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This is a list of Isma'ili missionaries (da'is).

Background[edit]

The simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows:[1][2][3]

  • Nāṭiq (ناطق), the messenger-propher.
  • Waṣī (وصي), the prophet's "legatee".
  • Imām (امام). The absolute head of the da'wah organization. All senior appointments had to be approved by him.
  • Dā'ī ad-Du'āt' (داعی الدعات literally "Da'i of the Da'is"), "Chief Da'i"; also known as bāb (باب, literally "gateway") in Fatimid sources. The administrative head of the organization.
    • Pīr in Indian subcontinent know to be second to imam and no other position is higher than it other than imam. The appointment has to be done by imam and Pir is appointed usually from the imam's family unless title given after death
  • Dā'ī kabīr (داعي كبير) -- "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i"
  • Dā'ī (داعي, literally "missionary", plural du'āt) -- "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i". Always acting as group, not singly; except in a very small area.

See List of the Order of Assassins for examples of Nizari Ismaili Missionaries or du'āt and List of Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra or Da'i al-Mutlaq for examples of Tayyibi Isma'ilism Missionaries or du'āt.

List[edit]

Rank Name Active years Sect Area of influence Base References
Chief Da'i Abu Abdallah al-Khadim since 903-913 until 919 Khurasan Nishapur [4]
Chief Da'i Al-Qadi al-Nu'man 909–974 Fatimid doctrine Ifriqiya
Chief Da'i Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani ?–971 Fatimid doctrine Khurasan and Sijistan
Chief Da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani 996–1021 Fatimid doctrine
Chief Da'i Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi 10th-11th century Fatimid doctrine Nishapur; Cairo
Chief Da'i Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi 1048–1078 Fatimid doctrine Fatimid Caliphate House of Knowledge, Cairo
Chief Da'i Abd al-Malik ibn Attash Fatimid doctrine Persia and Iraq (Seljuk territories) Isfahan
Da'i Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Attash Fatimid doctrine Isfahan Shahdiz fortress, Isfahan
Chief Da'i Hassan-i Sabbah 1090–1124 Fatimid, later Nizari Daylam, later Nizari Isma'ili state Alamut Castle
Chief Da'i Abu Hamza Arrajan [5]
Chief Da'i Kiya Buzurg-Ummid 1124–1138 Nizari Nizari Isma'ili state Alamut Castle
Chief Da'i Muhammad Buzurg Ummid 1138–1162 Nizari Nizari Isma'ili state Lambasar Castle, Alamut Castle
Chief Da'i Al-Hakim al-Munajjim died in 1103 Nizari Syria Aleppo
Chief Da'i Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh Nizari Syria Aleppo and Afamiyya [6]
Chief Da'i Bahram al-Da'i Nizari Syria Damascus (civilian base) and Baniyas fortress (military base) [7]
Chief Da'i Isma'il al-Ajami Nizari Syria
Da'i Abu'l Fath of Sarmin Nizari part of Syria
Chief Da'i Abu Muhammad Nizari Syria Al-Kahf Castle
Da'i Rashid ad-Din Sinan ~1160–1163 Nizari Basra District
Chief Da'i Rashid ad-Din Sinan from 1163-1164 to 1192-1193[8] Nizari Syria Al-Kahf Castle
Chief Da'i Abu Mansur ibn Muhammad or Nasr al-'Ajami since 1192 or 1193 Nizari Syria [8]
Chief Da'i Kamal al-Din al-Hasan ibn Masud 1222-1223 Nizari Syria [8][9]
Chief Da'i Majd al-Din 1226–1227 Nizari Syria [8][9]
Chief Da'i Siraj al-Din Muzaffar ibn al-Husayn 1227, 1238 Nizari Syria [8][9]
Chief Da'i Taj al-Din Abu al-Futuh ibn Muhammad 1239–1240, 1249 Nizari Syria [8][9]
Chief Da'i Radi al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali 1258–1261 Nizari Syria [8][9]
Chief Da'i Khwaja Qasim Nizari Quhistan [6]
Da'i Abu Ishaq Quhistani Qasim-Shahi Nizari Quhistan [6]
Da'i Abu Firas until 1530 or 1540 Nizari Syria Maynaqa Fortress [6]
Chief Da'i Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i Fatimid Caliphate Yemen and North Africa
Chief Da'i Hamdan Qarmat Lower Iraq Salamiyah
Chief Da'i Abdallah ibn Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Chief Da'i Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Da'i Zakarawayh ibn Mihrawayh Among the Banu Tamim Saylahin
Da'i Abu Muhammad Abdan
Chief Da'i Jawdhar Fatimid Caliphate North Africa
Chief Da'i Amir al-Zawahi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Chief Da'i Ali al-Sulayhi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani Fatimid Caliphate
Chief Da'i Musa ibn Dawud Fatimid Caliphate Fars
Da'i Al-Mukarram Ahmad Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Da'i Anjudani Nizari Iran
Chief Da'i Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi Fatimid Caliphate Ray and Central Persia Ray
Chief Da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani Fatimid Caliphate Iraq and Iran
Da'i (Hujjat-i Khurasan) Nasir Khusraw 1052–1088 Fatimid doctrine Khurasan Yamgan District (1060–1088)
Da'i Al-Mukarram Ahmad Fatimid Caliphate Yemen Jibla, Yemen
Chief Da'i Dhu'ayb ibn Musa Sulayhid dynasty Yemen Hooth
Da'i Abd al-Malik al-Kawkabi Jibal Gerdkuh [5]
Da'i Lamak ibn Malik Sulayhid dynasty Yemen
Da'i Yahya ibn Lamak Sulayhid dynasty Yemen
Da'i Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary) Fatimid Caliphate Gujarat Khambhat
Da'i Syedi Hasan Feer Taiyabi Gujarat Denmaal
Da'i Syedi Fakhruddin Fatimid Caliphate Rajasthan Galiakot
Da'i Syedi Nuruddin Fatimid Caliphate Maharashtra Don Gaon
Da'i Abdul Qadir Hakimuddin Taiyabi Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur
Pir Prannath / Imam Mahdi Nizari (Ismaili Missionary) Madhya Pradesh Panna
Da'i Syedi Bava Mulla Khan Taiyabi Madhya Pradesh Rampura
Pir Pir Sadardin Nizari Sindh
Da'i Sulayman bin Hassan Taiyabi India Ahmedabad
Da'i Abdul Hussain Jivaji Taiyabi India Nagpur
Da'i Muhammad Amiruddin Taiyabi India Nagpur
Da'i Taher Fakhruddin Taiyabi India Thane
Da'i Al-Fakhri Abdullah Taiyabi Hijaz Najran
Da'i Haatim Zakiyuddin Taiyabi Gujarat Vadodara
Da'i Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Maymun Fatimid Caliphate Iran and Iraq Salamiyah
Da'i Abu'l-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Faraj ibn Ḥawshab Mansur al-Yaman Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani 883–915 Fatimid doctrine (until 911) / Qarmatian doctrine (from 911) Yemen
Da'i Khalaf al-Hallaj Fatimid Caliphate Iran
Da'i Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ahmad an-Nasafi Fatimid Caliphate Iran Ray
Da'i Ja'far ibn Mansur al-Yaman Fatimid Caliphate Egypt Cairo
Da'i Qadi Abul Hussain Ali bin Noman Fatimid Caliphate Egypt Cairo
Pir Shamsuddin Sabzwari Nizari Pakistan Multan
Da'i Taj Mughal Nizari Pakistan Gilgit and Hunza
Pir Pir Hasan Kabiruddin Nizari Pakistan Uchh
Pir Pir Tajuddin Nizari Pakistan Lahore
Da'i Sayed Imam Shah Nizari Pakistan Uchh, see Satpanth for further information
Da'i Sayed Rehmatullah Shah Nizari Gujrat and Kutchh
Da'i Sayed Nurbaksh Nizari Jammu and Kashmir
Da'i Mir Shamsuddin II Nizari Jammu and Kashmir
Da'i Badiuddin Khwaja Kassim Nizari Iran Anjudan
Da'i Syedi Lukman ji Taiyabi India Udaipur
Da'i Khanji Pheer Taiyabi India Udaipur
Da'i Zurayids Hafizi Yemen Aden
Da'i Ibn Selim el-Aswani Fatimid Caliphate Sudan
Da'i Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai Nizari Pakistan Hunza Valley
Da'i Nizari Quhistani Nizari Iran Birjand
Da'i Ismail Gangji Nizari India
Da'i Malik Tayfur Anjudani Nizari Iran
Da'i Sayed Alam Shah Nizari India Gujarat
Da'i Sayed Ali Shah Nizari India Gujarat
Da'i Sayed Bakir Shah Nizari India Gujarat
Da'i Sayed Nur Muhammad Shah Nizari India Gujarat
Da'i Muhammad bin Sa'd bin Daud surnamed ar- Rafnah Nizari Syria
Da'i Nuruddin Ahmad Nizari Syria
Da'i Abul Ma'ali Hatim bin Imran, eminently known as Ibn Zahra Nizari Syria
Da'i Sayed Malang Shah Nizari Central Asia Shagnan
Da'i Sayed Khamush Shah Shirazi Nizari Central Asia Shagnan
Da'i Asma bint Shihab Taiyabi Yemen Jibla, Yemen
Da'i Arwa al-Sulayhi Taiyabi Yemen Jibla, Yemen
Da'i Amira Darrab Fatimid Caliphate Iran Ray
Da'i Hussain Qaini Nizari Iran Qaen
Da'i Abul Khattab Muhammad bin Abi Zaynab Maqlas al-Asadi al-Kufi Ismaili Iraq Kufa
Da'i Hasan bin Muhammad bin Kiya Buzurg Nizari Iran Alamut
Da'i Abu Jabala Ibrahim bin Ghassan Fatimid Caliphate Egypt Cairo
Da'i Jabir al-Manufi Fatimid Caliphate Lebanon Tyre
Da'i Abul Fawaris al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mimadhi Fatimid Caliphate Israel Acre
Da'i Abul Hussain Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Kumayt Fatimid Caliphate Israel Askelon
Da'i Abu Muhammad al-Tabari Fatimid Caliphate Iran Tabaristan
Da'i Abul Hasan al-Halabi Fatimid Caliphate Syria Aleppo
Da'i Abu Tamim Abul Kassim al-Bukhari Fatimid Caliphate Uzbekistan Bukhara
Da'i Abul Wafa al-Daylami Fatimid Caliphate Iran Daylam
Da'i Ibn Abi'l Dibs Fatimid Caliphate Syria Damascus
Da'i Khuzayma bin Abi Khuzayma Fatimid Caliphate Iraq Baghdad
Da'i Abu Abdullah bin al-Naman Fatimid Caliphate Iraq Baghdad
Da'i Abu Abdullah al-Khadim Fatimid Caliphate Iran Nishapur
Da'i Abul Abbas Fatimid Caliphate Tunisia Mahdia
Da'i Abdullah bin Abbas al-Shawiri Fatimid Caliphate Yemen Ahwaz
Da'i Al-Farazdaq Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin Kuwait Kazma
Chief Da'i Badr al-Jamali Fatimid Caliphate Egypt Cairo
Da'i Zayn bin Abi Faraj Nizari Syria
Da'i Ibrahim bin Abi'l Fawaris Nizari Syria
Da'i Ismail Nizari Syria
Da'i Nasir ad-Dawla Iftagin at-Turki Nizari Egypt Alexandria
Da'i Jalal ad-Dawla bin Ammar Nizari Egypt Alexandria
Pir Pir Satgur Noor/Sayyid Nooruddin Noor Muhammad Nizari India Gujarat
Da'i Pir Sayed Muinuddin Hasan Nizari Iran Sabzevar
Da'i Sayed Salauddin Nizari Iran Sabzevar
Da'i Ad-Darazi Druze Egypt Cairo
Da'i Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad Druze Egypt Cairo
Da'i Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin Druze Syria Beit Jann
Da'i Hasan al-Akhram al-Farghani Druze Egypt Cairo
Pir Pir Nasiruddin Nizari Satpanth Punjab Uchh
Pir Pir Sahib'adin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'i Sayed Ruknuddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'i Sayed Badruddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'i Sayed Shamsuddin II Nizari Satpanth India
Da'i Sayed Ghiasuddin Nizari Satpanth India
Da'i Khaki Khorasani Nizari Iran Khorasan
Da'i Ali Quli Raqqami Nizari Iran Khorasan
Da'i Khwajah Qasim Tushtari Nizari Iran Alamut
Da'i Muhammad Abu al-Makarim Nizari Syria
Da'i Shihab al-Din Abu Firas Nizari Syria
Da'i Abul Haytham Gorgani Fatimid Caliphate Iran Gorgan
Da'i Mohammed ibn Sork Fatimid Caliphate Iran Nishapur
Da'i Sayyed Didarali Nizari India
Da'i Sayyed Mustakali Nizari India
Da'i Sayyed Nour Baksh Nizari India
Da'i Sayyed Auliya Ali Nizari India
Da'i Sayyed Amir Ahmed Ismaili Arabia Medina
Da'i Sayyed Nooruddin Ismaili Arabia Medina
Da'i Sayyed Nasser Mohammed Nizari Iran
Da'i Pir Qasim Shah Nizari Iran
Da'i Sayyed Noor Mehdi Nizari India
Da'i Sayyed Hyder Shah Nizari India
Da'i Ibrahim Jusab Varteji Nizari India
Da'i Assad bin Kassim Al-Ajami Fatimid Caliphate Syria Aleppo
Da'i Ibrahim bin Ismail Al Ajami Fatimid Caliphate Syria Aleppo
Da'i Pir Sayyed Alauddin Nizari Afghanistan Badakshan
Da'i Ahmad Hadi Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Sayyed Zahiruddin Nizari India
Da'i Rodaki Fatimid Caliphate Central Asia
Da'i Sayyed Shah Qalandar Nizari India
Da'i Pir Mahmud Shah Nizari Iran Sabzevar
Da'i Pir Muhibuddin Nizari Iran Sabzevar
Da'i Pir Muhammad Zaman Nizari Iran
Da'i Pir Baba Hashem Shah Nizari Iran
Da'i Pir Mirza Shah Qasimali Nizari Iran
Da'i Pir Abul Hassan Ali Nizari Iran
Da'i Pir Mehrab Beg Nizari Iran
Da'i Seyyed Ali Asghar Beg Nizari Iran
Da'i Seyyed Akbar Ali Beg Nizari Iran
Da'i Mirza Mohammed Baqir Nizari Iran
Da'i Mohammed bin Ali bin Hasan As-Souri Nizari Syria
Da'i Seyyed Lal Shah Baz Qalandar Nizari India
Da'i Pir Khaliquddin Nizari Iran
Pir Pir Ismailbhai Gangji Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Islamuddin Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Imamuddin Indra Nizari India
Da'i Hatem Bin Mahmoud bin Zahrah Nizari Syria
Da'i Seyyed Hasan Shah Nizari India
Da'i Pir Ghalibuddin Fatimid Caliphate North Africa
Da'i Seyyed Gheb Shah Nizari India
Da'i Firuz Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Anushtakin Al-Duzbari Fatimid Caliphate Syria
Da'i Abdul Majid Fatimid Caliphate Yemen
Da'i Seyyed Adam Mehdi Nizari India
Da'i Aga Jehangir Shah Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Bala Shah Nizari India
Da'i Pir Abdul Momin Nizari India
Da'i Pir Salamuddin Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Khaliq Shah Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Jalaluddin Nizari India
Da'i Seyyed Awal Shah Nizari India
Da'i Pir Aga Aziz Nizari Afghanistan
Da'i Khuzaima Qutbuddin Taiyabi India
Da'i Tayyebhai Razzak Taiyabi India
Da'i Ibn Hatim Taiyabi Yemen
Da'i Abu Abdullah Ja'far ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Haytham Fatimid Caliphate Tunisia Kairouan
Da'i Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi Fatimid Caliphate Tunisia Kairouan
Da'i Fidai Khorasani Nizari Iran
Da'i Sayed Munir Nizari Afghanistan Shagnan, Badakhshan
Da'i Abu Aly A. Aziz Nizari
Da'i Kassim Ali Nizari
Da'i Noormohomed Rahimtullah Nizari
Da'i Noordin Amlani Nizari
Da'i Alibhai Nanji Nizari
Da'i Jaffer Ali A. Bhalwani Nizari
Da'i Jaffer Ali Muhammad Somji Sufi Nizari
Da'i Juma Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'i Bandali Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'i Nurullah Bhagat Ismail Nizari
Da'i Karam Hussain Nizari
Da'i Kara Ruda Nizari
Da'i Kassim Ali Muhammad Jaffer Nizari
Da'i Kassim Ali R. Paroo Nizari
Da'i Khuda Baksh Talib Nizari
Da'i Muhammad Murad Ali Juma Nizari
Da'i Sultanali Nazarali Walji Nizari
Da'i Abul Kassim Muhammad Kuhpayai known as Amiri Shirazi or Kassim Amiri Nizari Iran
Da'i Sayed Dadu or Pir Dadu Nizari India
Da'i Sayed Abdul Nabi Nizari India
Da'i Pir Shihabuddin Shah Nizari India
Da'i Abu Al Fath Nizari Syria
Da'i Khalaf ibn Mula'ib Musta'li Syria
Da'i Abu'l Hasan Sinan bin Suleman bin Muhammad Nizari Iraq
Da'i Zahiri Faryabi Nizari Daylam
Chief Da'i Kamaluddin Kohistani Nizari Quhistan
Da'i Shamsuddin bin Daulatshah Nizari Syria
Da'i Shihabuddin bin Ibrahim al-Mainaqi Nizari Syria
Da'i Muhammad bin al-Jazirah Nizari Syria
Da'i Abu Mansur al-Yameni al-Shadili Nizari Syria
Da'i Muhammad Abul Makrim Nizari Syria
Da'i Muhammad bin al-Fazal bin Ali al-Baza'i Nizari Syria
Da'i Khayr Khwah Herati or Muhammad Reza bin Sultan Hussain Ghuriyan Herati Nizari Afghanistan
Da'i Sayed Suhrab Wali Badakhshani Nizari Afghanistan
Da'i Sayed Umar Yamghani Nizari Afghanistan
Da'i Zayn al-Abidin bin Hussain bin Khushnam Angawani Nizari Iran
Da'i Sayed Shah Zahur Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'i Sayed Bakir Shah Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'i Sayed Karim Hyder Nizari Yasin and Punial
Da'i Sayed Shah Ardbil Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Sayed Hussain Ardbil Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Sayed Yaqut Shah Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Sayed Shah Abdur Rahim Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Sayed Ghulam Ali Shah Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Khwaja Shah Talib Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Mirza Ismail Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Da'i Khwaja Shahid Nizari Gilgit and Hunza
Chief Da'i Sheikh al-Hajj Khidr Nizari Syria
Chief Da'i Sheikh Muhammad al-Suwaydani Nizari Syria
Chief Da'i Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi Nizari Iran
Chief Da'i Qadi Tajuddin Mardanshah Nizari Iran
Da'i Maulana Dakhli Nizari India
Chief Da'i Shawiri 915-? Fatimid doctrine Yemen
Chief Da'i Abu Ibrahim Asadabadi 12th Century Nizari Syria

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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