Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

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• Karkūyah
Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī has referred to it saying:
وبها بليدة يقال لها كركوية كلهم خوارج،‏ وفيهم الصوم والصالة والعبادة الزائدة،‏ ولهم فقهاء وعلماء
على حدة
In Sijistān there is a small town called Karkūyah all of whose inhabitants
are Khawārij. They observe fasting, ṣalāh and engage in additional worship.
They also have scholars and jurists who are unique.
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• Kurink
Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī has made mention of it and has stated that all its people
are Khawārij. 3
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• Quzdār
Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī has made mention of their presence there. 5
The Khawārij in the West 6
The Khawārij spread in the West during some patches of history and settled in
some of its cities and villages. When exactly did this dogma infiltrate their circles
and how, this is what we will try to discover briefly.
1 Karkūyah: An old town in Sijistān wherein existed a firehouse of the fire worshippers. It was
conquered by al-Rabīʿ ibn Ziyād al-Ḥārithī. See: Futūḥ al-Buldān 1/385; Muʿjam al-Buldān 4/453; Ᾱthār
al-Bilād wa Akhbār al-ʿIbād p. 246.
2 Kurink: A town three Farsakhs (14 km) away from Sijistān. See: Muʿjam al-Buldān 4/457. Presently it
is situated in Iran and still carries the same name.
3 Muʿjam al-Buldān 4/457.
4 Quzdār is on one of the sides of Sindh and is also known as Quṣdār. Between it and Bust is 80
Farsakhs (386 km). It was conquered by al-Mundhir ibn al-Jārūd al-ʿAbdī. See: Futūḥ al-Buldān p. 422;
al-Ansāb 4/493; Muʿjam a-Buldān 4/341; Ᾱthār al-Bilād wa Akhbār al-ʿIbād p. 104.
5 Muʿjam al-Buldān 4/341.
6 West here refers to the northern shores of Africa, the entire area beyond Egypt westwards.
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