Sabian
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The Sabians were a religious community of late antiquity in the Near East, often associated with star worship and recognized in Islamic tradition as a People of the Book.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sabians | 0 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethno-religious group
ⓘ
religious community ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
astral cults
ⓘ
planetary deities ⓘ star worship ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Near Eastern religions
ⓘ
People of the Book in Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature |
seven planets
ⓘ
twelve zodiac signs ⓘ |
| geographicLocation |
Harran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedStatusBy | Abbasid authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCenter | Harran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifiedByMedievalMuslimAuthorsAs | Harranians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifiedBySomeScholarsAs |
Mandaeans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
a composite category ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonian astral religion
ⓘ
Greek philosophy ⓘ Hellenistic astrology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatusInIslamicLaw | dhimmi ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Quran ⓘ |
| notableMember | Thabit ibn Qurra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
astrological treatises
ⓘ
astronomical works ⓘ philosophical writings ⓘ |
| quranVerse |
Quran 22:17
ⓘ
Quran 2:62 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quran 5:69 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | People of the Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedIn | Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| religionType |
Late Antique religion
ⓘ
Near Eastern religion ⓘ astral religion ⓘ monotheistic tradition ⓘ |
| religiousBuildingType |
sanctuary
ⓘ
temple ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
animal sacrifice
ⓘ
fasting ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ ritual prayer ⓘ veneration of celestial bodies ⓘ |
| religiousTextStatus | possess revealed scriptures ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | identity of Quranic Sabians ⓘ |
| statusInIslamicTheology | protected monotheists (disputed) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| underRuleOf | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipDirection | celestial bodies ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zij al-Sabi