Sadr
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Sadr can refer to:
- The common name for the star Gamma Cygni.
- The abbreviation for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, the former Western Sahara.
- Sadr City, a neighbourhood in northeastern Baghdad.
- The Sadr family or a member thereof.
As-Sadr (or al-Sadr) can refer to the family named after Grand Ayatollah Sadr ed-Deen bin Saleh (Heart of the religion) of Qom, a branch of Sharafeddine family from Jabal Amel. The Sharafeddine family itself is a branch of the Nour eddine family, which traces its lineage to Imam Musa al-Kazim (the seventh Shi'a Imam, and through him to the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
Prominent members of this lineage include:
- Grand Ayatollah Sadr-ed-Deen bin Saleh.
- Grand Ayatollah Ismail as-Sadr.
- Grand Ayatollah Sadr ed-Deen as-Sadr.
- Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr, a major Islamic thinker. He is also known as the "Third martyr" or "Sadr I".
- Imam Musa as-Sadr, a Lebanese religious leader and a cousin of Sadeq and Baqir.
- Mohammad as-Sadr, Baghdadi leader of the 1920 revolution against the British government. He is an older cousin of Sadr I.
- Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq es-Sadr, a leading Iraqi cleric.
- Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq es-Sadr, also known as "Sadr II".
- Muqtada al-Sadr, son of Sadr II, son-in-law of Sadr I, and great-grandnephew of Mohammad as-Sadr. In 2004 he led an uprising against American forces in Iraq. He heads a large militia and wields great influence in contemporary Iraqi politics.
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