You are nobler than your eighth-generation cousin...
You are nobler than your eighth-generation cousin (al-Ma’mun) Just as your forefathers were nobler than his forefathers.” Al-Sowly said, “I found these verses written in my father's notebook in his own handwriting. My father used to say that his brother had recited these poems and said that our uncle had composed them about Ali [15] .
There is a note in the margin of one of the pages of that notebook stating, ‘What is meant by eighth-generation cousin is Al-Ma’mun, since both Imam Al-Reza (s) and Al-Ma’mun were eighth وَاللَّهِ ما نَقَصَ الدَّرُّ، لكِن عَلَىّ وِرْدٌ مِنْ صَلاتِي وَتَسْبِيحِي، وَقَدْ نَقَصَ مُنْذُ وَلَدْتُ.
generation descendants of Abdul Muttalib.” Moreover, Toktam is an Arabic name that is often seen in Arabic poetry. Al-Sowly said, “My uncle - Ibrahim ibn Abbas - had composed a lot of eulogies about Imam Al-Reza (s). He used to recite them in public. However, he was finally forced to hide them. Later he searched for them and compiled them again.” Some people have narrated that the name of Imam Al-Reza's noble mother was Sakan An-Nawbiyeh . She was also called Arwa, Najma, and Somayeh .