Responsibilities of the Imam of the Astan

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• Succession (Imamate) of the Prophet, bearing the light of Ali. H.H. is the 53rd Imam

• Supreme leaders of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. His Highness Prince Sayyid Raphael is the 25th supreme leader as descendant of Sayyid Bahauddin Naqshband, the founder of the Order

• Mujtahid Azam of the Hanbali Madhab in Farszamin (Greater Persia)