Khalil Allah I
Khalīl Allāh I (Arabic: خليل الله الاول), known in Nizari Isma'ili tradition by the Sufi name Dhūʾl-Faqār ʿAlī (Arabic: ذو الفقار علي), was the 37th imam of the Qasim-Shahi branch of Nizari Isma'ilism.[1]
Khalil Allah succeeded his father Murad Mirza when the latter died in 1574.[1] Like his father, he resided in and was buried at Anjudan in central Persia, where his tombstone survives to this day. The tombstone gives the date of his death as March 1634.[2]
Khalil Allah had close relations with the ruling Safavid dynasty. He married a princess, possibly a daughter of Shah Abbas I (r. 1588–1629), and in 1627, the Safavid ruler issued an edict exempting the Shi'a of Anjudan from certain taxes.[2] As Farhad Daftary points out, the edict refers to the Anjudani Shi'a as Twelvers, indicating that Khalil Allah and his followers were hiding their true faith.[2]
He was succeeded by his son, Nur al-Dahr Ali.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Daftary 2007, pp. 425, 437, 509.
- ^ a b c Daftary 2007, p. 437.
Sources
- Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Khalil Allah I of the Ahl al-Bayt Banu Hashim Clan of the Banu Quraish Born: ? C.E Died: 1634 C.E. | ||
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Preceded by Murad Mirza | 37th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism (Qasim-Shahi line) 1574–1634 | Succeeded by |
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- Hasan
- Husayn
- Ali al-Sajjad
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Isma'il ibn Ja'far
- Muhammad ibn Isma'il
- Abdallah (Wafi Ahmad)‡
- Ahmad (Taqi Muhammad)‡
- Husayn (Radhi Abdallah)‡
- Abdallah al-Mahdi#
- Muhammad al-Qa'im#
- Isma'il al-Mansur#
- Ma'ad al-Mu'izz#
- Nizar al-Aziz#
- Mansur al-Hakim#
- Ali al-Zahir#
- Ma'ad al-Mustansir#
- Ahmad al-Musta'li#
- Mansur al-Amir#
- Abd al-Majid al-Hafiz#
- Isma'il al-Zafir#
- Isa al-Fa'iz#
- Abdallah al-Adid#
- Dawud al-Hamid
- Sulayman Badr al-Din
- Hasan
- Husayn
- Ali al-Sajjad
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Isma'il ibn Ja'far
- Muhammad ibn Isma'il
- Abdallah (Wafi Ahmad)‡
- Ahmad (Taqi Muhammad)‡
- Husayn (Radhi Abdallah)‡
- Abdallah al-Mahdi#
- Muhammad al-Qa'im#
- Isma'il al-Mansur#
- Ma'ad al-Mu'izz#
- Nizar al-Aziz#
- Mansur al-Hakim#
- Ali al-Zahir#
- Ma'ad al-Mustansir#
- Ahmad al-Musta'li#
- Mansur al-Amir#
- Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib‡
(Qasim-Shahi)
- Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali al-Sajjad
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Isma'il ibn Ja'far
- Muhammad ibn Isma'il
- Abdallah (Wafi Ahmad)‡
- Ahmad (Taqi Muhammad)‡
- Husayn (Radhi Abdallah)‡
- Abdallah al-Mahdi#
- al-Qa'im#
- Isma'il al-Mansur#
- Ma'ad al-Mu'izz#
- Nizar al-Aziz#
- Mansur al-Hakim#
- Ali al-Zahir#
- Ma'ad al-Mustansir#
- Nizar
- Ali al-Hadi‡
- Muhammad (I) al-Muhtadi‡
- Hasan (I) al-Qahir‡
- Hasan (II) Ala Dhikrihi's Salam
- Nur al-Din Muhammad II
- Jalal al-Din Hasan III
- Ala al-Din Muhammad III
- Rukn al-Din Khurshah
- Shams al-Din Muhammad
- Qasim Shah
- Islam Shah
- Muhammad ibn Islam Shah
- Ali Shah (al-Mustansir Billah II)
- Abd al-Salam Shah
- Gharib Mirza (al-Mustansir Billah III)
- Abu Dharr Ali
- Murad Mirza
- Khalil Allah I (Dhu'l-Faqar Ali)
- Nur al-Dahr Ali
- Khalil Allah II Ali
- Shah Nizar II
- Sayyid Ali
- Sayyid Hasan Ali
- Qasim Ali
- Abu'l-Hasan Ali
- Shah Khalil Allah III
- Aga Khan I
- Aga Khan II
- Aga Khan III
- Aga Khan IV
(Mu'mini)
- Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali al-Sajjad
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Isma'il ibn Ja'far
- Muhammad ibn Isma'il
- Abdallah (Wafi Ahmad)‡
- Ahmad (Taqi Muhammad)‡
- Husayn (Radhi Abdallah)‡
- Abdallah al-Mahdi#
- al-Qa'im#
- Isma'il al-Mansur#
- Ma'ad al-Mu'izz#
- Nizar al-Aziz#
- Mansur al-Hakim#
- Ali al-Zahir#
- Ma'ad al-Mustansir#
- Nizar
- Ali al-Hadi‡
- Muhammad (I) al-Muhtadi‡
- Hasan (I) al-Qahir‡
- Hasan II
- Nur al-Din Muhammad II
- Jalal al-Din Hasan III
- Ala al-Din Muhammad III
- Rukn al-Din Khurshah
- Shams al-Din Muhammad
- Ala al-Din Mu'min Shah
- Muhammad Shah
- Radi al-Din I
- Tahir
- Radi al-Din II
- Shah Tahir
- Haydar I
- Sadr al-Din Miuhammad
- Mu'in al-Din I
- Atiyyat Allah
- Aziz Shah
- Mu'in al-Din II
- Amir Muhammad
- Haydar II
- Amir Muhammad II‡
- § in occultation
- # Fatimid caliphs
- ‡ in concealment