Reference work
Islam in Iran vi. The Concept of Mahdi in Sunni Islam
Said Amir Arjomand
Analyzes competing early political and non-apocalyptic usages of Mahdi and the Jesus-only countertradition; proposed historical origins remain Arjomand's argument.
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Opening through Abbasid revolutionary claims