Our 33rd Holy Imam Abdussalaam Shah
Hazrat Imam Abdussalaam ascended to the Masnad of Imamat in 880 A.H.. According to historians, Imam Abdussalaam Shah lived in Shaher-Babak which was in Kerman district of Iran and was also known as "Mahmood Shah". The Khoja Ismailis of Hindustan sent gifts, Nazranas and Dasond to the Imam through Vazirs and Rais who were appointed by the Imam. Khakhi Khorasani also mentions in his writings the name of Imam as "Shah-e-Salaamullah"
ABDUS SALAM (880-899/1475-1493), 33RD IMAM
"Mahmud Shah, surnamed Abdus Salam or Salam Shah, whose exact date of birth is not known. But the evidence is in favour of his having been born in 859/1456 in Shahr-i Babak, where he mostly passed his early life. He is also called Shah Salamullah. He ascended to the office of Imamate at the age of 21 years. It is related that he was a pragmatic scholar and had gleaned historical informations from his father and the elders of the community, notably the period stretching from the reduction of Alamut to his time.
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