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Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi
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He was appointed as an agent and deputy of Imam al-Mahdi while the Imam was in the Minor Occultation , a period in which he would only contact his followers through the Four Deputies. After ibn Sa'id's death, his son Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman was appointed as the second deputy by Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi. A Brief Biography of Imam Muhammad bin Hasan (a.s.): al-Mahdi .1
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first of the four deputies appointed by the twelfth and final imam
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said to have been a trusted representative
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