Abstract of the life of 12 Imams

Eighth Imam: Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Reza

Father’s name: Imam Musa Kazem (AS)

Mother’s name: Najmeh (written by a European lady)

Fame: Reza

Nickname: Abu al-Hassan

Place of birth: Medina

Date of birth: 11th of Dhiqaadah 148 AH

Martyrdom time: At the end of zero in 203 AH, he was poisoned at the age of 55 by Mamun Abbasi.

Place of martyrdom: Mashhad (Iran)

Imam Shrine: Holy Mashhad

The course of life:

35 years before the Imamate

17 years in Medina after Imamate

Three years of Mamun’s crown prince in Khorasan, which is the most sensitive period of Imam’s life.

Ninth Imam: Hazrat Imam Mohammad Taqi

Father’s name: Imam Reza (AS)

 Mother: Sabikeh (Khizran)

Fame: Javad, Taghi

Nickname: Abu Ja’far, Mukhtar

Place of birth: Medina

Date of birth: Rajab in 195 AH

Martyrdom time: Dhiqaadah in the year 220 AH at the age of twenty-five

Place of martyrdom: Kazemin near Baghdad

Imam Shrine: Kazemin city

The course of life:

Childhood up to seven years

Imamate period from seven years to twenty-five years