Rabi Abdullah

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Rabi Abdullah / Husain ibn Ahmed( born: 219AH, Died: 268AH, 881 AD, Askar, Syria, Imam: 225-268AH) is the tenth Ismaili Imam, surnamed az-Zaki. Tenth imam as per Ismaili/Mustali/Dawoodi Bohra is Imam Husain ibn Ahmed. He is successor to the ninth imam, Ahmed ibn Abdellah and father of next Imam Al Mahdi who was first Fatimid Caliphate.

The 8th to 10th Ismaili imams were hidden from the public, because of threats from Abbasid caliphate, and were known by their nicknames.However the Dawoodi Bohra in their religious text, Taqqarub, claim to have the true names of all 21 imams in sequence including those "hidden" imams: 8th Imam Abdillah-ibne-Mohammad the true name/ (Wafi Ahmad), 9th Imam "Ahmed-ibne-Abdillah (Taqi Muhammad), and the 10th Imam Husain-ibne-Ahmed(Rabi Abdullah).,[1][2]

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  1. ^ The dua (prayer) "Taqarrub" lists these names amongst the Imams.
  2. ^ “In addition to what has been concluded from this study, the following deductions can also be drawn: To the Isma'ilis, the names of the hidden Imams after Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ja'far are: Abdallah ibn Muhammad (better known in Isma'ili circles as Ahmad al- Wafi), Ahmad ibn Abdallah (better known as Muhammad at-Taqi), Muhammad ibn Ahmad (better known as 'Abdallah ar-Radi) and Ali ibn Muhammad (better known as Ali ibn al-Husayn, with al-Mahdi as title)." - Quarterly Journal of the American University of Beirut, Vol. XXI. Nos. 1 2, Edited by Mahmud Ghul, The Hidden Imams of the Ismailis. Sami N.Makarem


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