Four Deputies
Messengers of the 12th Imam in Twelver Shia Islam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Four Deputies (Arabic: ٱلنُّوَّاب ٱلْأَرْبَعَة, an-Nuwwāb al-ʾArbaʿah) were the four individuals who are believed by the Twelvers to have successively represented their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his Minor Occultation (874–941 CE). They were also known as the Gates (Arabic: أَبْوَاب, romanized: abw'ab),[1] the Sufara (Arabic: سُفَرَاء, lit. 'emissaries'),[2] or the Wukala (Arabic: وُكَلَاء, lit. 'agents').[3]