| Name |
Full / Kunya |
| Musa ibn Ja'far |
Abu al-Ḥasan I |
|
Title
Arabic |
Turkish |
| al-Kazim (The Calm One) |
Yedinci Alí |
|
| Birth Date |
Birth Place |
Age when assumed Imámate |
Age at death |
Length of Imámate |
128 A.H.
A.D. 744 |
Medina |
20 |
55 |
35 |
|
| Death Date |
Reason and Place of Death |
Burial Place |
183 A.H.
A.D. 799 |
Imprisoned and poisoned in Bag̲h̲dad, Iraq on the order
of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, according to Shiite belief. |
Buried in the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. |
|
Importance
Leader of the Shia community during the schism of Ismaili and other branches after the death of the former Imám, Jafar al-Ṣádiq. He established the network of agents who collected khums in the Shia community of the Middle East and the Greater Khorasan. He holds a high position in Mahdavia; the members of these orders trace their lineage to Muḥammad through him. |
| [ Wikipedia - The Twelve Imáms ] |
