Tradition Islam
Twelver Shiism
شيعة اثنا عشرية ar شیعه دوازدهامامی fa
Branch of Shia Islam admitting 12 imams as the successors of Muhammad
- Also called Twelvers, Ithna Ashariyyah, Twelver Shi'ism
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Twelver Shiism Branch of Shia Islam admitting 12 imams as the successors of Muhammad
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Ruhollah Khomeini24 September 1902 CE – 3 June 1989 CE · Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 -
Mohammad Reza I of Iran26 October 1919 CE – 27 July 1980 CE · Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 -
Ismail I17 July 1487 CE – 23 May 1524 CE · founder and first shah of Safavid Iran -
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Nader Shah22 October 1688 CE – 19 June 1747 CE · Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty -
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Yunus Emrec. 1241 CE – c. 1321 CE · Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic -
Ali al-Rida12 April 770 CE – 5 September 818 CE · eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818) -
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar14 March 1742 CE – 17 June 1797 CE · founder of the Qajar Dynasty (1796–1797) -
Muhammad al-Baqir8 May 677 CE – 26 January 733 CE · Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams -
Hussein-Ali Montazeri22 September 1922 CE – 20 December 2009 CE · cleric and Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989 -
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Morteza Motahhari31 January 1919 CE – 1 May 1979 CE · Iranian politician (1919-1979) -
Shaykh Saduq918 CE – 991 CE · Buyid shiite scholar -
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Abu al-Qasim Khoei19 November 1899 CE – 8 August 1992 CE · Iranian Islamic scholar
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