Isma'ili Imams

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Religious leadership title
gptkbp:associatedWith Fatimid Caliphate
gptkbp:authority Absolute spiritual authority
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Alavi_Bohra
gptkb:Dawoodi_Bohra
gptkb:Musta'li
gptkb:Nizari
Shia Islam
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Isma'ili_theology
gptkbp:containsCommunity Guidance in spiritual and temporal matters
gptkbp:currentNizariImam Aga Khan IV
gptkbp:date 8th century CE
gptkbp:distinctFrom Twelver Imams in succession
gptkbp:FatimidCaliphateImams 11th to 21st Imams
gptkbp:fifthImam gptkb:Muhammad_al-Baqir
gptkbp:firstImam gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
gptkbp:fourthImam gptkb:Ali_ibn_Husayn
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:hiddenImamConcept Present in some branches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Isma'ili Imams
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:Ginans
Farmans
Isma'ili Tafsir
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader Continuous since 8th century
gptkbp:lineage gptkb:Ahl_al-Bayt
Descendants of Ali and Fatimah
gptkbp:Musta'liCurrentImam Disputed among Bohra branches
gptkbp:Musta'liImamsCount 21
gptkbp:NizariCurrentImam Shah Karim al-Husayni (Aga Khan IV)
gptkbp:NizariImamsCount 49 (as of 2024)
gptkbp:numberOfImams Varies by branch
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Isma'ili_Muslims
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Twelver_Imams
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:respectedBy Isma'ili communities worldwide
gptkbp:role religious leader
Interpreter of the Quran
Successor to Prophet Muhammad
gptkbp:secondImam gptkb:Hasan_ibn_Ali
gptkbp:sixthImam gptkb:Ja'far_al-Sadiq
gptkbp:splitAfter gptkb:Ja'far_al-Sadiq
gptkbp:succession gptkb:Hereditary
gptkbp:thirdImam gptkb:Husayn_ibn_Ali
gptkbp:title gptkb:Aga_Khan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5