TY - JOUR AU - Maree Ismael, Farsat PY - 2022/08/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Book of the Origins of the Barzanite Creed, a Critical Analytical Study JF - Academic Journal of Nawroz University JA - ACAD J NAWROZ UNIV VL - 11 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.25007/ajnu.v11n3a1247 UR - https://journals.nawroz.edu.krd/index.php/ajnu/article/view/1247 SP - 583-596 AB - <p>     This research is a critical study of Mr. Fared Assard's book (The Origins of Barzan Beliefs), in which the author affirmed that the Barzanians have a mystical tendency to have their own interpretation of Islam, similar to other esoteric groups that have prevailed in Islamic history such as: Ismailia and Nasiriya (= Alawites), Druze and others, He indicated that this inner direction was based on two main pillars: Ismailia and the precious mysticism. My criticism focuses first on the writer Asdard himself saying, he admits that there is a long time lag between the emergence of the Ismaili sect and the emergence of the Barzani who</p> ER -