Mağmāğ et les sept savants : la création du Dīwān al-‘azzāba

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  • Virgine Prevost

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https://doi.org/10.5617/ao.4842

Abstract

The mysterious Dīwān al-‘azzāba was an Ibāḍī juridical encyclopedia that consisted of twelve volumes. Written around 1000 AD, it was composed in Jerba by seven scholars brought together in the artificial cave Mağmāğ. As Faṣīl ibn Abī Miswar’s thought, that work certainly led the basis of the ḥalqa or council of the ‘azzāba which was to be founded shortly after by Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Bakr. In the first part, this article studies the historical context of the Dīwān al- ‘azzāba’s creation and the seven scholars. The second part is devoted to the cave Mağmāğ and to the importance of the cave worship by the Ibāḍīs.

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