Islam Shah (Nizari Imam)

Islam Shah
30th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism (Qasim-Shahi line)
PredecessorQasim Shah
SuccessorMuhammad ibn Islam Shah
HouseNizari Ismaili Imamate (Qasim-Shahi branch)
ReligionIslam (Ismaili Shia)

Islam Shah was 30th Nizari Ismaili Imam and is considered in Nizari Ismaili tradition as the successor to Qasim Shah in the Qasim-Shahi line of Imams during the post-Alamut period of Nizari Ismaili history.[1]

Life

Modern academic scholarship notes that the post-Alamut period of Nizari Ismaili history is sparsely documented in contemporary external sources, and much of the Imamate succession is reconstructed from later Ismaili genealogical traditions.[1]

Islam Shah is recognized within the Qasim-Shahi lineage as part of the continuation of the Nizari Imamate following Qasim Shah. This line is historically significant as it leads to the present-day Nizari Ismaili Imams, known as the Aga Khans.[1]

Due to the limited historical record from this period, detailed biographical information about individual Imams is not securely preserved in independent historical sources.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521616362.
  • Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521616362.
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