Four Deputies (during Minor Occultation)

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ecclesiastical_title
Historical Figure Group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs The Four Representatives
al-Nuwwab al-Arba'a
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:endDate Start of Major Occultation
gptkbp:firstDeputy Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi
gptkbp:fourthDeputy Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri
gptkbp:function Acted as agents of the Hidden Imam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Four Deputies (during Minor Occultation)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 4
gptkbp:period 874–941 CE
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:role gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:secondDeputy gptkb:Abu_Ja'far_Muhammad_ibn_Uthman
gptkbp:section gptkb:Twelver_Shia
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Minor_Occultation
gptkbp:significance Maintained communication between Hidden Imam and Shia community
gptkbp:thirdDeputy Abu al-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ruh al-Nawbakhti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Twelfth_Imam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7