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Musa al-Mubarqa'

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of ninth twelver shiite imam mohammad al-taqi al jawwad and the younger brother of tenth shiite imam ali al”. Today it says “son of muhammad al-jawad”.
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Musa al Mubaraqqa was the son of ninth Twelver Shia Imam Mohammad al-Taqi al Jawwad and the younger brother of tenth Shiite Imam Ali al-Hadi . He is known to be the ancestor of those Sayyids who use the title of his grandfather and eight Shiite Imam Ali al-Reza or al-Rida as their surnames. All Rizvi , Ridawi and Razavi Sayyids are from the descendants of Musa al Mubarraqa. Most of them were found in Sabzevar , Iran earlier before their migration to Indian Subcontinent . There are still few villages and towns in India who trace their lineage to Musa al Mubarraqa through his son Shahzada Ahmad bin Musa, few prominent towns in India with majority population of Rizvi Sayyids is in Zaidpur district Barabanki, Machchli Gaon district Ambedkar nagar, Karari and Hallaur in state of Uttar Pradesh India. Musa al Mubarraqa was one of the pious and gentle of personalities of his time.1 He had the honor to be from the direct Descendants of Prophet Mohammad .2 Musa al Mubarraqa's short genealogy connecting him to Prophet Mohammad is mentioned below : Musa al Mubarraqa son of Mohammad al-Taqi son of Ali al-Rida or Reza son of Musa al-Kadhim son of Jafar al-Sadiq son of Mohammad al-Baqir son of Zayn al Abideen son of Husain ibn Ali son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah the beloved daughter of Islamic Prophet Mohammad .3

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son of ninth twelver shiite imam mohammad al-taqi al jawwad and the younger brother of tenth shiite imam ali al

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son of muhammad al-jawad

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