Qaramite

I am still reading chapter eleven "The Ismailis and their various branches"

Qaramite were followers of a man named Karmat (a labourer).

The source used by the author is from the work of De Sacy, a French Orientalist. De Sacy referred to the work of Ibn al-Athir, the Arab/Kurd historian.

Here's a brief narration.

A man from Khorassan came and established himself in Kufa. He led an ascetic life, teaching that prayers should be said fifty times a day. When he was ill, he was attended by a man named Hamdan Karamita. Hamdan Karamita spread the teaching of his own sect. He was briefly imprisoned. When he got out, he fled into Syria and assumed the identity of his teacher.

Please see one of my old posts about the Qaramite/Karamatian.

Then the book mentioned Abdullah son of Maimon Kaddah, another man who appeared at the same time with Baber and al-Mokannah. Learning from the failure of earlier heretics, he proceeded in a secret manner. The author of the book stressed that the narration about Abdullah ibn Maimon Kaddah is very doubtful and is not to be believed. And this in due part because of some disagreements between the doctrines of the Qaramite and Ismailis.