Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 9th-century religious leader in the arabian peninsula”. Today it says “one of the founders of the theological traditions of the zaydi branch of shi'a islam”.
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9th-century Zaydi Shia imam Al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā ibn Ismāʿīl al-Dībādj ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr ibn al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ar-Rassī ( Arabic : القاسم بن ابراهيم بن اسماعيل بن ابراهيم بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب الرسي ; 785–860) was a 9th-century religious leader in the Arabian Peninsula . He was one of the founders of the theological traditions of the Zaydi branch of Shi'a Islam , and is considered as an imam by the Zaydis. His grandson Yahya founded the Rassid dynasty of Zaydi imams of Yemen .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
9th-century Zaydi Shia imam Al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī ( ; 785–860) was a 9th-century religious leader in the Arabian Peninsula . He was one of the founders of the theological traditions of the Zaydi branch of Shi'a Islam , and is considered as an imam by the Zaydis. His grandson Yahya founded the Rassid dynasty of Zaydi imams of Yemen .
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a 9th-century religious leader in the arabian peninsula
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one of the founders of the theological traditions of the zaydi branch of shi'a islam
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