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Islam is the dominant religion in Egypt, with approximately 90% of Egyptians identifying as Muslims. The majority of Egyptian Muslims are adherents of Sunni...

Nizari Ismailis, was invited to issue a religious edict for and on behalf of the Ismailis, which he did by a letter explicitly stating that the Ismailis adhered...

executed.: p:107  After Nizar's execution, the Nizari Ismailis and the Musta'li Ismailis parted ways in a bitterly irreconcilable manner. The schism finally...

their leader. Despite being occupied with survival in their hostile environment, the Ismailis in this period developed a sophisticated outlook and literary...

Muslims in Egypt. Estimates of Egypt's Shia Twelvers and Ismaili community range from 800,000 to about two to three million members. Most Egyptian Christians...

that the Mongol conquest obliterated the Nizari Ismailis presence at Alamut, the fortress was recaptured in 1275 by Nizari forces, demonstrating that while...

ethics practiced by Muhammad. The Ismailis and the Twelvers split over the succession to Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. Ismailis contend that Jafar had designated...

Hinnebusch the Ismailis formed 1.5% of the country's population in 1991. They mainly in live in two governorates: in the Hama Governorate the Ismailis mainly...

Imamate in 490 AH/1097 CE. Henceforward, the seat of Ismaili Imamate was transferred from Egypt to Persia owing to the division among the Ismailis, where...

Synopses". The Ismaili. Islamic Publications Limited. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2018. "The Mountain without the Old Man: Xishiji on Ismailis. PROCEEDINGS...

word Egyptian. Though some of the Dom people self-segregated themselves for centuries from the dominant culture of Egypt, historically; Domari in Egypt have...

provoked by the increasingly severe Seljuk repressions of the Ismailis. The Ismailis in Persia, including Da'i Hassan-i Sabbah, were aware of the declining...

Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el.qɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ] ) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's...

Nuruddin were two Indians who visited al-Mustansir Billah in Egypt. They joined the Ismaili faith under Fatimid Dai Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi, and...

February 2018. "The Ismāʻīlīs of Najrān. Second-class Saudi citizens" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2012. "The Ismailis of Najran. Second-class...

ISBN 978-0-226-05676-0.Excerpts A Short History of the Ismailis, by Farhad Daftary The Ismaili, Their History and Doctrine, by Farhad Daftary Medieval...

Ismaili communities in South Asia, particularly those in Sind and Kathiawar. Aqa Ali Shah became Imam of the Ismailis upon the death of his father in...

as Hashkali (Serbian: Хашкалије, romanized: Haškalije) and/or Balkan Egyptians (Serbian: Балкански Египћани, romanized: Balkanski Egipćani; Albanian:...

Allāh (1101–1130). The Fatimid rulers of Egypt after him are not recognized as Imams by Mustaali/Taiyabi Ismailis. Abu'l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn...

romanized: Muḥammad al-Muhtadī), was the 21st Imam of the Nizari Ismailis. He was a concealed Imam. According to Ismaili historiography, al-Muhtadi (the Rightly Guided)...