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    Arwa al-Sulayhi (Arabic: أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ابْن مُحَمَّد ابْن جَعْفَر ابْن مُوْسَى ٱلصُّلَيْحِي, romanized: Arwā bint Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar...
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    Arwa bint Ahmad Al-Sulayhi (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ٱلصُّلَيْحِي‎, romanized: Masjid Al-Malikah Arwā bint Aḥmad Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī)...
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  • Abū Lahab Arwa (singer), Yemeni singer Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen of Yemen 1067–1138 Arwa Damon, news journalist Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human...
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  • Shi'ite rulers of Yemen throughout its existence. The dynasty ended with Arwa al-Sulayhi affiliating to the Taiyabi Ismaili sect, as opposed to the Hafizi Ismaili...
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    abi al-Qasim went into state of occultation from Cairo in 528 AH/1134 AD, his father, the 20th Imām al-Amīr had instructed Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi/Al-Hurra...
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  • Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi (Arabic: علي بن محمد الصليحي) was the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen. He established his kingdom...
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  • first dāʿī al-muṭlaq, a position of spiritual authority in Tayyibi Isma'ili Islam. He was appointed to the position by Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi. Dhu'ayb began...
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    immured and left to die. A letter sent to the queen of Yemen, Arwa al-Sulayhi, announcing al-Musta'li's accession, gives the officially disseminated version...
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    used by the Assassins. Contemporaneous historians include ibn al-Qalanisi, Ali ibn al-Athir, and Ata-Malik Juvayni. The former two referred to the Assassins...
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  • adviser and governor respectively. Asma bint Shihab Arwa al-Sulayhi Alam al-Malika Aixa Sayyida al Hurra Project, Living Arabic. "The Living Arabic Project...
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    formed that exists to this day. Queen Arwa continued to rule securely until her death in 1138. Arwa al-Sulayhi is still remembered as a great and much...
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  • The Fatimid dynasty (Arabic: الفاطميون, romanized: al-Fāṭimiyyūn) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Fatimid Caliphate, between 909 and 1171 CE. Descended...
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    al-Sulayhi, and later her son Ahmad al-Mukkaram, and daughter-in-law, Arwa al-Sulayhi, from 1047 until 1087. Her full title as sovereign, "al-Sayyida al-Hurrat-ul"...
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    Abu Ali al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو علي المنصور, romanized: Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr; 13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Hakim bi-Amr...
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    both Ismailism and Islam.[citation needed] Arwa al-Sulayhi was the Hujjah in Yemen from the time of Imam al Mustansir. She appointed Da'i in Yemen to run...
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  • Ismāʿīlī. As Tayyeb was not in position to run the dawah, Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, the Da'i al-Mutlaq, acted as his regent. Imam Tayyeb was hidden, and the...
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  • after the death of al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, his infant son, At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim, about two years old, was protected by Arwa al-Sulayhi who died in 1138...
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    of Queen Arwa (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْمَلِكَة ٱلْحُرَّة, lit. 'Palace of the Noble Queen') was the residence of the Yemeni Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, who ruled...
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    At-Tayyib's claim to the imamate was endorsed by Arwa al-Sulayhi, Queen of Yemen. In 1084, Al-Mustansir had Arwa designated a hujjah (a holy, pious lady), the...
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  • Taqiyya (redirect from Al-Taqiyya)
    al-Din al-Suyuti, in his book al-Durr al-Manthoor Fi al-Tafsir al- Ma'athoor, narrates that: Abd Ibn Hameed, on the authority of al-Hassan, said: "al-Taqiyya...
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    of the Isma'ili imams, Hujjas and Da'i al-Mutlaqs - imams - see List of Isma'ili imams, Hujjas - Arwa al-Sulayhi, Nasir Khusraw and Da'is - see List of...
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    Qarmatians (redirect from Al-Qaramita)
    romanized: Qarmatiyān) were a militant Isma'ili Shia movement centred in Al-Ahsa in Eastern Arabia, where they established a religious—and, as some scholars...
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    doctrine of ta'līm, called, al-Fusul al-arba'a The text is no longer in existence, but fragments are cited or paraphrased by al-Shahrastānī and several Persian...
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    Alamut Imam Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar(علي الهادي بن نزار) Imam Al-Muhtadī ibn al-Hādī (Muhammad I) (المهتدی بن الهادي) Imam Al-Qāhir ibn al-Muhtadī bi-Quwatullāh...
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    rivals, the Zabid-based Najahids. Following his death, al-Sulayhi's daughter, Arwa al-Sulayhi, inherited the throne. She withdrew from Sanaa, transferring...
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    injuries, retired in 1087 and handed over power to his wife Arwa al-Sulayhi. Queen Arwa moved the seat of the Sulayhid dynasty from Sana'a to Jibla, a small...
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    especially in Yemen, led by the Sulayhid queen Arwa. Al-Afdal had sent an envoy, Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Najib al-Dawla, in 1119 to bring the Yemeni Isma'ilis...
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    al-Din Sinan (Arabic: راشد الدين سنان Rāshid ad-Dīn Sinān; 1131/1135 – 1193) also known as the Old Man of the Mountain (Arabic: شيخ الجبل Sheikh al-Jabal;...
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    Yemeni queen Arwa al-Sulayhi announcing his accession, al-Musta'li gives the "official" version of events as follows: Like the other sons of al-Mustansir...
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    Alamut Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar ibn al-Mustansir Muhammad (I) al-Muhtadi Hasan (I) al-Qahir Imams who ruled at Alamut Hasan (II) Ala Dhikrihi al-Salam (امام...
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