Narjis

Narjis (Arabic: نرجس‎) was reportedly the wife of Imâm Al-Ḥasan the `Askarî, the mother of the twelfth Imâm of Twelver Shi'a Islam.

Her name has been recorded as Rayḥâna, Narjis, Sayqal, Hadith or Suwsan in Shî`î books.[1] There are a couple of narrations regarding her ancestry.

There are two traditions regarding her ancestry, one saying that she was African while the other saying she was Greek (Byzantine).[2]

Some Shia sources have recorded her as being a "Roman (ie Byzantine) princess" who pretended to be a slave so that she might travel from her kingdom to Arabia.[3][4][5] Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, in Encyclopedia of Iranica, suggests that the last version is "undoubtedly legendary and hagiographic".[5]

The animation of Princess of Rome is about life of Narjis and released in 33rd Fajr International Film Festival.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sachedina, Abdulaziz (1981). Islamic Messianism. Albany, NY, USA: State University of New York Press. pp. 72–74, 78. ISBN 0-87395-458-0.
  2. ↑ <http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/sounds/RM2001/halgar10-18-2001.mp3>
  3. ↑ The Expected Mahdi
  4. ↑ Online Islamic Courses
  5. 1 2 Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali. "ISLAM IN IRAN vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM". Encyclopedia iranica. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Princess of Rome released". www.irna.ir. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

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