Mustaali

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The Mustaˤlī (Arabic: مستعلي) group of Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accepted al-Mustaˤlī as the ninth Fatimid caliph and the legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir. In contrast, the Nizāriyya (presently headed by the Aga Khans) believe the rightful ninth caliph was Mustaˤlī's brother, Nizār.

The Mustaˤliyya are also referred to as "Taiyabi" or Tayyibī group (Arabic: طيبي), named after the last Imām recognized by them, Tayyab Abī l-Qāsim. Originally, there was a distinction between Tayyibiyya and Hafiziyya (who recognized the Fatimid rulers of Egypt between 1130-1169 as legitimate Imāms, not Tayyab Abī l-Qāsim).

The Hafiziyya view lost all support after the downfall of the Fatimid Dynasty; current-day Mustaˤliyya are all Tayyabiyya.

In 1592, a leadership struggle caused the Tayyibiyya to be split into Sulaimanis (sometimes formerly also called Makramis) and Dawoodis. The Sulaimani Bohra - named after their 27th Daˤī, Sulayman ibn Hassan) - are mainly concentrated in Yemen, while Dawoodi Bohras are strongest in Pakistan and India.

Later, there was a further split in the Dawoodis and a new subsect formed the Alavis (not to be confused with the ˤAlawiyya or the Alevis).

Since the 1980s, a group led by Asghar Ali Engineer has challenged the traditional authority of the Dawoodi clergy. They are the Progressive Dawoodis and are sometimes claimed to be a separate subsect of the Dawoodi.

External links and references

• [Progressive Dawoodi Bohras]

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