258 Cf. Motylinski, “Bibliographie du Mzab,” Bulletin de Correspondence Africaine, III, (algiers 1885), 24, no. 53

259 Barradi, Shifa al-haim., Ms. Pp. 48, 53, 181, 276, 298, 305

260 Cf. Note 257

261 For the biography of Abu Abdullah Muhammad b. Bakr cf. Abu Zakariya, op. Cit., 65a – 68a; Darjini, op. Cit., 166-188; Wisyani, Siyar., Ms. 30 – 33; Shammakhi, Siyar., 384 ff

262 Abu Zakariya, op. Cit., 68a ff.; Darjini, op. Cit., 190 – 193; Shammakhi, Siyar., 412 ff

263 Cf. my “description of new Ibadhi Mss.,” op. Cit., 72-73

264 Ibid., 73. For the biography of Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Bakr, Cf. Wisyani, Siyar., 33-34; Darjini, op. Cit., 408-411; Shammakhi. Siyar., 423-25

265 Cf. infra, part II, text No. ii. This work was one of the texts edited as part of this thesis

266 Wisyani, Siyar., 27

267 Abu Ammar, Sharh al-Jahalat., 122b

268 Darjini, Tabaqat., 10; Abu Zakariya al-Baruni, Tabaqat., 15

269 Darjini, op. Cit., 442-446; Shammakhi, Siyar., 427-428, 441-443

270 Ibid., 441; Darjini, op. Cit., 50

271 Cf. my “description of new Ibadhi Mss.,” op. Cit., 86

272 Abu al-Rabi Sulaiman b. Yakhlaf, Siyar, 91-105

273 Sh. E.I., 592

274 Darjini, op. Cit., 9; baruni, op. Cit., 15. For his biography, Cf. Darjini, op. Cit., 440-441; Shammakhi, op. Cit., 440-441

275 There are a number of extant Mss. Of this work in Nufusah, Mzab, and Jerba. I am using, for this study, the Ms. Of Ali Milud al-Marsawani of Ruhaibat, Nufusah

276 Cf. Note 189

277 Abu Amr Uthman b. Khalifah, Sualat., Ms. 10, 142

278 Ibid., 252 ff

279 For the biography of Abu Ya’qub al-Warijlani, cf. Darjini, Tabaqat., 447-450; Shammakhi, op. Cit., 443-445

280 This work was lithographed in Cairo, al-Baruniyah, 1306. Two chapters of the book were translated into French by I.S. Allouche, “Deux epîtres de theologie abadhite.,” Hesp., 22 (1936), 57-88. I am using for this study the Ms. Of the book in the British Museum, No. Or. 6564

281 Cf. Schacht, “Bibliotheque et manuscrits Abadites.,” “Rev. Afr., 100 (1956). 380. I am using a Ms. In my possession. I am preparing a critical edition; of this work

282 Warijlani, al-Adl wa-l’insaf., Ms. I, 128

283 Ibid., I, 222, 235