# The Occultation

> in Shia Islam, the doctrine that a messianic figure (Mahdi) was born, has disappeared, and will one day return; according to Twelvers, this is the 12th Imam, going into Occultation in c. 874

**Wikidata**: [Q127301](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127301)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultation_(Islam))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-occultation


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](http://www.orientalstudies.ru/rus/images/pdf/islam/d_islam_1991_106_prozorov.pdf)