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Idris Imad al-Din
Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi (Arabic: إدريس عماد الدين بن الحسن القرشي, romanized: ʾIdrīs ʿImād al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Qurashī; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468. A major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well as a notable theologian, Idris was also an important medieval Isma'ili historian whose work is fundamental for the history of the Fatimid Caliphate and the Isma'ili communities in Yemen.
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Idris Imad al-Din | |
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إدريس عماد الدين | |
![]() Mausoleum of Idris Imad al-Din in Shibam in 2011 | |
Da'i al-Mutlaq | |
In office 1428–1468 | |
Preceded by | Ali Shams al-Din II |
Succeeded by | al-Hasan Badr al-Din II |
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Born | 1392 |
Died | 10 June 1468 |
Resting place | Shibam, Yemen |
Religion | Shia Islam |
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Sect | Tayyibi Isma'ilism |
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