All Isma'ili sects roughly share the first four Imams with the Zaydi Shia, and the first six Imams with the Twelver Shia. The Nizari and Musta'li are collectively also known as Fatimid Isma'ili, in …

Jun 12, 2013 · This vintage engraving depicts the portrait of Aga Khan I (1804 – 1881), the 46th Imam of the Nizari Shia Ismaili Ismaili Muslims. © iStockphoto.com. Amir Pir, a minor town …

Nizari Isma'ili history is often traced through the unbroken hereditary chain of guardianship, or walayah, beginning with Ali Ibn Abi Talib, whom Shias believe the prophet Muhammad …

Nov 2, 2022 · Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, the forty-eighth Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, was born in Karachi on November 2, 1877 succeeding to the Imamat in 1885 at the …

Dec 3, 2024 · The modern period of Nizari Ismaili history began when Imam Imam Hasan Ali Shah migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) in the nineteenth century. Born in in Kahak (in …

Feb 27, 2025 · Two significant historic milestones occurred within days of each other — the passing of their beloved 49th Imam, Mawlana Shah Karim Aga Khan IV, on February 4, 2025, …

Oct 24, 2020 · The Nizari Ismaili Imamat is a hereditary office in succession from the first Imam, Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him and his …

Jan 1, 2022 · A learned theologian, poet, stylist and an accomplished diplomat, Shah Tahir Husayni was also the most famous Imam of the Muhammad-Shahi branch of Nizari Ismailism.

May 18, 2024 · As the “finest Imam” of the 7th cycle, Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah⁽ᶜ⁾ presided over radical religious reforms in ritual practice, - consolidating the Ismaili identity of his …

The death of Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims, known for his philanthropic work and heritage conservation projects in India, is an occasion to revisit the ...