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- ↑ Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. p.706.
- ↑ Gaiser, Adam. “Ibadism: Origins and Early Development in Oman. By John Wilkinson.” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 39, 2012, p. 468.
- ↑ Valerie Hoffman, Book Review: John C. Wilkinson, Ibâḍism: Origins and Early Development in Oman (Oxford Oriental Monographs, Oxford University Press, 2010) in Der Islam 91, 2, 2014, p. 447.
- ↑ Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. pp. 706-712.
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