PERSON

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad ibn Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Name (arabic)

أبو عبد الله جعفر الصادق بن محمّد بن باقر بن علي زين العابدين بن حسين بن علي بن أبي طالب

Name (translit)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad ibn Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Alias

Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq
Jaʿfar Ṣādiq

Born

80H/700J

Flourished

80H/700J

Died

147H/765J

Born in

Lived in

Died in

Notes

(From MAMS2): Sixth Imam of the Imami Shi`a. Alleged teacher of Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.

Number in MAMS

5

ismi_id

184669

Authored Works

1 works:

Chronology

Ikhtiyārāt ayyām al-shahr al-ʿarabī ʿan Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq , إختيارات أيّام الشهر العربي عن جعفر الصادق

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Vol. 1, p. 220.

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Vol. 1, p. 508.

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Vol. 2, pp. 491, 496.