The philosophy of Imamate in sheikh Mofeed, seyyed Mortaza and Sheikh Tusi

Imamate has been known as a fundamental teaching in shiism. There have been presented various reasonings on behalf of the docrine in the history of Shiism. In the paper, thereasonings of Baghdadian school, established by the most famous theologians and jurisprudents sheikh Mofeed, seyyed Mortaza and SheikhTusi, have been studied. In this way, the Shiite conception of Imamate has been clarified, the agreement of the Baghdadian conceptions has been explained and the reasonings have been evaluated.