The Ismaili Stories of the Ismaili Imams: Mawlana al-Qahir Mawlana al-Qahir (peace be upon him) was the third and final Imam to fully live in hiding during the second dawr al-satr or “period of concealment”. He lived in the vicinity of Alamut, where he secretly guided the da‘wa, and was known by the code name al-Qahir, meaning “The Supreme One”. Due to a lack of surviving sources from this period, not much else is presently known about his life and Imamat. “In the absence of the Imam, [the hujja

TheIsmaili Pakistan Stories of the Ismaili Imams: Mawlana Muhammad ibn Islam Shah Mawlana Muhammad ibn Islam Shah (que a paz esteja com ele) sucedeu ao Imamat em 1425. Como tanto ele como o seu pai eram conhecidos pelo nome Islam Shah, e ambos viveram em ocultação, pode ser difícil determinar, nas fontes históricas, a qual dos dois Imams Islam Shah se faz referência. Faleceu em 1463 e poderá ter sido sepultado em Shahr-i Babak, em Kerman, junto do seu pai. “Recebemos o senhor Islam Shah, que nos

Stories of the Ismaili Imams: Mawlana Abu’l-Hasan Ali Mawlana Abu’l-Hasan Ali (peace be upon him) succeeded to the Imamat in the early 1750s. He served as the governor of the city of Kirman and, by 1756, of the province of Kirman. Following the death of the ruler Karim Khan Zand in 1779, the Zand dynasty underwent significant turmoil, so the Imam was able to rule relatively independently. He also renewed the bond between the Imamat and the Ni‘mat Allahi Sufi tariqa, and the Imam is said to be bu