Abd Allah al-Radi
ʿAbd Allāh al-Raḍī, (actual name: Abu ʿAlī[1] al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl (Arabic: أبو علي الحسين بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن محمد بن إسماعيل; born 210 AH or 825 AD, died 268 AH or 881 AD in Salamiyah, Syria; Imamate: 225–268 AH) surnamed al-Raḍī/al-Zakī) is the tenth Isma'ili Imam. He is son and successor to the ninth Imam, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah (Muhammad al-Taqi), and the father of Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, the Imam who founded the Fatimid Caliphate.
Abd Allah al-Radi | |
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| 10th Isma'ili Imam | |
| In office 840–881 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad al-Taqi |
| Succeeded by | Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah |
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| Born | Al-Husayn 210 AH (approximately 825) |
| Died | 268 AH (approximately 881) |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Children | Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah |
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| Other names | Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad |
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The eighth to tenth Isma'ili Imams were hidden from the public because of threats from the Abbasid Caliphate and were known by nicknames. However, the Dawoodi Bohra in their religious text, Taqqarub, claim to have the true names of all 21 imams in sequence, including those of the hidden Imams: the eighth Imam Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (Ahmad al-Wafi), the ninth Imam Ahmad ibn Abd Allah (Muhammad al-Taqi), and the tenth Imam Husayn ibn Ahmad (ʿAbd Allāh al-Raḍī).
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