16 Facts About Ismailism

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Ismailism's family was starved and deprived of water and supplies, until eventually the army came in on the tenth day and martyred Husayn and his companions, and enslaved the rest of the women and family, taking them to Kufa.

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2.

Ismailism's rule was the longest of any caliph in both the Fatimid and other Islamic empires.

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3.

Ismailism was promoted to the post of hujjah long before by Imam Mustansir at the death of her husband.

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4.

Ismailism ran the da'wat from Yemen in the name of Imaam Tayyib.

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5.

Ismailism was instructed and prepared by Imam Mustansir and ran the dawat from Yemen in the name of Imaam Tayyib, following Imams for the second period of Satr.

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6.

Ismailism's family later relocated to the city of Tehran, which was an area with an extremely active Isma'ili Da'wah.

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7.

Ismailism immersed himself in Isma?ili thought; however, he did not choose to convert until he was overcome with an almost fatal illness and feared dying without knowing the Imam of his time.

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8.

Ismailism was offered a safe place in Alamut, where Hassan-Al-Sabbah welcomed him.

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9.

Ismailism has been practiced by the Hunza for the last 300 years.

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10.

One of the most important texts in Ismaili historiography is the ?Uyun al-Akhbar, which is a reference source on the history of Ismailism that was composed in 7 books by the Tayyibi Musta?lian Ismaili da?i-scholar, Idris Imad al-Din was born on ca.

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11.

Fundamental aspect of Ismailism is the co-existence of the physical and the spiritual, the zahir form and the batin essence.

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12.

In Ismailism, things have an interior meaning that is reserved for a special few who are in tune with the Imam or are the Imam himself.

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13.

Ismailism came into his role at an early age, due to his father's early death, so his mother, Lady Ali Shah, played an influential role during his early years.

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14.

Ismailism encouraged women to participate in social and political affairs and criticized veiling as well as gender segregation, including the acts of Pardah and zenana.

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15.

Ismailism was famous for converting the sultan of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate Burhan Nizam Shah I to Shia Islam.

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16.

Ismailism was killed and a regional Timurid dynasty ruler Mirza Khan established his rule over the region.

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