬĀLEŠI.
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AṢAMM, ABU BAKR
F. W. Zimmermann
(d. 200/815-6 or 201/816-7), Muʿtazilite of Baṣra.
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ĀŠAQLŪN
Cross-Reference
Manichean demon. See ĀSRĒŠTĀR.
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AʿSAR, ʿALAWAYH ABU’L-ḤASAN ʿALĪ
Cross-Reference
See ʿALAWAYH AL-AʿSAR.
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ĀŠʿARĪ, ABŪ MŪSĀ
Cross-Reference
See ABŪ MŪSĀ AŠʿARĪ.
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AŠʿARĪ, ABU’L-ḤASAN
C. E. Bosworth
scholastic theologian (motakallem) and founder of the theological school of the Ašʿarīya.
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AŠʿARĪYA
A. Heinen
(or Ashʿarism), an Islamic school of theological thought founded by Abu’l-Ḥasan Ašʿarī.
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ASĀS
H. Halm
“foundation, basis,” a degree of the Ismaʿili daʿwa hierarchy.
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ASĀṬĪR
Cross-Reference
See MYTHOLOGY.
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AŠAVAN (possessing Truth)
G. Gnoli
(Avestan), lit. “possessing truth (aša),” referring to humans, Ahura Mazdā, and the divine or angelic entities.