Mahdis and millenarians Shī'ite extremists in early Muslim Iraq - Tucker, William Frederick (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-166) and index
Introduction -- 1. Earlier movements -- 2. Bayan ibn Sam'an and the Bayaniyya -- 3. al-Mughira ibn Sa'id and the Mughiriyya -- 4. Abu Mansur al-'Ijli and the Mansuriyya -- 5. 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya and the Janahiyya -- 6. Influence and significance of the four sects -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index