Shia Islam. The Ismailis get their name from their acceptance of Imam Ismaʻil ibn Jafar. Ismaili (Arabic: اسماعيلي) is also a common surname or patronymic...
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also refer to: Ismaili (surname), individuals with the surname or patronymic Nizari Isma'ilism or al-Nizāriyyūn, a branch of the Ismaili Shi'i Muslims...
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Esmaili (category Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists)
Iranian historian Ismaili (disambiguation), variant of Arabic-based Ismaili / Ismaily Ismaili (surname), variant of Arabic-based Ismaili / Smaily This disambiguation...
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Poonawalla (category Khoja Ismailis)
Poonawalla or Poonawala is an Indian (Parsi/Dawoodi Bohra/Khoja) toponymic surname for someone from Pune (formerly Poona) in India. It may refer to: Adar...
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Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar (redirect from Al-Hadi (Ismaili Nizari Imam))
Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan, or ʿAlī, surnamed Al-Hādī (Arabic: علي الهادي بن نزار) (470 AH/1076 CE – 530 AH/1136 CE) was the 20th Ismaili Nizari Imam. Born in Cairo...
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Sheikh (redirect from Seku (surname))
castes converted to Islam and adopted the title. In the Punjab region, Ismaili Pirs gave some converts, as well as Muslims who emigrated from Central...
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Qarmatians (category Ismaili dynasties)
were part of a movement that adhered to a syncretic branch of Sevener Ismaili Shia Islam, and were ruled by a dynasty founded by Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi...
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Husseini (redirect from Hussaini (surname))
Palestinian judge (al-Husayni family) Karim al-Hussayni, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and the fourth Aga Khan Khaled Hosseini, American novelist and...
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to this community. Patani Bohras or Jafari Bohras are converts of the Ismaili Bohras in Patan during Muslim rule of Gujarat. Some Dawoodi Bohras underwent...
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Rukn al-Din Khurshah (category 13th-century Ismailis)
leader (Ruknuddin Khurshah) of the heretics (the misnomer used for the Ismailis) of Alamut traces his descent from this son (of Nizar)." At the very least...
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Al-Muhtadi (Nizari imam) (redirect from Al MUHTADI 21st Ismaili Nizari Imam)
1138). Muhammad bin Ali, surnamed al-Muhtadi is reported to have born in 502/1109 at the castle of Lambsar. He was the first Ismaili Nizari Imam to be born...
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Inaara Aga Khan (category German Ismailis)
the Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of the Nizari branch of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims; from May 1998 to March 2014, she held the title Begum Aga Khan...
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Kareem (category Surnames)
American football player Prince Karim Aga Khan, Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims Karim Valiyev, Azerbaijani General Karim Ansarifard, Iranian football...
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Fateh (name) (category Surnames)
Eastern Roman Empire. Notable people with the name include: Fateh Daud, Ismaili Shi'a ruler of Multan Fateh Naseeb Khan (1890–1933), General-in-chief of...
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Bohra (category Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists)
Bohra, a branch of the Mustaali community Suleimani Bohra, a Mustaali Ismaili community that predominantly reside in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan and...
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Muhammad II of Alamut (category 12th-century Ismailis)
(interpreted in a spiritual esoteric manner of the truth being unveiled with the Ismailis in this case). He is known as "‘A'lā’ al-Dīn" in some manuscripts of Kalam-i...
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Muhammad al-Taqi (redirect from Muhammad at-Taqi (Ismaili imam))
Ali (1997). Ismailis Through History (PDF). Karachi: Islamic book publisher. Tajddin, Mumtaz Ali (2009). Brief history of the Shia Ismaili Imams. Karachi...
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Abas (name) (category Surnames)
politician Abas Ermenji (1913–2003), Albanian politician and historian Abas Ismaili (born 1967), Iranian cyclist Elisha Abas (born 1971), Israeli pianist Salleh...
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Damania (category Surnames)
the last name "Damania". The surname is largely seen in three communities: the Parsis; the Shia Muslims, including Ismaili Muslims and the Bohra and Bohri...
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Rafiq (category Surnames)
footballer Rafiq or companion, a title in the hierarchy of the Nizari Ismailis of Alamut period This page or section lists people that share the same...
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Al-Mustansir Billah (category Egyptian Ismailis)
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 went to India...
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Abdullah (name) (redirect from Abdullah (surname))
Khanate) (died 1359), ruler of the Chagatai Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary), first Ismaili, Fatimid, mustaali saint to reach India, c. 1067 AD Abdullah...
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Noorani (category Surnames)
Family can also refer to the family of the Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims, headed by His Highness Prince Karim Al-Husayni, Aga Khan IV. Dictionary...
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Velshi (category Khoja Ismailis)
Velshi is an Indian (Khoja) surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ali Velshi (born 1969), Canadian journalist and host of MSNBC's Velshi; son...
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List of Isma'ili missionaries (redirect from List of Ismaili missionaries)
simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows: Nāṭiq (ناطق), the messenger-propher. Waṣī (وصي)...
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individuals who follow Pir Sadardin. Pir Sadardin Imamshah Bawa, was a Shia Ismaili Da'i who founded the Satpanth Tariqa around 600 years ago, and taught tolerance...
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Amir (name) (category Surnames)
tenth Fatimid Caliph and recognised as the 20th imam by the Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a sect Amir Abdur-Rahim (born 1981), American basketball coach Amir...
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the revolutions of 1917, he settled at his villa in Seis am Schlern. The Ismaili peoples among whom he travelled respect his work and reputation. The 150th...
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Coptic names (section Second names and surnames)
the Fatimid Dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 969 to 1171 and followed the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, there was a relative period of tolerance towards...
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