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IMAM SHAHIS
"The Ismaili mission in Gujrat suffered a setback due to the negative propaganda of Nur Muhammad Shah (d. 940/1534), the son of Syed Imam Shah. He however had renounced his allegiance with the Imams, but it is doubtful that he had ever claimed Imamate for himself. Among the Imam-Shahis, a theory had been cultivated, equating Imam Shamsuddin Muhammad with Pir Shams as one and the same person. The theory has it that Imam Shamsuddin Muhammad had abdicated the Imamate in favour of Imam Kassim Shah and himself took up the mantle of the Pir and started mission in India.
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Dictionary and Encyclopedia of ismailism entries
- Encyclopedia TopicEncyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
Mushariyya Sufyan al-Thawri (d. 778) theoretical
Malamatiyya Abu Yazid al-Bistami (d. 874) theoretical
Kharraziyya Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz (d. 890) theoretical
Junaydiyya Junayd al-Baghdadi (d. 910) theoretical
Hallajiyya Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 972) theoretical
- Encyclopedia TopicEncyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
The Koran says: "(Receive) the baptism (sibghah) of God, for who is better than God to baptize (sibghatan)?" (2:138).
- NounHeritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #898
4e étape d'évolution: multiplication vivipare - (dans le ventre de la mère), animaux et humains.
- NounHeritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #847
Prier, supplier. "OUMAYA" au passé. "Hamé oumaya né kayyam paya"
- NounHeritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #975
(Sanscrit: "OUNA" = Déficient), rempli de péchés. g. "Ouniya bhi ouniya.."