Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2 (2011) 165-222 20 May 2024 Journals Hassan Ansari and Sabine SchmidtkeThe literary-religious tradition among 7th/13th century Yemenī Zaydīs: The formation of the Imām al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim (d. 656/1258)pp. 165–222 Download
While Imām Mahdī’s Hujjah was clear [certain], why before his birth did some Shiites considered Imām Ali or his son “Muḥammad ibn Hanafiyyah”, Nafs Zakiyyah, Imām Ṣādiq, Imām Kādhim, Imām Hādī’s son “Sayyid Muḥammad, or even Imām Askarī as Imām Mahdī?! 02 January 26