Sayyid Ali (Nizari imam)
Sayyid Ali was the 41st imam of the Qasim-Shahi branch of the Nizari Isma'ili community.[1]
Sayyid Ali succeeded his father Shah Nizar II when the latter died in September 1722.[2] Like his father, he resided at Kahak in central Persia, where he died in 1754.[3]
He was buried in his father's mausoleum in Kahak; his tomb is located in the largest of the mausoleum's chambers.[4] His son Sayyid Hasan Ali succeeded him.[5]
References[]
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 509.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 457–458, 509.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 457–459.
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 458.
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 459.
Sources[]
- Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Categories:
- 1754 deaths
- Nizari imams
- 18th-century Iranian people
- Iranian Ismailis
- 18th-century Ismailis
- 18th-century Islamic religious leaders
- People from Markazi Province