Imamate in Shia doctrine

Religious and political leaders of Shia Islam

20 dated entries naming Imamate in Shia doctrine, drawn from 19 separate years between 594 CE and 1094 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

594Ali ibn Abi Talib born(13 rajab), first Shia Imam (d. 661)source

7th century

624Hasan ibn Ali, second Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (d. 670)source
632March 18 (approximate) – Muhammad makes his final sermon to the Muslims. It is believed by Shia to be the appointment of Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The Imamah (Shia doctrine) of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, for the religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah, begins.source
659Ali ibn Husayn Zayn, great-grandson of Muhammad and Shia Imamsource
661January 26 – Assassination of Ali: Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shia imam and fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, is struck on the head with a poisoned sword by the Khawarij Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, while at prayer at a shrine at Kufa (modern-day), dying two days later. His son, Hasan ibn Ali, is chosen by Muslims to succeed him as the next leader. According to the Umayyads, he is succeeded by Muawiyah I as Caliph, age 59, who moves his seat of government to Damascus, and founds the Umayyad Caliphate, ending the Rashidun Caliphate.source
661January 28 – Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (b. 601) (martyred)source
670Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and second Shi'a Imam (b. 625)source
676Muhammad al-Baqir, fifth Shia Imam (approximate date; d. 733)source

8th century

708Abd-Allah ibn Ibadh, Muslim jurist and imamsource
712Ali ibn Husayn, fourth Shia Imamsource
713Ali ibn Husayn, fourth Shia Imam and great-grandson of Muhammadsource
733Muhammad al-Baqir, fifth Shia imam and descendant of Muhammadsource
766Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (d. 818)source

9th century

818Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (b. 766)source
829September 8 – Ali al-Hadi, 10th Shia Imam (approximate date)source
846Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (d. 874)source
864Yahya ibn Umar, Muslim imam (or 865)source
865Yahya ibn Umar, Muslim imam (or 864)source
874January 4 – Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (b. 846)source

11th century

1094Al-Musta'li becomes the nineteenth imam of Musta'li Ismailismsource