Ali al-Akbar ibn Hasan
Ali Akbar | |
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| Born | 868–874 |
| Died | |
| Other names | Abdullah, Akbar, Asghar, al-Taqi, al-Muttaqi, Muhammad or Mahmoud |
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| Parent | Hasan al-Askari |
| Relatives | Muhammad (forefather), Fatimah (sister), Muhammad al-Mahdi (brother), Musa (brother), Ja'far (brother), Ibrahim (brother) |
Sayyid Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Hasan (Arabic: سید علي الأكبر بن الحسن, romanized: Sayyid ʿAlī al-Akbar ibn al-Ḥasan) was a Sunni Muslim saint, and according to some historians of genealogy the second son of Imam Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh Imam of the Ahlul-Bayt.
Sayyid Ali al-Akbar is venerated in Sunni and Shiite Islam as the patriarch of various Sufi Saints.