Isma'ili movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Druze
gptkb:Alavi_Bohra
gptkb:Dawoodi_Bohra
gptkb:Musta'li
gptkb:Nizari
gptkb:Sulaymani_Bohra
gptkbp:coreBelief gptkb:Imam
esoteric interpretation of Quran
gptkbp:distribution gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_Asia
East Africa
gptkbp:emphasizes batin (inner meaning)
ta'wil (allegorical interpretation)
Imam's authority
gptkbp:founded 8th century
gptkbp:historical_caliphate Fatimid Caliphate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Isma'ili movement
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Isma'il_ibn_Jafar
gptkbp:notable_center Al-Azhar University (founded by Fatimids)
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:Salamiyah
gptkb:Alamut
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Ja'far_ibn_Mansur_al-Yaman
gptkb:Hamid_al-Din_al-Kirmani
gptkb:Nasir_al-Din_al-Tusi
gptkbp:notableEvent Assassins (Nizari Isma'ilis)
gptkbp:notableFestival gptkb:Eid_al-Ghadir
gptkb:Imamat_Day
gptkb:Navroz
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Aga_Khan_Development_Network
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Hassan-i_Sabbah
gptkb:Imam_al-Mustali
gptkb:Aga_Khan
gptkb:Imam_Tayyib
gptkb:Imam_Isma'il_ibn_Jafar
gptkb:Imam_al-Mahdi_Billah
gptkb:Imam_Nizar
gptkb:Imam_al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah
Aga Khan IV
Imam Mustansir Billah
gptkbp:part_of Shia Islam
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:population 15 million (approximate)
gptkbp:sacredText gptkb:Quran
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Twelver_Shia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alid_partisans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7