| Babism has its roots in Shiahism, a soil impregnated with the doctrines of the imamate and Mahdiism. |
| After 1835, the imamate changed hands with great frequency and some imams were assassinated. |
| The establishment of the First Imamate in the 9th century CE was the first step in consolidating disparate Omani tribal factions under the banner of an Ibadi state. |
| Yemeni Hashemites, heir to a powerul Imamate that once ruled over northern Yemen, make up roughly twelve percent of the population. |
| Imam Ghalib Al Hinai and his younger brother, Talib bin Ali Al Hinai, led the Imamate of Oman in the Jebel Akhdar War against Sultan Said bin Taimur's attack on his lands. |
| It was under his 34-year imamate that the taqiya doctrine for the Twelver Shi'ites was developed forther. |
