848 AD imprisoned
He was taken along with his family to Samarra in the year 230, 231 or 232 A.H., and was kept there under house arrest.
In Samarra, al-Askari spent most of his time reading the Quran and the Sharia. According to Donaldson, al-Askari must also have studied languages. In later years it was known that he could speak Hindi with the pilgrims from India, Turkish with the Turks, and Persian with the Persians.
According to Shia accounts, however, it is part of the divine knowledge given to all Imams to be able to speak all human languages.
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Al-Mutawakkil (Abu al-Faḍl Jaʽfar ibn Muḥammad al-Muʽtaṣim billāh, جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله) 10th Caliph of the Abbas... -
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