In Shur't Legends, Ib Identities, Adam Gaiser explores the origins and early development of Islamic notions of martyrdom and of martyrdom literature. He examines the catalogs or lists of martyrs (martyrologies) of the early shur't (Kh?rijites) in the context of late antiquity, showing that shur't literature, as it can be reconstructed, shares continuity with the martyrologies of earlier Christians and other religious groups, especially in Iraq, and that this powerful literature was transmitted by seventh century shur't through their successors, the Ib iyya. Gaiser examines the sources of...