Nizari Ismaili

Aga Khan
Title of the Nizari Ismaili imams since Hasan Ali Shah, representing direct lineal descent and succession from Imam Ali and Fatimah, Muhammad’s daughter.
Sinan, Rashid al-Din
Medieval Nizari Ismaili missionary and state leader, influential in regional politics and known in European lore

Dictionary of Islam

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