From history to theology : Ali in Islamic belief

Contents; Contributors List Of Abreviatıons Transliteration System Introduction Part One: Beliefs - Abdulaziz Sachedine, The Wali of God and the Wasi of the Prophet: 'Ali b. Abi Talib in Twelver Shi'ite belief - Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Considérations sur l'expression "Din 'Ali": Aux origines de la foi shiite - Faryad Daftary, 'Ali in classical Ismaili theology - Irene Melikoff, La divinisation d'Ali chez les Bektachis - Alevis - Meir M Bal-Asher and Aryeh Kofsky, The Nusayri doctrine of 'Ali's divinity and the Nusayri trinity according to an unpublished treatise from the 7th/13th century - E Ruhi Fığlalı, 'Ali in the Sunni historical and theological tradition - Alexander Fodor, Types of Shi'ite amulets from Iraq Part Two: Popular Literature and Iconography - İsmet Çetin, 'Ali in Turkish folk literature - Serpil Bagci, From texts to pictures: 'Ali in manuscript painting - Frederick de Jong; The iconography of Bektashiism: A survey of themes and symbolism in clerical costume, liturgical objects and pictorial art - M Ugur Derman, 'Ali in Ottoman calligraphy