List of Isma'ili missionaries

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This is a list of Isma'ili missionaries ( da'i s).

Background

The simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows: [1] [2] [3]

Contents

See List of the Order of Assassins for examples of Nizari Ismaili Missionaries or du'āt and List of Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra or Da'i al-Mutlaq for examples of Tayyibi Isma'ilism Missionaries or du'āt.

List

RankNameActive yearsSectArea of influenceBaseReferences
Chief Da'iAbu Abdallah al-Khadimsince 903-913 until 919 Khurasan Nishapur [4]
Chief Da'i Al-Qadi al-Nu'man 909–974Fatimid doctrine Ifriqiya
Chief Da'i Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani  ?–971Fatimid doctrine Khurasan and Sijistan
Chief Da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani 996–1021Fatimid doctrine
Chief Da'i Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi 10th-11th centuryFatimid doctrine Nishapur; Cairo
Chief Da'i Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi 1048–1078Fatimid doctrine Fatimid Caliphate House of Knowledge, Cairo
Chief Da'iAbd al-Malik ibn AttashFatimid doctrine Persia and Iraq (Seljuk territories) Isfahan
Da'iAhmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn AttashFatimid doctrineIsfahan Shahdiz fortress, Isfahan
Chief Da'i Hassan-i Sabbah 1090–1124Fatimid, later Nizari Daylam, later Nizari Isma'ili state Alamut Castle
Chief Da'iAbu Hamza Arrajan [5]
Chief Da'i Kiya Buzurg-Ummid 1124–1138 Nizari Nizari Isma'ili state Alamut Castle
Chief Da'i Muhammad Buzurg Ummid 1138–1162 Nizari Nizari Isma'ili state Lambasar Castle, Alamut Castle
Chief Da'i Al-Hakim al-Munajjim died in 1103 Nizari Syria Aleppo
Chief Da'i Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh Nizari Syria Aleppo and Afamiyya [6]
Chief Da'i Bahram al-Da'i Nizari Syria Damascus (civilian base) and Baniyas fortress (military base) [7]
Chief Da'iIsma'il al-Ajami Nizari Syria
Da'i Abu'l Fath of Sarmin Nizari part of Syria
Chief Da'iAbu Muhammad Nizari Syria Al-Kahf Castle
Da'i Rashid ad-Din Sinan ~1160–1163 Nizari Basra District
Chief Da'i Rashid ad-Din Sinan from 1163-1164 to 1192-1193 [8] Nizari Syria Al-Kahf Castle
Chief Da'iAbu Mansur ibn Muhammad or Nasr al-'Ajamisince 1192 or 1193 Nizari Syria [8]
Chief Da'iKamal al-Din al-Hasan ibn Masud1222-1223 Nizari Syria [8] [9]
Chief Da'iMajd al-Din1226–1227 Nizari Syria [8] [9]
Chief Da'iSiraj al-Din Muzaffar ibn al-Husayn1227, 1238 Nizari Syria [8] [9]
Chief Da'iTaj al-Din Abu al-Futuh ibn Muhammad1239–1240, 1249 Nizari Syria [8] [9]
Chief Da'iRadi al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali1258–1261 Nizari Syria [8] [9]
Chief Da'iKhwaja Qasim Nizari Quhistan [6]
Da'iAbu Ishaq QuhistaniQasim-Shahi Nizari Quhistan [6]
Da'iAbu Firasuntil 1530 or 1540 Nizari Syria Maynaqa Fortress [6]
Chief Da'i Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i Fatimid Caliphate Yemen and North Africa
Chief Da'i Hamdan Qarmat Lower Iraq Salamiyah
Chief Da'iAbdallah ibn Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Chief Da'iMaymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Da'i Zakarawayh ibn Mihrawayh Among the Banu Tamim Saylahin
Da'iAbu Muhammad Abdan
Chief Da'i Jawdhar Fatimid Caliphate North Africa
Chief Da'iAmir al-Zawahi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Chief Da'i Ali al-Sulayhi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani Fatimid Caliphate
Chief Da'iMusa ibn Dawud Fatimid Caliphate Fars
Da'iAl-Mukarram Ahmad Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Da'i Anjudani Nizari Iran
Chief Da'i Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi Fatimid Caliphate Ray and Central PersiaRay
Chief Da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani Fatimid Caliphate Iraq and Iran
Da'i (Hujjat-i Khurasan) Nasir Khusraw 1052–1088Fatimid doctrine Khurasan Yamgan District (1060–1088)
Da'iAl-Mukarram Ahmad Fatimid Caliphate Yemen Jibla, Yemen
Chief Da'i Dhu'ayb ibn Musa Sulayhid dynasty Yemen Hooth
Da'iAbd al-Malik al-KawkabiJibal Gerdkuh [5]
Da'i Lamak ibn Malik Sulayhid dynasty Yemen
Da'iYahya ibn Lamak Sulayhid dynasty Yemen
Da'i Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary) Fatimid Caliphate Gujarat Khambhat
Da'i Syedi Hasan Feer Taiyabi Gujarat Denmaal
Da'i Syedi Fakhruddin Fatimid Caliphate Rajasthan Galiakot
Da'i Syedi Nuruddin Fatimid Caliphate Maharashtra Don Gaon
Da'i Abdul Qadir Hakimuddin Taiyabi Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur
PirPrannath / Imam MahdiNizari (Ismaili Missionary) Madhya Pradesh Panna
Da'i Syedi Bava Mulla Khan Taiyabi Madhya Pradesh Rampura
Pir Pir Sadardin Nizari Sindh
Da'i Sulayman bin Hassan Taiyabi India Ahmedabad
Da'i Abdul Hussain Jivaji Taiyabi India Nagpur
Da'iMuhammad Amiruddin Taiyabi India Nagpur
Da'i Taher Fakhruddin Taiyabi India Thane
Da'i Al-Fakhri Abdullah Taiyabi Hijaz Najran
Da'i Haatim Zakiyuddin Taiyabi Gujarat Vadodara
Da'iAhmad bin Abdullah bin Maymun Fatimid Caliphate Iran and Iraq Salamiyah
Da'i Abu'l-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Faraj ibn Ḥawshab Mansur al-Yaman Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani 883–915Fatimid doctrine (until 911) / Qarmatian doctrine (from 911) Yemen
Da'iKhalaf al-Hallaj Fatimid Caliphate Iran
Da'iAbu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ahmad an-Nasafi Fatimid Caliphate IranRay
Da'i Ja'far ibn Mansur al-Yaman Fatimid Caliphate EgyptCairo
Da'iQadi Abul Hussain Ali bin Noman Fatimid Caliphate EgyptCairo
Pir Shamsuddin Sabzwari Nizari PakistanMultan
Da'iTaj Mughal Nizari PakistanGilgit and Hunza
PirPir Hasan Kabiruddin Nizari PakistanUchh
PirPir Tajuddin Nizari PakistanLahore
Da'iSayed Imam Shah Nizari PakistanUchh, see Satpanth for further information
Da'iSayed Rehmatullah Shah Nizari Gujrat and Kutchh
Da'iSayed Nurbaksh Nizari Jammu and Kashmir
Da'iMir Shamsuddin II Nizari Jammu and Kashmir
Da'iBadiuddin Khwaja Kassim Nizari IranAnjudan
Da'i Syedi Lukman ji Taiyabi India Udaipur
Da'i Khanji Pheer Taiyabi India Udaipur
Da'i Zurayids Hafizi Yemen Aden
Da'i Ibn Selim el-Aswani Fatimid Caliphate Sudan
Da'i Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai Nizari Pakistan Hunza Valley
Da'i Nizari Quhistani Nizari Iran Birjand
Da'i Ismail Gangji Nizari India
Da'iMalik Tayfur Anjudani Nizari Iran
Da'iSayed Alam Shah Nizari IndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Ali Shah Nizari IndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Bakir Shah Nizari IndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Nur Muhammad Shah Nizari IndiaGujarat
Da'iMuhammad bin Sa'd bin Daud surnamed ar- Rafnah Nizari Syria
Da'iNuruddin Ahmad Nizari Syria
Da'iAbul Ma'ali Hatim bin Imran, eminently known as Ibn Zahra Nizari Syria
Da'iSayed Malang Shah Nizari Central AsiaShagnan
Da'iSayed Khamush Shah Shirazi Nizari Central AsiaShagnan
Da'i Asma bint Shihab Taiyabi YemenJibla, Yemen
Da'i Arwa al-Sulayhi Taiyabi YemenJibla, Yemen
Da'iAmira Darrab Fatimid Caliphate IranRay
Da'iHussain Qaini Nizari IranQaen
Da'i Abul Khattab Muhammad bin Abi Zaynab Maqlas al-Asadi al-Kufi Ismaili IraqKufa
Da'iHasan bin Muhammad bin Kiya Buzurg Nizari IranAlamut
Da'iAbu Jabala Ibrahim bin Ghassan Fatimid Caliphate EgyptCairo
Da'iJabir al-Manufi Fatimid Caliphate LebanonTyre
Da'iAbul Fawaris al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mimadhi Fatimid Caliphate IsraelAcre
Da'iAbul Hussain Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Kumayt Fatimid Caliphate IsraelAskelon
Da'iAbu Muhammad al-Tabari Fatimid Caliphate IranTabaristan
Da'iAbul Hasan al-Halabi Fatimid Caliphate SyriaAleppo
Da'iAbu Tamim Abul Kassim al-Bukhari Fatimid Caliphate UzbekistanBukhara
Da'iAbul Wafa al-Daylami Fatimid Caliphate IranDaylam
Da'iIbn Abi'l Dibs Fatimid Caliphate SyriaDamascus
Da'iKhuzayma bin Abi Khuzayma Fatimid Caliphate IraqBaghdad
Da'iAbu Abdullah bin al-Naman Fatimid Caliphate IraqBaghdad
Da'iAbu Abdullah al-Khadim Fatimid Caliphate IranNishapur
Da'iAbul Abbas Fatimid Caliphate TunisiaMahdia
Da'iAbdullah bin Abbas al-Shawiri Fatimid Caliphate YemenAhwaz
Da'i Al-Farazdaq Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin KuwaitKazma
Chief Da'i Badr al-Jamali Fatimid Caliphate EgyptCairo
Da'iZayn bin Abi Faraj Nizari Syria
Da'iIbrahim bin Abi'l Fawaris Nizari Syria
Da'iIsmail Nizari Syria
Da'iNasir ad-Dawla Iftagin at-Turki Nizari EgyptAlexandria
Da'iJalal ad-Dawla bin Ammar Nizari EgyptAlexandria
PirPir Satgur Noor/Sayyid Nooruddin Noor Muhammad Nizari IndiaGujarat
Da'iPir Sayed Muinuddin Hasan Nizari IranSabzevar
Da'iSayed Salauddin Nizari IranSabzevar
Da'i Ad-Darazi Druze EgyptCairo
Da'i Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad Druze EgyptCairo
Da'i Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin Druze SyriaBeit Jann
Da'iHasan al-Akhram al-Farghani Druze EgyptCairo
PirPir Nasiruddin Nizari Satpanth PunjabUchh
PirPir Sahib'adin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'iSayed Ruknuddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'iSayed Badruddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'iSayed Shamsuddin II Nizari Satpanth India
Da'iSayed Ghiasuddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'iKhaki Khorasani Nizari IranKhorasan
Da'iAli Quli Raqqami Nizari IranKhorasan
Da'iKhwajah Qasim Tushtari Nizari IranAlamut
Da'iMuhammad Abu al-Makarim Nizari Syria
Da'iShihab al-Din Abu Firas Nizari Syria
Da'iAbul Haytham Gorgani Fatimid Caliphate IranGorgan
Da'iMohammed ibn Sork Fatimid Caliphate IranNishapur
Da'iSayyed Didarali Nizari India
Da'iSayyed Mustakali Nizari India
Da'iSayyed Nour Baksh Nizari India
Da'iSayyed Auliya Ali Nizari India
Da'iSayyed Amir Ahmed Ismaili ArabiaMedina
Da'iSayyed Nooruddin Ismaili ArabiaMedina
Da'iSayyed Nasser Mohammed Nizari Iran
Da'iPir Qasim Shah Nizari Iran
Da'iSayyed Noor Mehdi Nizari India
Da'iSayyed Hyder Shah Nizari India
Da'iIbrahim Jusab Varteji Nizari India
Da'iAssad bin Kassim Al-Ajami Fatimid Caliphate SyriaAleppo
Da'iIbrahim bin Ismail Al Ajami Fatimid Caliphate SyriaAleppo
Da'iPir Sayyed Alauddin Nizari AfghanistanBadakshan
Da'iAhmad Hadi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'iSayyed Zahiruddin Nizari India
Da'iRodaki Fatimid Caliphate Central Asia
Da'iSayyed Shah Qalandar Nizari India
Da'iPir Mahmud Shah Nizari IranSabzevar
Da'iPir Muhibuddin Nizari IranSabzevar
Da'iPir Muhammad Zaman Nizari Iran
Da'iPir Baba Hashem Shah Nizari Iran
Da'iPir Mirza Shah Qasimali Nizari Iran
Da'iPir Abul Hassan Ali Nizari Iran
Da'iPir Mehrab Beg Nizari Iran
Da'iSeyyed Ali Asghar Beg Nizari Iran
Da'iSeyyed Akbar Ali Beg Nizari Iran
Da'iMirza Mohammed Baqir Nizari Iran
Da'iMohammed bin Ali bin Hasan As-Souri Nizari Syria
Da'iSeyyed Lal Shah Baz Qalandar Nizari India
Da'iPir Khaliquddin Nizari Iran
PirPir Ismailbhai Gangji Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Islamuddin Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Imamuddin Indra Nizari India
Da'iHatem Bin Mahmoud bin Zahrah Nizari Syria
Da'iSeyyed Hasan Shah Nizari India
Da'iPir Ghalibuddin Fatimid Caliphate North Africa
Da'iSeyyed Gheb Shah Nizari India
Da'iFiruz Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'iAnushtakin Al-Duzbari Fatimid Caliphate Syria
Da'iAbdul Majid Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'iSeyyed Adam Mehdi Nizari India
Da'iAga Jehangir Shah Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Bala Shah Nizari India
Da'iPir Abdul Momin Nizari India
Da'iPir Salamuddin Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Khaliq Shah Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Jalaluddin Nizari India
Da'iSeyyed Awal Shah Nizari India
Da'iPir Aga Aziz Nizari Afghanistan
Da'i Khuzaima Qutbuddin Taiyabi India
Da'i Tayyebhai Razzak Taiyabi India
Da'i Ibn Hatim Taiyabi Yemen
Da'i Abu Abdullah Ja'far ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Haytham Fatimid Caliphate TunisiaKairouan
Da'i Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi Fatimid Caliphate TunisiaKairouan
Da'iFidai Khorasani Nizari Iran
Da'iSayed Munir Nizari AfghanistanShagnan, Badakhshan
Da'iAbu Aly A. Aziz Nizari
Da'iKassim Ali Nizari
Da'iNoormohomed Rahimtullah Nizari
Da'iNoordin Amlani Nizari
Da'iAlibhai Nanji Nizari
Da'iJaffer Ali A. Bhalwani Nizari
Da'iJaffer Ali Muhammad Somji Sufi Nizari
Da'iJuma Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'iBandali Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'iNurullah Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'iKaram Hussain Nizari
Da'iKara Ruda Nizari
Da'iKassim Ali Muhammad Jaffer Nizari
Da'iKassim Ali R. Paroo Nizari
Da'iKhuda Baksh Talib Nizari
Da'iMuhammad Murad Ali Juma Nizari
Da'iSultanali Nazarali Walji Nizari
Da'iAbul Kassim Muhammad Kuhpayai known as Amiri Shirazi or Kassim Amiri Nizari Iran
Da'iSayed Dadu or Pir Dadu Nizari India
Da'iSayed Abdul Nabi Nizari India
Da'iPir Shihabuddin Shah Nizari India
Da'iAbu Al Fath Nizari Syria
Da'i Khalaf ibn Mula'ib Musta'li Syria
Da'iAbu'l Hasan Sinan bin Suleman bin Muhammad Nizari Iraq
Da'iZahiri Faryabi Nizari Daylam
Chief Da'iKamaluddin Kohistani Nizari Quhistan
Da'iShamsuddin bin Daulatshah Nizari Syria
Da'iShihabuddin bin Ibrahim al-Mainaqi Nizari Syria
Da'iMuhammad bin al-Jazirah Nizari Syria
Da'iAbu Mansur al-Yameni al-Shadili Nizari Syria
Da'iMuhammad Abul Makrim Nizari Syria
Da'iMuhammad bin al-Fazal bin Ali al-Baza'i Nizari Syria
Da'iKhayr Khwah Herati or Muhammad Reza bin Sultan Hussain Ghuriyan Herati Nizari Afghanistan
Da'iSayed Suhrab Wali Badakhshani Nizari Afghanistan
Da'iSayed Umar Yamghani Nizari Afghanistan
Da'iZayn al-Abidin bin Hussain bin Khushnam Angawani Nizari Iran
Da'iSayed Shah Zahur Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Bakir Shah Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Karim Hyder Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Shah Ardbil Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Hussain Ardbil Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Yaqut Shah Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Shah Abdur Rahim Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Ghulam Ali Shah Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iKhwaja Shah Talib Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iMirza Ismail Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'iKhwaja Shahid Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Chief Da'iSheikh al-Hajj Khidr Nizari Syria
Chief Da'iSheikh Muhammad al-Suwaydani Nizari Syria
Chief Da'iMu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi Nizari Iran
Chief Da'iQadi Tajuddin Mardanshah Nizari Iran
Da'iMaulana Dakhli Nizari India
Chief Da'iShawiri915-?Fatimid doctrine Yemen
Chief Da'iAbu Ibrahim Asadabadi12th Century Nizari Syria

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