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ʿALĪ AL-NAQĪ
Cross-Reference
IMAM. See ʿALĪ AL-HĀDĪ.
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ʿALĪ AL-REŻĀ
W. Madelung
the eighth Imam of the Emāmī Shiʿites.
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ʿALĪ ĀQĀ TABRĪZĪ, MIRZA
Cross-Reference
See ṮEQAT-AL-ESLĀM.
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ʿALĪ AṢḠAR
J. Calmard
Imam Ḥosayn’s youngest son, killed at Karbalā (10 Moḥarram 61/10 October 680).
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ʿALĪ AṢḠAR BORŪJERDĪ
L. P. Elwell-Sutton
author of several works including the ʿAqāʾed al-šīʿa, written in 1263/1874 and dedicated to Moḥammad Shah Qāǰār.
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ʿALĪ AṢḠAR ČEŠTĪ
K. A. Nizami
Mughal hagiographer, chiefly known for his Jawāher-e Farīdī, compiled in 1033/1623 during the reign of Jahāngīr (1014-37/1605-27).
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ʿALĪ B. ʿABBĀS MAJŪSĪ
L. Richter-Bernburg
physician from Fārs and author of an Arabic work on medicine (d. /994 [?]); probably the most important medical writer between Rāzī and Ebn Sīnā.
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ʿALĪ B. ʿABDALLĀH
Cross-Reference
See ʿALAWAYH AʿSAR.
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ʿALĪ B. ABĪ ṬĀLEB
I. K. Poonawala, E. Kohlberg
(b. ca. 600, d. 40/661), cousin and son-in-law of the prophet Moḥammad, first Shiʿite Imam, father of the Imams Ḥasan and Ḥosayn by Fāṭema, and fourth caliph (35-40/656-61).
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ʿALĪ B. AḤMAD BALḴĪ
D. Pingree
post-3rd/9th century astronomer.