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The Major Occultation (Persian:غیبت کبری or:Ghaybat al-Kubra) is one of the most important believes in twelver Shia Islam that refers to the second part of Muhammad al-Mahdi's occultation. In the other word the major occultation denotes the longer portion of occultation of Imam Mahdi. In this period of time Imam is hidden from others views. This part of occultation began 941 and will be continued until God's discretion. ِDuring this period of time people can contact him just by his deputies(that are called Nawwab al-khass).[1] According to the history, the major occultation commenced after 329 A.H.

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  1. ^ "The Major Occultation". http://www.al-islam.org/. Retrieved 18 May 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)