states the authority of the Imam in the Isma'ili tariqa (path) and that allegiance to the Imam unites all Ismā'īlī Muslims worldwide in their "loyalty, devotion...

الإسماعيلية, romanized: al-Ismāʿīliyya) is a branch or sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili (/ˌɪzmɑːˈɪliː/) get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn...

The global seat of the Ismaili Imamate is in Lisbon, Portugal. Nizari Isma'ili history is often traced through the unbroken hereditary chain of guardianship...

commitment and destiny on the other. In 1905, he ordained the first Ismā'īlī Constitution for the social governance of the community in East Africa. The new...

members of the Bayt (Household) of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. All Isma'ili sects roughly share the first four Imams with the Zaydi Shia, and the first...

The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD,...

transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. Since 1957, the holder of the title has been the 49th Imām, Prince...

adopted Sunni Islam and Twelver shi'ism, while the majority remained Nizari Isma'ili. The term Khoja derives from Khwāja (New Persian Khājé), a Persian honorific...

which did not survive but seems to underlie the first part of an anonymous Isma'ili biography entitled Sargozasht-e Seyyednā (Persian: سرگذشت سیدنا). The latter...

simply the Assassins (Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Ḥaššāšīn) were a Nizari Isma'ili order that existed between 1090 and 1275 AD, founded by Persian commander...