Musta'li Ismailis

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The Musta'li Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam that follow the succession of the Fatimid caliph-imam al-Musta'li and are historically associated with the Tayyibi and Dawoodi Bohra communities.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tayyibi Ismailis 2
Musta'li Ismailis canonical 1
Mustali Ismaili 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ismaili group ⓘ
branch of Shia Islam ⓘ
believesIn line of Fatimid Imams ⓘ
living imam or concealed imam (in Tayyibi tradition) ⓘ
commemorates Ashura ⓘ
martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
denominationOf Shia Islam ⓘ
differsFrom Nizari Ismailis ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
doctrine Imamate ⓘ
batini exegesis ⓘ
esoteric interpretation of Islam ⓘ
emergedFrom succession dispute after al-Mustansir Billah ⓘ
followsSuccessionOf al-Musta'li bi'llah ⓘ
geographicDistribution India (especially Gujarat and Maharashtra, via Bohra communities) ⓘ
Pakistan (via Bohra communities) ⓘ
Yemen (historically) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Hafizi Musta'lis ⓘ
Tayyibi Musta'lis ⓘ
linked to: Hafizi Musta'lis
historicalCenter Cairo ⓘ
historicalDynasty Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Alavi Bohra ⓘ
linked to: Sulaymani Bohra

Dawoodi Bohra ⓘ
Sulaymani Bohra ⓘ
Tayyibi Ismailis ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
holyBook Quran ⓘ
languageOfScripture Arabic ⓘ
majorContemporaryCommunities Alavi Bohra ⓘ
Dawoodi Bohra ⓘ
Sulaymani Bohra ⓘ
namedAfter al-Musta'li bi'llah ⓘ
originatedIn Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
recognizesAsCaliphImam al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah ⓘ
al-Musta'li bi'llah ⓘ
recognizesAsImam al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah ⓘ
al-Musta'li bi'llah ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sharesOriginWith Nizari Ismailis ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
sharesPracticeWith other Shia Muslims ⓘ
splitOccurredUnderCaliph al-Mustansir Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-Mustansir
subdivisionOf Ismaili Islam ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
theologicalOrientation Shi'a ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam
usesJurisprudenceSchool Ismaili fiqh ⓘ
usesReligiousLeadershipTitle dai al-mutlaq (in Tayyibi branches) ⓘ
usesTermForCommunity Bohra (for many followers) ⓘ
venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
Ismaili Imams ⓘ
viewOnCaliphate caliphate belongs to rightful Imams from Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Ismaili Shia → subgroup → Musta'li Ismailis ⓘ
Ismaili Shia → subgroup → Tayyibi Ismailis ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
Ismaili Shia → subgroup → Sulaymani Bohras ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
Musta'li Ismailis → historicallyAssociatedWith → Tayyibi Ismailis ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
Isma'il ibn Ja'far as rightful imam → heldBy → Tayyibi Isma'ilis ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq (Ṭayyibī tradition) → isCentralConceptFor → ʿAlavī Bohras ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis
South Asian Shia Muslims → minorDenomination → Mustali Ismaili ⓘ
linked to: Musta'li Ismailis