The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1730 page)
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N
rbakhsh
y(y)a
.
rbakhshy(y)a.
Religious movement in Islam, named after its founder, Mu
ammad b. Mu
ammad b. ‘Abd All
h, who was known as N
rbakhsh (‘gift of light’), and who lived 1393–1465 (AH 795–869). He was proclaimed caliph (
khal
fa
) and
al-Mahd
by his followers. He maintained a
S
f
understanding of the world as manifestation of God, and a
Shi‘ite
insistence on the necessity for the true
Im
m
to be a descendant of
‘Al
.
ammad b. Muammad b. ‘Abd Allh, who was known as Nrbakhsh (‘gift of light’), and who lived 1393–1465 (AH 795–869). He was proclaimed caliph (khal
fa) and
al-Mahd
by his followers. He maintained aS
funderstanding of the world as manifestation of God, and aShi‘ite
insistence on the necessity for the true
Im
mto be a descendant of
‘Al
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