Shaykh Tusi

male
persian, Shi'a Islam, from Tous, tafsir, Twelver, Shi'a Muslim scholar of Islam…islam
Shaykh Tusi Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi, known as Shaykh al-Tayefah is a Persian of the Shi'a Twelver Islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan,...

Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdi Billah

male, deceased (934)
Islamic sects, Shi'a Islam, ismaili, Imam, Ibn al-Athir, The Empire of the Mahdi The rise of the Fatemids…islam
Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah a.k.a Said ibn Husayn is considered the founder of the Fatimid dynasty, the only major Shi'ite caliphate in Islam, and...
Denis Maceoin

Denis Maceoin

male
Baha'i Faith, Shi‘ism, Shaykhism, Islamic studies, Denis M. MacEoin, Shi'a Islam
Denis M. MacEoin PhD (b. 1949) is a novelist and a former lecturer in Islamic studies. His academic specializations are Shi‘ism, Shaykhism, Bá...
Ibrahim Al-Jaafari

Ibrahim Al-Jaafari

male, 62 years old
Prime Minister of Iraq, vice-president, shiite, Iraqi Transitional Government, Iraqi Interim Government, Shi'a Islam
Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamza al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari (born 1947) is the former Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government following...

Isma'Il Ibn Jafar

male, deceased (755)
Islamic sects, Isma'il bin Jafar, ismaili, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Shi'a Islam, Ismailism…Shia Imam
Isma'il bin Jafar was the eldest son of the sixth Shia Imam, Jafar as-Sadiq. To protect him from persecution, his father sent him into hiding and...
Execution Of Saddam Hussein

Execution Of Saddam Hussein

male
iraqi, Camp Cropper, Iraqi Special Tribunal, Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, Capital punishment in Iraq, death by person…Shi'a Islam
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal...
Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

male, deceased (1274)
Kadhimain, From Mashad, Islamic medicine, baghdad, Islamic astronomy, Medieval astronomer…Shi'a Muslim scholar of Islam, Shi'a Islam, islam
"' (18 February 1201 in Tus, Khorasan - 26 June 1274 in Kadhimain near Baghdad), better known as "', was a Persian of the Twelver Shi'a Islamic...

Aşık Mahzuni Şerif

male
musician, singer, singer-songwriter, folk music, turkish, Köln…Shi'a Islam
Aşık Mahzuni Şerif (b. 17 November 1940, Berçenek / Afşin / Kahramanmaraş / Turkey – d. 17 May 2002, Porz / Köln / Germany) was a Turkish folk musi...

As-Saffah

male, deceased (754)
al-Abbas, Abu al-`Abbās `Abdu'llāh as-Saffāh, millennial, death by smallpox, Khurasan, islam…Shi'a Islam
Abu al-`Abbās `Abdu'llāh as-Saffāh ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas ibn Mutalib ibn Hashim (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله بن محمد ال...
Abdul Majid Al-Khoei

Abdul Majid Al-Khoei

male, deceased (2003)
iraqi, murder victim, Abul-Qassim Khoei, Sayyid Mohammed Taqi al-Khoei, Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei, Shi'a Islam…shia
Sayyid Abdul Majid al-Khoei, 16 August, 1962 – 10 April, 2003) was a Shia cleric and the son of Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei who wa...