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In Iran, the name of the sword has been used as an eponym in military contexts; thus, Reza Shah Pahlavi renamed the military order Portrait of the Commander of Faithful to Order of Zolfaghar in 1925. [9] The 58th Takavar Division of Shahroud is also named after the sword. [citation needed] An Iranian main battle tank is also named after the ...
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His sword was named Zulfikar. [citation needed] He also led parties of warriors on raids into enemy lands, and was an ambassador. Ali's fame grew with every battle that he was in, due to his courage, valour, and chivalry, as well as the fact that he single-handedly, destroyed many of Arabia's most famous and feared warriors.
Live like Ali, die like Hussein is a religious slogan used by Shia Muslims, [1] [2] referring to the martyrs Ali and his son Husayn ibn Ali. Other famous Shia slogans [ edit ]
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Among them, the now-extinct Muhammadites contended that Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi must have been the rightful eleventh Imam, even though he had predeceased his father. For them, Muhammad was the Mahdi, [ 152 ] [ 151 ] [ 3 ] the messianic figure in Islam to (re)appear at the end of times to eradicate injustice and evil. [ 153 ]
On the 19th of Ramadan, while praying (Nafil Fajr) in the Great Mosque of Kufa, Imam Ali was attacked by a Khawarij named Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam. He struck Imam Ali with a poison-coated sword while he was prostrating. [11] It is said that Ibn Muljam struck Imam Ali on the same spot where Amr Ibn Abduwud struck him in the Battle of Khandaq ...