Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims

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Islamic religious title hereditary leadership position religious office

The Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims is the hereditary spiritual leader of the Nizari Ismaili Shia community, regarded by followers as the living, present Imam and direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through Ali and Fatima.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Imamate of the Nizari Ismaili imam 1
Ismaili Imams 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious title ⓘ
hereditary leadership position ⓘ
religious office ⓘ
ArabicTitle Imam ⓘ
associatedConcept Ahl al-Bayt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imamate in Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nass (designation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityType religious authority ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
branch Nizari Ismailism NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentImam Aga Khan IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentImamOrdinal 49th Imam ⓘ
currentImamPersonalName Shah Karim al-Husayni NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Ismaili doctrine of Imamate ⓘ
globalCommunity Nizari Ismailis in more than 25 countries ⓘ
hereditary true ⓘ
historicalOrigin split from Fatimid Ismaili line ⓘ
succession of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
institutionalNetwork Aga Khan Development Network NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaderOf Nizari Ismaili community NERFINISHED ⓘ
lineage descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
descendant of Fatima bint Muhammad ⓘ
descendant of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
officeHolderTitleVariant Aga Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfTradition Ismaili Shia Imamate NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededByOfficeHolder Aga Khan III NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
regardedAs bearer of divine guidance ⓘ
living Imam ⓘ
present Imam ⓘ
spiritual leader ⓘ
successor of Ali as Imam ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roleInCommunityLife guidance on ethical matters GENERATED ⓘ
guidance on religious practice GENERATED ⓘ
guidance on social development GENERATED ⓘ
seatCurrently Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatHistorically Alamut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anjudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bombay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kahak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karachi NERFINISHED ⓘ
spiritualLeaderOf Nizari Ismaili Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
successionPrinciple designation by previous Imam ⓘ
successionType hereditary succession ⓘ
theologyRole guardian of the faith ⓘ
interpreter of the Quran ⓘ
source of esoteric knowledge ⓘ
titleHolderMustBe male ⓘ
titleLanguage Arabic ⓘ

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

Shah Karim al-Husayni → positionHeld → Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims ⓘ
Musta'li Ismailis → venerate → Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ismaili Imams
Alamut period → associatedWithDoctrine → Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imamate of the Nizari Ismaili imam