Four Deputies (in Minor Occultation)

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ecclesiastical_title
Historical Figure Group
gptkbp:endOfDeputies Start of Major Occultation
gptkbp:firstDeputy Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi
gptkbp:fourthDeputy Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri
gptkbp:function Conveyed messages between Imam and Shia community
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Four Deputies (in Minor Occultation)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 4
gptkbp:period gptkb:Minor_Occultation
874–941 CE
gptkbp:role Agents of the Hidden Imam
gptkbp:secondDeputy gptkb:Abu_Ja'far_Muhammad_ibn_Uthman
gptkbp:servedImam gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:significance Maintained contact with Hidden Imam
gptkbp:thirdDeputy Abu al-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ruh al-Nawbakhti
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:disappearance_of_Muhammad_al-Mahdi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7