AuthorTāj al-Dīn bin Zakarīyyā al-Naqshbandī al-ʻUthmānī al-ʻAbshamy
DescriptionThis concise summary presents a comprehensive study of religious sects, examining their origins, divisions, and the various narrations surrounding their development. It traces how different groups emerged from initial points of divergence, maps their subsequent fragmentation into subsects, and documents competing historical accounts of these processes. For researchers, this distillation offers a valuable reference for understanding the complex genealogies of theological factions, preserving multiple narrative traditions without endorsing any single perspective, while providing a structured overview of sectarian formation and evolution. The manuscript measures 19.9 cm in length, 15.2 cm in width, and 3 cm in height, with a total of 223 folios.
Extentff. 1r-9r.
Placef. 1r: Endowed for the Sāḥil Birkat al-Kubrā mosque, Islahul Uloom Arabic College, Kerala, India
Yeard. 1640
CitationKashf al-ẓulma fī bayān firaq hādhihi al-umma, Tāj al-Dīn bin Zakarīyyā al-Naqshbandī al-ʻUthmānī al-ʻAbshamy, MAC31/CM4, i, https://ari.nus.edu.sg/arabia-asia-archives/mac31-cm4-i/
