| Name |
Full / Kunya |
| Ḥasan ibn Alí |
Abu Muḥammad |
|
Title
Arabic |
Turkish |
| al-Askari (The Citizen of a Garrison Town) |
Onbirinci Alí |
|
| Birth Date |
Birth Place |
Age when assumed Imámate |
Age at death |
Length of Imámate |
232 A.H.
A.D. 846 |
Medina |
22 |
28 |
6 |
|
| Death Date |
Reason and Place of Death |
Burial Place |
260 A.H.
A.D. 874 |
According to Shia, he was poisoned on the
order
of Caliph Al-Mu'tamid in Samarra, Iraq. |
Buried in Al Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq. |
|
Importance
For most of his life, the Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mu'tamid, placed restrictions on him after the death of his father. Repression of the Shiite population was particularly high at the time due to their large size and growing power. |
| [ Wikipedia - The Twelve Imáms ] |
