Nur al-Dahr Ali
Nūr al-Dahr ʿAlī (Arabic: نور الدهر علي) or Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī (Arabic: نور الدین علي) was the 38th imam of the Qasim-Shahi branch of the Nizari Isma'ili community.[1]
Nur al-Dahr Ali succeeded his father Khalil Allah I when the latter died in March 1634, until his own death in November 1671.[1] Like his father, he resided and was buried at Anjudan, where his tombstone survives to this day.[2]
He was succeeded by his son, Khalil Allah II Ali.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Daftary 2007, pp. 425, 437, 509.
- ^ Daftary 2007, p. 437.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 425, 439, 509.
Sources
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- Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.