Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd
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Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd, also known as Muzaffar al-Din Qutlugh Khan, was the Salghurid atabeg of Fars from 1226 to 1260. He was the son and successor of Sa'd I.
Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd seated. Made in Mughal India, dated 1604
Folio depicting Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd (seated right) and the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi (seated left). Made in Mughal India, dated 1604
The poet Saadi Shirazi with enthroned Atabeg Abu Bakr ibn Sa'd. Cemʿ-i Tārīh, Museum of Ethnography, Ankara, No. 8457.
Ali al-Rida
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Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim, in 799 CE.
Silver Abbasid dirham, minted at Isfahan in 817, citing al-Ma'mun as caliph and Ali al-Ridha as heir apparent (wali ahd al-muslimin)
Pilgrims of the shrine of al-Rida in Mashhad, Iran
The shrine of al-Rida in Mashhad, Iran
A copy of the Quran ascribed to al-Rida, preserved at the Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum