Abul Hasan ali-ibn Muhammad Samarri

Abul Hasan ali-ibn Muhammad Samarri (326 A.H. - 329 A.H.) He was

the last legate and succeeded Abul Qasim Husain ibn Ruh. When he

was asked about his successor, he said, "God now wills otherwise

and the duration of such a period is known only to Him."

A few days before he died, he had received a letter from the Imam

al-Mahdi. He died in 329 A.H. and his grave is one the Sharia

Khalbakhi near the canal Nagrabi.