Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects

Contents
	Preface
	Introduction
	1. The Shabak
	2. The Bektashis
	3. The Safawis and Kizilbash
	4. The Bektashis, the Kizilbash, and the Shabak
	5. The Ghulat’s “Trinity”
	6. The Miraculous Attributes of Ali
	7. The Family of the Prophet
	8. Religious Hierarchy
	9. The Twelve Imams
	10. The Abdal
	11. Rituals and Ceremonies
	12. Social Customs
	13. Religious Books
	14. The Bajwan and Ibrahimiyya
	15. The Sarliyya-Kakaiyya
16. The Ahl-i Haqq (Ali Ilahis): Origin and Identity
17. The Ahl-i Haqq: Cosmology and Cosmogony
	18. Sultan Sahak: Founder of the Ahl-i Haqq
19. The Ahl-i Haqq: The Cult of Dawud
	20. The Ahl-i Haqq The Jam
21. The Ahl-i Haqq: The Role of Ali
22. The Nusayris (Alawis): Ancient Period
23. The Nusayris: Middle Period
	24. The Nusayris: Under the French Mandate
	25. Rise to Political Power: Rise to Political Power
26. The Nusayri Religious System: The Concept of God
	27. The Nusayri Religious System: The Apotheosis of Ali
28. The Nusayris Concept of Light: Shamsis and Qamaris
	29. The Nusayri “Trinity”: Ali, Muhammad, and Salman al-Farisi
	30. The Nusayri Religious System: The Twelve Imams
	31. The Nusayri Religious System: Role of the Aytam and Spiritual Hierarchies
	32. The Nusayri Religious System: Metempsychosis
	33. The Nusayri Religious System: Initiation
	34. Nusayri Ceremonies: Festivals
	35. The Nusayri Mass
	36. The Nusayris, Sunnites, and Twelver Shiites
	37. Pagan, Christian, and Islamic Elements in the Beliefs of the Ghulat
	38. Armenian Elements in the Beliefs of the Kizilbash Kurds
	Notes
	Bibliography