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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Kunyah of Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb (as)

Among various Kunyah (agnomen), the most famous were Abul Hasan, Abul Hasnayn and Abul Sibtain. Kunyah usually applied for a parent, it is the way of calling him or her by the name of his or her oldest son (such as saying "father of so-and-so" or "mother of so-and-so"), or it may be applied out of respect, a tradition usually followed in Arab countries, and it is applied as a prefix to one's name.

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