Isma'il ibn Ja'far

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Islamic religious leader Shia Imam (Isma'ili view) historical figure

Isma'il ibn Ja'far was the eldest son of the sixth Shia Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and is regarded by Isma'ili Shia Muslims as the rightful seventh Imam and a key figure in the early development of Isma'ilism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Isma'il ibn Ja'far canonical	2
Isma'il ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq	1
Isma'il ibn Ja'far is the legitimate successor of Ja'far al-Sadiq	1
seventh Imam (Isma'ili doctrine)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious leader ⓘ Shia Imam (Isma'ili view) ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
ancestorOf	Fatimid imams (Isma'ili genealogy) ⓘ later Isma'ili imams ⓘ
associatedWith	early Isma'ili da'wa ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	nass (explicit designation of imam) ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	succession to the imamate after Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
birthPlace	Medina ⓘ
branch	Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Isma'ilism
burialPlace	Jannat al-Baqi cemetery ⓘ surface form: al-Baqi cemetery (traditional attribution)
causeOfSectarianSplit	division between Isma'ili and Twelver Shia over succession ⓘ
denomination	Shia Islam ⓘ
disputedDeathDate	after Ja'far al-Sadiq (some Isma'ili traditions) ⓘ before Ja'far al-Sadiq (Twelver view) ⓘ
era	8th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
father	Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
fullName	Isma'il ibn Ja'far self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isma'il ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
givenName	Ismail ⓘ surface form: Isma'il
grandfather	Muhammad al-Baqir ⓘ
greatGrandfather	Ali Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ
hasChild	Muhammad ibn Isma'il ⓘ
hasHonorific	Abu Muhammad ⓘ al-Imam (in Isma'ili sources) ⓘ
historicalContext	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid Caliphate period
knownFor	being eldest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ role in early development of Isma'ilism ⓘ succession dispute after Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ
lineage	descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ descendant of Fatima bint Muhammad ⓘ
memberOf	House of Ali ⓘ Prophetic family in Shia belief ⓘ
mother	Fatima bint al-Husayn al-Athram (traditional attribution) ⓘ
notRecognizedAsImamBy	Twelver Shia ⓘ
patronymic	ibn Jaʿfar ⓘ surface form: ibn Ja'far
positionHeld	designated successor (nass) of Ja'far al-Sadiq (Isma'ili view) ⓘ Isma'il ibn Ja'far self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: seventh Imam (Isma'ili doctrine)
region	Hejaz ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousStatus	infallible Imam (Isma'ili doctrine) ⓘ not considered Imam (Twelver doctrine) ⓘ
subjectOf	Isma'ili doctrinal literature ⓘ Sunni and Shia heresiographical works ⓘ
successor	Muhammad ibn Isma'il ⓘ surface form: Muhammad ibn Isma'il (Isma'ili line)
veneratedAs	rightful seventh Imam (Isma'ili belief) ⓘ
veneratedBy	Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Isma'ili Shia Muslims

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ismaili Shia → tracesImamateThrough → Isma'il ibn Ja'far ⓘ

Isma'il ibn Ja'far as rightful imam → coreClaim → Isma'il ibn Ja'far ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'il ibn Ja'far is the legitimate successor of Ja'far al-Sadiq

Isma'il ibn Ja'far as rightful imam → aboutPerson → Isma'il ibn Ja'far ⓘ

Isma'il ibn Ja'far → fullName → Isma'il ibn Ja'far self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'il ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Isma'il ibn Ja'far → positionHeld → Isma'il ibn Ja'far self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: seventh Imam (Isma'ili doctrine)