Imam
C13014
concept
An Imam is a religious leader in Islam who leads prayers, offers spiritual guidance, and often provides community leadership and religious instruction.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shia Imam | 22 |
| Shia cleric | 16 |
| imam | 12 |
| Imam canonical | 5 |
| Twelver Shia Imam | 4 |
| Twelver Imam | 3 |
| Isma'ili imam | 2 |
| Ismaʿili imam | 1 |
| Shia Imam (Isma'ili view) | 1 |
| Zaydi imamate | 1 |
| chief mufti | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Imam
Generated description
An Imam is a religious leader in Islam who leads prayers, offers spiritual guidance, and often provides community leadership and religious instruction.
Instances (63)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Muqtada al-Sadr | Shia cleric |
| Abu al-Husayn Zayd ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali | imam |
|
Husayn ibn Ali
linked to:
third Shia Imam
|
Shia Imam |
| Moaz al-Khatib | imam |
| Ruhollah Khomeini | Shia cleric |
| ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī Billāh | Isma'ili imam |
| Ja'far al-Sadiq | Shia Imam |
| Muhammad al-Baqir | Shia Imam |
| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin | imam |
| Musa al-Kadhim | Shia Imam |
| Ali Zayn al-Abidin | Shia Imam |
| Ali al-Rida | Shia Imam |
| Muhammad al-Jawad | Shia Imam |
| Ali al-Hadi | Shia Imam |
| Hasan al-Askari | Shia Imam |
| Muhammad al-Mahdi | Twelver Shia Imam |
| Mohammad Khatami | Shia cleric |
| Imam Muhammad al-Badr | imam |
| Subhi al-Tufayli | Shia cleric |
| Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin | Shia Imam |
|
Ali ibn Abi Talib
linked to:
Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
|
Shia Imam |
| Shah Karim al-Husayni | — |
| Rassid dynasty | Zaydi imamate |
| Imam Husayn | Shia Imam |
| Isma'il ibn Ja'far | Shia Imam (Isma'ili view) |
| Sadeq Larijani | Shia cleric |
| Muhammad Ali Shahabadi | Shia cleric |
| Ali Khamenei | Shia cleric |
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Shia cleric |
| Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi | Shia cleric |
|
Ruhollah Khomeini
linked to:
Zahra Mostafavi
|
Shia cleric |
|
Musa al-Kadhim
linked to:
Imam Musa al-Kadhim
|
Shia Imam |
| Gamzat-bek | — |
| Ahmad Khomeini | Shia cleric |
| Ali ibn Musa | Shia Imam |
| al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah | Isma'ili imam |
|
al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh
linked to:
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh
|
Ismaʿili imam |
| Musa al-Sadr | Shia cleric |
|
Ja'far al-Sadiq
linked to:
al-Sadiq
|
Shia Imam |
| Reis-ul-ulema | chief mufti |
|
Ali Zayn al-Abidin
linked to:
as-Sajjad
|
Shia Imam |
|
Musa al-Kadhim
linked to:
Hamida Khatun
|
Shia Imam |
| Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din | imam |
|
Musa al-Kadhim
linked to:
ibn Jaʿfar
|
Shia Imam |
|
Ali al-Hadi
linked to:
the Guide
|
Shia Imam |
|
Muhammad al-Jawad
linked to:
Abu Ja'far al-Thani
|
Twelver Shia Imam |
|
Hasan al-Askari
linked to:
Hadith (also known as Susan or Salil)
|
Shia Imam |
| Ebrahim Raisi | Shia cleric |
| Qolşärif | imam |
| Imam Ghazi Muhammad | imam |