Musta'li Ismailis

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The Musta'li Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam that follow the succession of the Fatimid caliph-imam al-Musta'li and are historically associated with the Tayyibi and Dawoodi Bohra communities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tayyibi Ismailis 2
Musta'li Ismailis canonical 1
Sulaymani Bohras 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ismaili group
branch of Shia Islam
believesIn line of Fatimid Imams
living imam or concealed imam (in Tayyibi tradition)
commemorates Ashura
martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali
denominationOf Shia Islam
differsFrom Ismaili Shia
surface form: Nizari Ismailis
doctrine Imamate
batini exegesis
esoteric interpretation of Islam
emergedFrom succession dispute after al-Mustansir Billah
followsSuccessionOf al-Musta'li bi'llah
geographicDistribution India (especially Gujarat and Maharashtra, via Bohra communities)
Pakistan (via Bohra communities)
Yemen (historical region)
surface form: Yemen (historically)
hasSubgroup Hafizi Musta'lis
Hafizi Musta'lis
surface form: Tayyibi Musta'lis
historicalCenter Cairo
historicalDynasty Fatimid Caliphate
historicallyAssociatedWith Sulaymani Bohra
surface form: Alavi Bohra

Dawoodi Bohra
Sulaymani Bohra
Musta'li Ismailis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tayyibi Ismailis
holyBook Quran
languageOfScripture Arabic
majorContemporaryCommunities Alavi Bohra
Dawoodi Bohra
Sulaymani Bohra
namedAfter al-Musta'li bi'llah
originatedIn Fatimid Caliphate
recognizesAsCaliphImam al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
al-Musta'li bi'llah
recognizesAsImam al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
al-Musta'li bi'llah
religion Islam
sharesOriginWith Ismaili Shia
surface form: Nizari Ismailis
sharesPracticeWith other Shia Muslims
splitOccurredUnderCaliph al-Mustansir
surface form: al-Mustansir Billah
subdivisionOf Ismaili Shia
surface form: Ismaili Islam
theologicalOrientation Shia Islam
surface form: Shi'a
usesJurisprudenceSchool Ismaili fiqh
usesReligiousLeadershipTitle Dai al-Mutlaq in Tayyibi tradition
surface form: dai al-mutlaq (in Tayyibi branches)
usesTermForCommunity Bohra (for many followers)
venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib
Fatimah bint Muhammad
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims
surface form: Ismaili Imams
viewOnCaliphate caliphate belongs to rightful Imams from Ahl al-Bayt

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ismaili Shia subgroup Musta'li Ismailis
Ismaili Shia subgroup Musta'li Ismailis
this entity surface form: Tayyibi Ismailis
Ismaili Shia subgroup Musta'li Ismailis
this entity surface form: Sulaymani Bohras
Musta'li Ismailis historicallyAssociatedWith Musta'li Ismailis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tayyibi Ismailis
Isma'il ibn Ja'far as rightful imam heldBy Musta'li Ismailis
this entity surface form: Tayyibi Isma'ilis