Draft:Idris ibn Abdullah ibn Hasan al-Muthanna
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Abdullah ibn Hasan al-Muthanna, known as Abdullah al-Mahd, was the paternal grandson of Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) and the maternal grandson of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him). During the late Umayyad period, in the era of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), he declared his son Muhammad to be the Mahdi and secured pledges of allegiance for him.
Among the sons of Abdullah al-Mahd, Muhammad (al-Nafs al-Zakiyya) and Ibrahim (Qatil al-Bakhimra) rose in rebellion against the Abbasid government and were killed. Idris ibn Abdullah ibn Hasan al-Muthanna established the first Shia state in the Arab Maghreb, which became known as the Idrisid dynasty.
During the caliphate of al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi, the second Abbasid caliph, Abdullah al-Mahd was imprisoned for three years for refusing to disclose the hiding place of his son Muhammad, known as al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, and was ultimately murdered in prison. His shrine, located 70 kilometers from the city of Najaf in Iraq, is known as Abdullah Abunajm.
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