Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:16:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /glossary/his-highness-prince-rahim-al-hussaini-aga-khan-v/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:16:50 +0000 /?post_type=glossary&p=15143 The 50th imam of the Nizari Ismailis, His Highness Prince Rahim al-Husayni, who succeeded his father, His Late Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV on 4th February 2025.

]]> /glossary/ziyarids/ /glossary/ziyarids/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:06 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/ziyarids/ A Muslim dynasty which ruled northern Persia (927–1090 CE).

]]> /glossary/ziyarids/feed/ 0 /glossary/zaydis-zaydiyya/ /glossary/zaydis-zaydiyya/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:06 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/zaydis-zaydiyya/ Third major branch of Shi’i Islam, after the Ithna’ashari and the Ismailis. The Zaydis are named after Zayd, a grandson of Imam usayn b. Ê¿AlÄ« and brother of Imam Muḥammad al-BÄ�qir, whom they followed as Imam.

]]> /glossary/zaydis-zaydiyya/feed/ 0 /glossary/zirid/ /glossary/zirid/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:06 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/zirid/ Muslim dynasty that ruled in North Africa (972–1148).

]]> /glossary/zirid/feed/ 0 /glossary/%e1%ba%93uhur/ /glossary/%e1%ba%93uhur/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:06 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/%e1%ba%93uhur/ Manifestation. In Shi‘i Islam, the term can refer to the manifestation of the Imam after a period of concealment.

]]> /glossary/%e1%ba%93uhur/feed/ 0 /glossary/zurayids/ /glossary/zurayids/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:06 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/zurayids/ An Ismaili dynasty that ruled in Yemen (1083–1173).

]]> /glossary/zurayids/feed/ 0 /glossary/ummat-al-muslimin/ /glossary/ummat-al-muslimin/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:04 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/ummat-al-muslimin/ See umma.

]]> /glossary/ummat-al-muslimin/feed/ 0 /glossary/uqaylids/ /glossary/uqaylids/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:04 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/uqaylids/ Muslim dynasty that ruled in Iraq and Syria (992-1096).

]]> /glossary/uqaylids/feed/ 0 /glossary/vizier/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:04 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/vizier/ A high officer of state, equivalent of a chief minister.

]]> /glossary/walaya/ /glossary/walaya/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:04 +0000 https://dev.iis.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/glossary/walaya/ Friendship or assistance. In Sufism the term is used for qualities that can be translated roughly as ‘sainthood’; in Islam, it is used specifically for devotion to theImam (see wil�ya).

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