Nizar

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Branches Nizari · Mustaali · Druze
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History Fatimid Empire Hamza ibn Ali · ad-Darazi Hassan-i-Sabbah · Hashashin Dawoodi · Sulaimani · Alavi Hafizi · Taiyabi · Ainsarii Seveners · Qarmatians Sadardin · Satpanth Baghdad Manifesto
Early Imams Ali · Hasan · Husayn al-Sajjad · al-Baqir · al-Sadiq Ismail · Muhammad Ahmad · at-Taqi · az-Zaki al-Mahdi · al-Qa'im · al-Mansur al-Muizz · al-Aziz · al-Hakim az-Zahir · al-Mustansir · Nizar al-Musta'li · al-Amir · al-Qasim
Contemporary Leaders Mohammed Burhanuddin Aga Khan IV al-Fakhri Abdullah Taiyeb Ziyauddin Saheb Mowafak Tarif This box: view • talk • edit

Abu Mansur al-Nizar, (who was surnamed al-Mustapha al-dinillah, meaning "the chosen for God's religion") is a Nizari Ismaili Imam. He was deposed by his brother, Al-Musta'li, however it is believed his son, Al-Hadi, escaped to Alamut and took refuge with the Hashashin, thereby continuing the Imamate. The followers of his descendants constitute the majority of Ismaili today, with the smaller Mustaali branch accepting his younger brother who overthrew him, and the Druze ending the Imamate before either of them.