Fatimid Caliphate - Fatimid Heritage

Fatimid Heritage

After caliph `Adid, the Fatimids were deposed from rule over Egypt by the Ayyubids.

Currently two groups lay claim to the Fatimid legacy. The Taiyabi (including the Dawoodi Bohra) claim that their Da`is (see List of Dai of Dawoodi Bohra) are successors in authority to 21st Imam Taiyab, the son of 20th Imam Amir (10th Fatimid calipha) (the office of Da`i being instituted by Sulayhid queen of Yemen Arwa al-Sulayhi). Dawoodi Bohra are presently headed by their 52nd Dai Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin.

The current claimant to be genealogical heir of the Nizari line is the Aga Khan. Imam Abdul Salam, Imam Ghareeb Mirza and continued Imamat as a next Imams after Imam Mustansir Billah and started imamat series of Nizari ismailies now as a Imam is Shah karim Al Hussaini Agha Khan IV as 49th Hazir Imam.

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Rashidun 632-661
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