Ismaili Shia

E78115

branch of Shia Islam religious denomination

Ismaili Shia is a branch of Shia Islam known for its recognition of a living imam descended from Isma'il ibn Ja'far and for its rich intellectual and esoteric theological traditions.

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All labels observed (39)

Label	Occurrences
Ismaili Islam	19
Ismaili Shia Islam	13
Isma'ilism	7
Ismaili Shia canonical	5
Nizari Ismailis	5
Isma'ili Shia Islam	4
Ismaili Muslims	4
Nizari Ismaili Islam	4
Isma'ili Shi'a Islam	3
Nizari Ismaili community	3
Nizari Ismailism	3
Isma'ili Islam	2
Isma'ili Shi'ism	2
Ismaʿili Shia Islam	2
Nizari Ismaili Muslims	2
Isma'ili	1
Isma'ili Shi'a Islam (state religion of its rulers)	1
Isma'ili Shia	1
Isma'ili Shia Muslims	1
Isma'ili da'wa	1
Isma'ili daʿwa network	1
Isma'ili line of Imams	1
Isma'ili theology	1
Ismaili	1
Ismaili Imamat	1
Ismaili Muslim community	1
Ismaili Muslims in Yemen	1
Ismaili Shia Muslim world	1
Ismaili community	1
Ismailism	1
Ismaʻili Shiʻa	1
Ismaʿili Shiʿism	1
Nizari Isma'ilis	1
Nizari Ismaili	1
Nizari Ismaili Imamate	1
Nizari Ismaili Khojas	1
Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam	1
Nizari Khojas	1
Shia Ismaili Islam	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Shia Islam ⓘ religious denomination ⓘ
associatedWith	Alamut period ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ East Africa ⓘ Fatimid Cairo ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Persia ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
coreBelief	continuous line of imams ⓘ imam as possessor of divinely inspired knowledge ⓘ imam as spiritual and temporal guide ⓘ
differsFrom	Twelver Shia ⓘ Zaydi Shia ⓘ
emphasizes	authority of the imam ⓘ intellectual traditions ⓘ ta'wil (esoteric exegesis) ⓘ
hasConcept	batin (inner meaning) ⓘ ta'lim (authoritative teaching of the imam) ⓘ walayah (devotion to the imam) ⓘ zahir (outer meaning) ⓘ
historicalCenter	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfScholarship	Arabic ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Persian ⓘ
legalSchool	Isma'ili jurisprudence ⓘ surface form: Fatimid Ismaili fiqh
originatedFrom	succession dispute after Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ
partOf	Shia Islam ⓘ
produced	Fatimid Ismaili tradition ⓘ Nizari Ismaili tradition ⓘ Tayyibi Ismaili tradition ⓘ
producedScholar	Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani ⓘ Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani ⓘ Nasir Khusraw ⓘ al-Qadi al-Nu'man ⓘ
recognizes	Isma'il ibn Ja'far as rightful imam ⓘ line of imams after Isma'il ibn Ja'far ⓘ living imam ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
scripture	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur'an
subgroup	Khoja Muslims ⓘ surface form: Alavi Bohras Khoja Muslims ⓘ surface form: Dawoodi Bohras Musta'li Ismailis ⓘ Ismaili Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nizari Ismailis Ismaili Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nizari Khojas Musta'li Ismailis ⓘ surface form: Sulaymani Bohras Musta'li Ismailis ⓘ surface form: Tayyibi Ismailis
theologicalOrientation	batini (inner) interpretation ⓘ esoteric ⓘ
tracesImamateThrough	Isma'il ibn Ja'far ⓘ
uses	hadith literature ⓘ

Referenced by (102)

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

Shia Islam → hasSubbranch → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

Tajiks → minorityReligion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Hazaras → religionMinority → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Fatimid Caliphate → subbranchOfShiaIslam → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ilism

Fatimid Caliphate → ideology → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shia Islam

Fatimid Caliphate → hadInstitution → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili daʿwa network

Najran Region → hasEthnicGroup → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili community

The Aga Khan → dynasty → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

subject surface form: Aga Khan IV

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Imamate

The Aga Khan → denomination → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

subject surface form: Aga Khan IV

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam

Hunza Valley → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Islam

al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shia Islam

ad-Darazi → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ilism

ad-Darazi → branchOfIslam → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shi'a Islam

ad-Darazi → religiousMovement → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili da'wa

Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ilism

Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad → theologicalTradition → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili theology

al-Muwahhidun al-Duruz → theologyInfluence → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Islam

Zaydi Shia → differsFrom → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

Hasan ibn Ali → veneratedIn → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Ahl al-Bayt → centralToDoctrineOf → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Ismaili Shia → subgroup → Ismaili Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismailis

Ismaili Shia → subgroup → Ismaili Shia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Khojas

northern Pakistan → hasReligiousCommunity → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Pakistan

this entity surface form: Ismaili Muslims

al-ʿAzīz Billāh → branchOfIslam → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaʿili Shiʿism

Badakhshan → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

al-Mansuriya → religiousAffiliation → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shi'a Islam (state religion of its rulers)

ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī Billāh → branchOfIslam → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ilism

ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī Billāh → ideology → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shi'ism

Isma'ili jurisprudence → denominationalContext → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ili Shi'ism

al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh → denomination → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaʿili Shia Islam

al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaʿili Shia Islam

Pamiris → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Pamiris → traditionalReligionBranch → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismailism

Ja'far al-Sadiq → associatedWith → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isma'ilism

Bektashi order → influencedBy → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Islam

Ali Zayn al-Abidin → veneratedIn → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Ali al-Rida → veneratedIn → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Aga Khan Development Network → religiousAffiliation → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Imamat

Islam in Yemen → hasMinority → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Muslims in Yemen

Shah Karim al-Husayni → denomination → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili

Shah Karim al-Husayni → religiousCommunityLed → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Muslims

Aga Khan University → religiousAffiliation → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shia Ismaili Islam

Princess Salimah Aga Khan → associatedWith → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili community

Princess Zahra Aga Khan → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Islam

Prince Hussain Aga Khan → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Islam

Karimabad → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Islam

Gojal → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Islam

Hussaini → hasReligiousCommunity → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaili Muslims

Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan → religion → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili Islam

Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan → associatedWith → Ismaili Shia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizari Ismaili community