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659–713 · Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
Also known as: Ali ibn al-Husayn, Ali ibn Husayn, Ali Zain al-Abidin, Imam al-Sajjad, Zayn al-Abedin, ʿAlī ibn Husain Zain al-ʿĀbidīn
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