Al-'imam Al-rida [a] and the Heir Apparency

• 1. Goals and Methods
• 2. the Central Issue
• 3. New Distortions, and the Dilemma of the 'abbasid Regime
• 4. the Problematical Aspect of Heir Apparency
• 5. the Causes
• 6. the Results
• 7. Success and Failure
• Supplement