Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad

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Druze religious figure Isma'ili missionary founder of religion religious leader theologian

Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad was an 11th-century Isma'ili missionary and theologian regarded as a central founding figure and chief doctrinal authority of the Druze faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Druze religious figure ⓘ
Isma'ili missionary ⓘ
founder of religion ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
associatedWith al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ⓘ
surface form: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah

Cairo ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
centuryActive 11th century ⓘ
communityFounded early Druze religious community ⓘ
coreDoctrine esoteric interpretation of Islam ⓘ
rejection of outward religious law in favor of inner truth ⓘ
strict monotheism ⓘ
veneration of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis initiation of a closed religious community ⓘ
loyalty to the unity of God ⓘ
doctrinalLegacy basis of Druze sacred texts ⓘ
framework of Druze cosmology ⓘ
framework of Druze ethics ⓘ
doctrinalStatus primary doctrinal authority in early Druze community ⓘ
fieldOfWork missionary activity ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ
theology ⓘ
historicalPeriod Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Fatimid era
influenced Druze communal organization ⓘ
Druze religious law ⓘ
Druze theology ⓘ
languageOfWriting Arabic ⓘ
movement Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze movement
notableFor being a central founding figure of the Druze faith ⓘ
positionHeld chief doctrinal authority of the Druze faith ⓘ
regionOfActivity Egypt ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
religion Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze faith

Ismaili Shia ⓘ
surface form: Isma'ilism
religiousTitle Imam's missionary (dāʿī) ⓘ
founder of the Druze daʿwa ⓘ
roleInDruzeFaith chief theologian ⓘ
founder ⓘ
schoolOfThought Isma'ili-influenced esoteric monotheism ⓘ
sourceOfAuthority religious knowledge and esoteric interpretation ⓘ
statusInDruzeTradition authoritative interpreter of scripture ⓘ
founding imam of the Druze daʿwa ⓘ
theologicalTradition Ismaili Shia ⓘ
surface form: Isma'ili theology
veneratedBy Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze community
wrote religious epistles for the Druze community ⓘ

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

Druze → associatedWithFigure → Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ⓘ
al-Muwahhidun al-Duruz → foundingFigures → Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ⓘ
Epistles of Wisdom → traditionallyAttributedTo → Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ⓘ