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each of the children of Abu al‐Hasan Musa, peace be on him, had a memorable excellence.”[1]
Al‐Shaykh al‐Tubrisi has said: “Surely each of the children of Abu al‐Hasan Musa, peace be on him,
had a famous excellence and a laudable deed.”[2]
They inherited from their forefathers virtue, honor, and glory, so through their behavior they
were wonderful examples for virtue and perfection. Some of them declared a revolt against the
government of the ‘Abbasids that they might make happy the Muslims, save them from the
tyranny and oppression of the ‘Abbasids, just as we will mention. Before we mention their
biographies, we have to mention that the genealogists and the traditionists have greatly differed
over their number. That is as follows:
1. They were thirty‐three; sixteen males, seventeen females.[3]
2. They were thirty‐seven; eighteen males, nineteen females.[4]
3. They were thirty‐eighty, twenty males, eighteen females.[5]
4. They were forty, eighteen males, twenty‐two females. [6]
5. They were sixty, twenty‐three males, thirty‐seven females.[7]
There are narrations other than these. The names of both males and females are as follows:
[1] Al‐Fusool al‐Muhimma, p. 256, (Iran Edition).
[2] A'lam al‐Wara.
[3] Tuhaf al‐Azhar wa Zulal al‐Anhar.
[4] Sihah al‐Akhbar. Al‐Fusool al‐Muhimma, p. 256. Al‐Bihar.
[5] Kashf al‐Ghumma, p. 243. Tadhkirat al‐Khawas, p. 84.
[6] Sir al‐Silsila al‐'Alawiya.
[7] Al‐Mujjdi. 'Umdat al‐Talib. Menahil al‐Darb fi Ansab al‐'Arab.
The Males:
Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, Isma‘il, Ja‘far, Harun, Hamza, Muhammed, Ahmed, Qasim, ‘Abbas,
Ibrahim, Hasan, ‘Abd Allah, Zayd, Husayn, al‐Fedl, Sulayman, Salim, Sa‘eed,[1] ‘Aqeel, Ibrahim the
elder, and ‘Abd Allah.[2]
The Females:
Um ‘Abd Allah, Qusayma, Lubaba, Um Ja‘far, Umama, Kelthem, Burayha, Um al‐Qasim, Mahmuda,
Amina the elder, ‘Aliya, Zaynab, Ruqaya, Hasna, ‘A’isha, Um Salama, Asma’, Um Farwa, Aamina,
Um Abeeha, Halima, Remla, Maymuna, Amina the younger, Asma’ the elder, Zayneb, Zayneb the
elder, Fatima the elder, Fatima, Um Kulthum the elder, Um Kulthum the younger, Um Kulthum the
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