Shah Nizar II
Shāh Nizār II (Arabic: شاه نزار الثاني) was the 40th imam of the Qasim-Shahi branch of the Nizari Isma'ili community.[1]
Shah Nizar II succeeded his father Khalil Allah II Ali when the latter died in 1680.[2] At some point during the early part of his imamate, Shah Nizar left the village of Anjudan, where his predecessors had resided for over two centuries, and moved to the nearby village of Kahak, which became the new residence of the Nizari imams.[3]
On his initiative, many Nizari faithful who until then had lived as nomads in Khurasan, came and settled in Kerman.[4] Shah Nizar had close relations with the Sufi Ni'matullah Order, and in his role as a Sufi master (tariqa) adopted the name of Ata Allah, by which many of the Nizari followers in Kerman came to be known.[4]
Shah Nizar died in September 1722,[4] and was succeeded by his son, Sayyid Ali.[5] Shah Nizar's mausoleum still survives in Kahak, but was heavily restored in 1966 losing many of its original 18th-century fixtures.[4]
References
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 509.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 456, 509.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 439, 456.
- ^ a b c d Daftary 2007, p. 457.
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 458.
Sources
- Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Shah Nizar II of the Ahl al-Bayt Banu Hashim Clan of the Banu Quraish Born: ? C.E Died: 1722 C.E. | ||
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Preceded by | 40th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism (Qasim-Shahi line) 1680–1722 | Succeeded by Sayyid Ali |
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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