Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.Imamate of Imam Abizzar Aly - 1498-1511AD
During the Imamate of Imam Abizzar Aly, the rise of the Safavid Empire in Iran posed significant risk to the lives of the Ismailis. Announcing Shiism as the state religion, the Safavids sought to set themselves apart from the neighboring Sunni Ottamans. However, this adoption was far from tolerant, and Sufis, Ismailis, and other smaller sects of the Muslim faith found themselves prey to execution by the Safavids. Hence, in these turbulent times too, the Ismailis practiced taqiyah, often assuming the cloak of Twelver Shiism (Sadik Ali, 1997). After sometime, Imam Abizzar Aly married a Safawi princess, thereby strengthening the relations between the Imamate and the ruling Safavids. This particular bondage would inevitably have made the political situation much more tolerable for the Ismailis (Aziz, 1974).
Ismaili History 725 - ABUZAR ALI (902-915/1496-1509)
Muhammad Abuzar Shah, surnamed Abuzar, was also called Nuruddin. He is also known as Shah Nuruddin bin Gharib Shah in the Syrian works. Like his father, he also passed a darwish life in Anjudan. He had however advised his followers to exercise precautions in view of new religious tendency and political cataclysm in Iran.
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ABUZAR ALI (902-915/1496-1509), 35TH IMAM
"Muhammad Abuzar Shah, surnamed Abuzar, was also called Nuruddin. He is also known as Shah Nuruddin bin Gharib Shah in the Syrian works. Like his father, he also passed a darwish life in Anjudan. He had however advised his followers to exercise precautions in view of new religious tendency and political cataclysm in Iran.
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