'''Abdullah Ibn Saba''' (ca. 600 CE), also known as '''Ibn [[Sawda]]''' (because his mother was a black Ethiopian Jewess), is historical figure whom some Sunnis state was a Jewish convert that laid the foundation for the later sect of the Shiites, although this is disputed. It is probably that he was a leader of the Sabi'een who were opposed to the reformation of Petrine Sabi'ism by the Caliphate into Imperial Islam.
