Mahdis and Millenarians: Shi'ite Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq » (1st Edition)

William F. Tucker is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas and holds an A.B. degree in European History from the University of North Carolina, an M.A. in Balkan Middle East History and a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History, both from Indiana University. He has authored multiple articles and book chapters on Shiism, Kurds, Mamluk history, and the history of natural disasters in the Middle East between 600 and 1800.

Mahdis and Millenarians is a study of early extremist Shiites in Iraq and Iran.

1. Earlier movements. 'Abd Allah ibn Saba' and his followers. Al-Mukhtar and the Kaisaniyya;
2. Bayan ibn Sam'an and the Bayaniyya;
3. Al-Mughira ibn Sa'id and the Mughiriyya;
4. Abu Mansur Al-'ijli and the Mansuriyya;
5. 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'Awiya and the Janahiyya;
6. Influence and significance of the four sects; Conclusion.