Shah Tahir, known as Tahir Shah, and known in his lifetime by his followers as Hujjatullah was a Nizari Ismaili Imam from the Muhammad-Shahi line and an astronomer and philosopher who served as a minister of the Nizam Shahi dynasty in South India.
10 Facts About Shah Tahir
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Imam Shah Tahir was born in Khund, a village in Gilan near the border with Qazvin, that has since been abandoned.
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Shah Tahir was the son of Imam Shah Radi ad-Din II, a descendant of the Nizaris of Alamut who claimed descent from the Fatimids of Egypt and a Nizari Ismaili Imam.
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Shah Tahir was a student of the great 16th century astronomer, Shams al-Din al-Khafri.
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Imam Shah Tahir arrived in Goa in mid-1520, but was ignored by the Adil Shahi monarch.
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Shah Tahir left Bijapur and moved to Parenda, where he started teaching almagest, a treatise by Ptolemy on astronomy.
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In 1522 AD, on request of Sultan Burhan Nizam Shah Tahir, he joined the court of Ahmadnagar.
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Shah Tahir acted as chief diplomat, and would deliver lectures twice a week in the fort.
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Shah Tahir died in 1549 AD and his body was sent to Karbala to be buried near the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali.
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Shah Tahir had four sons and three daughters, among whom Imam Shah Haydar succeeded him as Imam and a minister in the court.