'ali Ar-rida
In full �Abu Al-hasan Ibn Musa Ibn Ja'far 'ali Ar-rida� eighth imam of the Twelver Shi'ites, noted for his piety and learning until 817, when the caliph al-Ma'mun, in an attempt to heal the division between the majority Sunnites and the Shi'ites, appointed him his successor. The appointment aroused varying reactions - few of them, even among the Shi'ites, wholly favourable - and Iraq, already irritated
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