# Sultan Ali

> Sulṭān ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn Al-Ḥusayn was the son of the fifth imam of Twelver Shi'i Muslims and fourth imam of Isma'ili Shi'i Muslims, Muhammad al-Baqir. Born in Medina, Ali, known in Iran as "Sultan Ali," was dispatched by his father to the areas of Kashan and Qom, where he served as a Friday prayer leader and teacher; his popularity and his preaching of Shi'i Islam proved threatening to the local representative of the Umayyad dynasty. The Umayyad representative's forces cornered and killed Sultan Ali and a band of his supporters, after a prolonged battle, and before a larger group of supporters could arrive, in Ardihal, a village roughly 45 kilometers east of Kashan on August 7, 734 CE. He is still revered by Shi'i Muslims, especially in Iran, where his burial place - which has undergone repeated renovations but dates, in part, to the Saljuq period - has become a site of visitation. The shrine is known for a distinctive annual carpet-washing ritual (qālī-shūyān) that occurs on the seventeenth day of autumn to commemorate the day of Sultan Ali's martyrdom, a ritual that might have its origins in Sultan Ali's body having been wrapped in a carpet and brought to the site of his burial after his murder.

*Son of the fifth imam of Twelver Shii Muslims and fourth imam of Ismaili Shii Muslims, Muhammad al-Baqir*

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## Identity
- **Died:** 734
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 24.4 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sulton Ali](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulton_Ali)
- [سلطان علي بن محمد الباقر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B1)
- [Sultan Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ali)
- [سلطان علی بن محمد باقر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B1)
- [Soltan Ali ebn-e Mohammad](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soltan_Ali_ebn-e_Mohammad)
- [سلطان علی بن محمد باقر](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B1)
- [سلطان علی بن محمد باقر](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5736319)

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