12 imams biography samples

NumberName

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KunyaArabic title

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Persian title

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Turkish title^[7]Lived (CE)

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Lived (AH)^[8]

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Place of birth Age when assumed Imamat Age at death Duration of Imamat Importance Reason & place of death

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Place of burial^[9]1 Ali ibn Abi Talib
ٱلْإِمَام عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب

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Abu al-Hasan
أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن

• ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn
  (أَمِير ٱلْمُؤْمِنِين)
  (Commander of the Faithful)^[10]
• al-Murtaḍā
  (ٱلْمُرْتَضَىٰ)
  (The Beloved)
• al-Waṣīy
  (ٱلْوَصِيّ)
  (The Successor)
• al-Walīy
  (ٱلْوَلِيّ)
  (The Wali)
• al-Haydar
  (حيدر)
  (The Lion)

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• Sheer-e-Khuda
  (شیر خدا)
  (The Lion of God)
• Shah-e-Mardan
  (شاه مردان)
  (The King of the Brave)

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Birinci Ali^[11]599–661^[10]

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23 (before Hijra)–40^[12]

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Makkah, Hijaz^[10]33 61 28 Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad.

According to Twelver Shia belief he was the only person to have been born in the Ka'bah, the holiest site in Isl