Mardin Region in Hijri I. Century Sectarian Movements

Abstract

The disagreements that took place in the first century of Islam led to assume the new different political attitudes. In the course of time, these attitudes, having been institutionalized, caused the sect to come into being. Within this process of institutinonalization, these movements have been seen in many regions where Muslim lived in. In this context, some of them have been identified in the vicinity of Mardin. Indeed, in the regions of Nusaybin and Dara, the Shiite and Kharijite movements have been seen in the very early of Islam. In this paper, the activities of two secterian movements in the region in the first century of hijrah have been dealt with