# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-al-ridha
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:20:09.623Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-al-ridha"
name: "Ali al-Ridha"
slug: "ali-al-ridha"
description: "He was asked to inherit an empire that had spent decades crushing his community. The eighth Imam of Twelver Shia Islam accepted the Abbasid caliph's offer to become heir apparent in 817, then died under suspicious circumstances a year later on the road back to Baghdad."
tagline: "Eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chester_Beatty_T_414_fol_129r_Ali_al-Rida.png"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "0770-04-12"
deathDate: "0818-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             3.366315789473685
  historical:           24.090156
  currentAttention:     18.70175438596492
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ali ibn Musa al-Rida succeeded his father as Imam in 799, known among followers for scholarship and piety — works on theology and jurisprudence bear his name, and a comprehensive collection preserves his debates and sayings. He lived under three Abbasid caliphs, the dynasty that had long opposed Shia movements. Then in a startling reversal, al-Ma'mun summoned him to Merv and named him successor to the caliphate, possibly hoping to quiet the revolts; al-Rida accepted on condition he stay clear of governance. Baghdad erupted, the Abbasids installed a rival caliph, and al-Ma'mun turned his retinue toward the capital with al-Rida in tow. The Imam died in September 818 when they reached Tus, shortly after the caliph's Persian vizier — architect of the pro-Shia tilt — was assassinated. A city grew around his grave, Mashhad, now the holiest site in Iran and visited by millions each year.