Sayyed Ibn Tawus
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Shiite jurist, theologian and historian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sayyed Radhi ud-Deen Ali ibn Musa ibn Tawus al Hasani wal Husaini commonly called Sayyed Ibn Tawus was a Shiite jurist, theologian, historian and astrologer. He was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali through his father and a descendant of Husain ibn Ali through his mother. It is said that he met the twelfth Shiite imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who according to Shiites is living in occultation. He is known for his library and his numerous works which are still available in their original form and help us learn about the interests of Muslim scholars at the end of the Abbasid era.