Ali Shams al-Din I

Ali Shams al-Din ibn Ibrahim (Arabic: علي شمس الدين بن إبراهيم, romanized: ʿAlī Shams al-Dīn ibn Ibrāhīm) was the thirteenth Tayyibi Isma'ili Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in Yemen, from 1329 to his death in 1345.[1]

Family

Syedna Ali Shamsuddin was the son of 11th Dai Syedna Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn (Ibn al-Walid).

Life

During the lifetime of his father, Syedna Ali had acquired Hisne Kawkaban for a huge sum of money and had accommodated his wife over here. During his tenure, the Ashraaf from the sons of Tajuddin bin Yahya bin Hamza marched to the fortress of Dhu Marmar and took control of it. Syedna Ali mobilized a large army and sent it to confront the invader.

Allied with some of the Banu Hamdan tribe, he fought against the Zaydi imams. In 1332, his forces seized the fortress of Dhu Marmar.[1]

Lineage

His son Abdallah became the 16th Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in 1378.[1]

Gallery

  • Graves of the three Dāʿīs being uncovered at Hisn Af'ida
    Graves of the three Dāʿīs being uncovered at Hisn Af'ida
  • Hisn Af'ida hill, near al-Maḩārīq, Sanaa, where the graves of the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th Dāʿī are located
    Hisn Af'ida hill, near al-Maḩārīq, Sanaa, where the graves of the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th Dāʿī are located

References

  1. ^ a b c Daftary 2007, p. 268.

Sources

  • Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Shia Islam titles
Ali Shams al-Din I
 Died: 1354 CE Hisn Af'ida hill, near al-Maḩārīq, Sanaa
Preceded by
Muhammad ibn Hatim
13th Dā'ī al-Mutlaq
: 1329–1345 CE
Succeeded by
Abd al-Muttalib


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Da'i al-Mutlaqs of Tayyibi Isma'ilism
Commonly recognized
  1. Sulayman bin Hassan
  2. Ali bin Sulayman
  3. Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin al-Fahd al-Makrami
  4. Muhammad bin Isma'il
  5. Hibat-Allah bin Ibrahim
  6. Isma'il bin Hibat-Allah
  7. Hasan bin Hibat-Allah
  8. Abd-al-Ali bin Hasan
  9. Abd-Allah bin Ali
  10. Yusuf bin Ali
  11. Husayn bin Husayn
  12. Isma'il bin Muhammad
  13. Hasan bin Muhammad
  14. Hasan bin Isma'il
  15. Ahmad bin Isma'il
  16. Abd-Allah bin Ali
  17. Ali bin Hibat-Allah
  18. Ali bin Muhsin
  19. Husam-al-Din al-Hajj Ghulam Husayn
  20. Sharaf-al-Din Husayn bin Ahmad al-Makrami
  21. Jamal-al-Din Ali bin Sharaf-al-Din Husayn al-Makrami
  22. Sharafi Hasan bin Husayn al-Makrami
  23. Husayn bin Isma'il al-Makrami
  24. Al-Fakhrī ‘Abdullah bin Muhammad