Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr wis the pupil o the eleivent Twaler Shia (Arabic: شيعة‎) Imam, Hasan al Askari (d. 873). Ibn Nusayr proclaimed hissel the "bab" or door (representative) o al-Askari an later the twalft Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi durin the Minor Occultation[1], an rejectit the authority o the Fower Deputies durin his lifetime.[2] The follaers o Ibn Nusayr are kent as: Nusairyoon (Arabic: نصيريون‎) or Alawi (Arabic: علوي‎).

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=A8PzaQZwzZQC&pg=PA177&dq=Ibn+Nusayr+twelfth+imam