Janji Al Jukhani

جنجي الجوخاني

Janji al-Jukhani — idol-keeper turned dualist founder 1

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Janji al-Jukhani used to worship idols and strike the zanjalij in the house of the idol. He later abandoned that and turned to a doctrine he devised. 2

His doctrine

Ibn al-Nadim says that his doctrine rested on the claim that something existed before the light and the darkness, and that in the darkness there were two forms, a male and a female. He called his followers the Janjiyya. 2

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.475
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