List of Ismaili titles

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List of titles used by the followers of Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam.

The titles are of Persian and Arabic origin.

## Contents

* 1 Nizari Ismaili titles
* 1.1 Alamut period
* 1.2 Other periods
* 2 Other titles
* 3 References

## Nizari Ismaili titles

### Alamut period

The hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period was as follows:

* Imām (امام), the descendants of Nizar
* Dā'ī ad-Du'āt (داعی الدعات literally "Da'i of the Da'is"), "Chief Da'i"
* Dā'ī kabīr (داعی کبیر) – "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i"
* Dā'ī (داعی, literally "missionary") – "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i"
* Rafīq (رفیق, literally "companion, assistance, fellow-traveler"), plural rafīqān (رفیقان)
* Lāṣiq (لاصق, literally "adherent"). Lasiqs had to swear a special oath of obedience to the Imam.
* Fidā'ī (فدائی, literally "self-sacrificer")

Imam and da'is were the elites, while the majority of the sect consisted of the last three grades who were peasants and artisans.[1]

Other titles include:

The titles Bābā (بابا; Persian equivalent of the Arabic Shaykh, "Old Man") and Sayyidinā (Sayyidnā) (سیدنا; literally "Our Lord" or "Our Master") was used by the Nizaris to refer to Hassan-i Sabbah.[2]

* Shaykh al-Jabal or the Old Man of the Mountain

* Kiyā (کیا) – a ruler[3] or commander. Notably held by Buzurg-Ummid.
* Muhtasham[4] (محتشم) – a governor of Quhistan.[5]
* Mahdī \- the rightly guided one
* Qāim \- the one who rises
* Nāṭiq (ناطق) \- the messenger-prophet
* Waṣī (وصي) \- the prophet's "legatee"
* Bāb \- literally "gate"
* Hujjah \- literally "proof"

### Other periods

* Dā'ī al-Balagh \- regional missionary
* Dā'ī al-Mutlaq \- absolute missionary
* Mādhun \- assistant
* Mukāsir \- debater
* Shaykh \- elder in Arabic
* Pīr \- senior elder in Persian
* Mukhi \- headman
* Kāmādia \- treasurer
* Vāras/Vizier \- minister
* Aāmilsaheb \- agent
* Shāhzāda \- prince
* Allāma \- scholar
* Mu'allim \- teacher
* Mullāh \- lesser elder in Persian
* President \- national leadership title
* Amīr \- commander
* Amīr al-mu'minīn \- commander of the faithful
* Begum \- noble lady
* Māta Salāmat \- Mother of Peace
* Sayyid \- descendant
* Hakīm \- doctor
* Khwājah \- master
* Mawlānā \- our master
* Murshid \- guide-master
* Wali \- guardian
* Qādī \- judge
* Murīd \- follower
* Mustajib \- respondent
* Hājī \- pilgrim
* Khalif \- deputy
* Sitt \- noble lady

## Other titles

* Aga Khan[6]

## References

1. ↑ Petrushevsky, I. P. (January 1985) (in en). Islam in Iran. SUNY Press. p. 253. ISBN 9781438416045. https://books.google.com/books?id=58VRDzIHouoC&pg=PA253.
2. ↑ Farhad Daftary, “ḤASAN ṢABBĀḤ,” Encyclopaedia Iranica, XII/1, pp. 34-37, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hasan-sabbah (accessed on 30 December 2012).
3. ↑ Joveynī, ʻAlā al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malek (1958) (in en). The history of the World-Conqueror. Harvard University Press. p. 640.
4. ↑ Also mistakenly transliterated as muhtashim.
5. ↑ Landolt, Herman; Kassam, Kutub; Sheikh, S. (2008) (in en). An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi'i Vision of Islam. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-84511-794-8.
6. ↑ Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʻı̄lı̄s: their history and doctrines (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-35561-5.

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