The Twelver Imams from `Alī (d. 40/661) until al-Hujjat, Muhammad al-Mahdī (d. c.260/844).

 

    General Imamological works

  • (1) `Alī ibn Abū Ṭālib  cousin and son in law of Muhammad, 1st Imam and 4th Caliph (c. 598 - 40/661)

  •  (2) Ḥasan ibn `Alī  [& Fāṭima]  (c. 3/625-49/669-70)

  • (3) Ḥusayn ibn `Alī  [& Fāṭima]   (d. 4/626-61/680)

  • (4) Abū Muhammad `Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn.  `Alī Zayn al- Ābidīn (d. c. 36/658- c 95/713)

  • (5) Muhammad al-Baqir  (b. 57/ 676--d. c. [after] 114/732)

     

    • Lalani, Arzina R. , Early Shi'i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir. London: I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2000.

     

    • (6) Ja'far al-Ṣādiq  (b. Medina c. 80/669 -  d. Medina c.148/765) 

    • (7) Mūsā al-Kāẓim (c. 128/745 --d.183/799

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    • (8) Abū al-Ḥasan `Alī ibn Mūsā, al-Riḍā'  (c. 148/765-203/818)

    • (9) Muhammad Tāqī  (b Medina c. 195/810- d. ADD 220/835)

    • (10) Abū al-Ḥasan `Alī ibn Muhammad al-Hādī,  al-Naqī ("The Pure One")  (b. Medina c. 212/827-- d. Sāmarrā, 254/868)

    • (11) Ḥasan al-`Askarī  (b. Medina 230/844--d. ADD c.260/874)

    • (12) Muhammad al-Mahdi, al-Qā'im  (d. c. 260/874 )

    • Zaydism and the Zaydi Imams

    • Ismā'īlīsm and the Ismā'īlī Imams

     

     

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