INDEX'Abdullah ibn Ma~iiz, 475
'Abdullah ibn Malik at-Ta'i, 439
'Abdullah ibn Mas'iid, 37, 20,S, 435,
436,438,439,481
'Abdullah ibn Mu'awiya, 498-500
'Abdullah ibn Mu'tamm, 134, 378
'Abdullah ibn 'Utba ibn Mas'iid, 439
'Abdullah ibn Wahb, 469-70, 474
'Abdullah ibn Wathima, 149
'Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Ansari, 37
'Abhd IsM', 425
'Abhdisho' l;:Iazzayii, 464, 465
Abjar ibn Jiibir, 455
Abraham, 307, 394, 395, 432
Abraham of Beth Rabban, 268, 269,
360,417
Abraham of Kaskar, 181n, 349, 361-62,
376; monastery of, 350, 360, 362;
rules of, 362
Abraham of Nasibin, the physician, 350
Abraham of Nethpar, 361, 362
Abraham of mrath, 345
Abraham Qidonayii, 451
'Abs, Banii, 240, 244
absolutism, 28, 468, 523; royal, 424,
505,514; Sasanian, 11,29; SufyiinI,
34
Abii 'Abdulliih, the mawlii, 227
Abii 'Amr ash-Sha'bi ibn Sharii~il, 435,
- See also Sha 'bi, ash-
Abii 'Amra, 227
Abii 'Amra Kaysiin, 490, 491
Abii Ayyiib al-An~iiri, 227
Abii Bakr, 93, 227, 236, 343, 396, 439,
471
Abii Bakr, ibn Mikhnaf, 145
Abii Bakra, 34n, 36n, 247, 257, 434,
456
Abii Barza al-AslamI, 434
Abii Burda ibn Abi Miisa, 437, 439,
456,467
Abii Da'iid al-An~iiri, 227
Abii Dharr al-Ghifiiri, 467, 485, 486
Abii Dulaf al-'Ijli, 72n
Abii l;:IanIfa, 367n, 371n, 435, 444
Abii Hiishim ibn Mu~ammad ibn al-
l;:Ianafiyya, 491,499,500
Abii 'Isii al-I~fahani, 328, 329, 498
Abii Jabira ibn a4-I;>a~~iik, 57
Abii Khiilid KiibilI, 502n
Abii I-'Abbiis as-Saff~, 353
Abii I-'Aliyya, 209, 261, 263, 436, 448,
463
Abii I-Aswad ad-Du'ali, 439, 486
Abii I-Jarbii', 249
Abii I-Khattiib, 498-501
Abii Man~iir al-'Ijli, 498
Abii Maryam al-l;:Ianafi, 438
Abii Maryam as-Sa'di, 474
Abii Mikhnaf, 15, 478, 487
Abii Miisii al-Ash'ari, 52, 57, 65, 67,
75, 101, 102, 104, 130, 161, 198,
209, 246, 265, 272, 433, 434, 436,
437,444,478,511
Abii Qiliiba of Basra, 441
Abii Qurra al-KindI, 438
Abii Rajii' al-'Utiiridi, 449
Abii Siilim az-ZunI, 93, 272
Abii Sufyiin, 82
Abii Turiib, 487
Abii 'Ubayd, 108, 144, 146, 148, 157,
174, 192, 199,210,223,225,236,
489
Abii 'Ubayd, the mawlii, 227
Abii Yiinus al-Uswari, 483
Abii Yiisuf, 86, 147, 222, 227, 309, 444
Abugdana, 411, 413
Acacius, 336, 339, 355
Adam, 310,402,421,426, 486,500
Adams, R., 190, 191
Adapa, 419
adhiin,445
'Adhaym,139
iidhin, 81
Adhurmiih, 202
'Adi ibn al-l;:Iiirith, 143
'AdI ibn l;:Iiitim at-Ta'I, 228, 240, 244,
274
'Ad! ibn Zayd, 65
Adiabene, 126, 131, 132, 133, 189,204,
231,232,266,280,281,298, 307,
309,345,360,361,362,363,373,
374,379,384,385,395,398,423,
480; bishop of, 423; metropolitan of,
335,351, 352
administration, 18,23; finance, 39; Is-
lamic, 36, 38, 51, 56, 66, 68, 73, 98,
115, 159, 162, 163, 164, 513; mili-
tary, 54-64; organization of, 27-70;
Rabbinic, 325; Sasanian, 27-28, 51,
125, 164,511,517,534
Adonai,413