Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd ( fa, کیا بزرگ امید; died 1138) was a ''
dāʿī'' and the second ruler (''
da'i
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See also
* Dawah
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'') of the
Nizari Isma'ili State, ruling
Alamut Castle
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from 1124 to 1138 CE (or 518—532 AH). He was of
Daylami
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origin
from the region of
Rudbar
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.
Career
Prior to ruling the Nizari Isma'ilis, Buzurg Ummid captured
Lambsar Castle
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for the
Assassins and ruled it as commander for over twenty years.
As the ruler of Alamut
On 25 Rabīʿ II 518 (11 June 1124), a day before death of
Ḥassan-i Ṣabbaḥ, Ḥassan appointed him his successor. He generally followed the policies of
Ḥassan-i Ṣabbaḥ and enforced the
Sharia
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strictly. In his early reign the Isma'ili hold was expanded in particular in
Eshkevar and
Taleghan.
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As opposed to Hassan Sabbah, who is depicted as a revolutionary leader, the Ismaili sources depict Buzurg-Ummid as an administrator and a chivalrous lord (e.g. the story of him protecting his old enemy, emir Yaran-Qush Bazdar of Qazvin and his followers, who had fled to Alamut).assassinations
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; the list include the Abbasid caliph Al-Mustarshid
Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir ( ar, أبو منصور الفضل بن أحمد المستظهر; 1092 – 29 August 1135) better known by his regnal name Al-Mustarshid Billah ( ar, المسترشد بالله) was the Abbasid caliph ...
, a prefect of Isfahan, a governor of Maragha, a prefect of Tabriz, and a mufti of Qazvin.Muhammad Buzurg Ummid Muḥammad ibn Buzurg-Ummīd ( fa, محمد بن بزرگ امید) (died February 20, 1162) was the son of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd, and the third ruler of the Nizari Ismailis from 1138 until 1162 based in Alamut.
Career
Upon the demise of Kiyā ...
, who was nominated as heir three days earlier.
Works
The text of a bedtime prayer, titled "Prayer in Bedtime" ( ''du'ā dar hingām-i khwāb'') in Persian
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attributed to Kiya Buzurg Ummid, is preserved in a manuscript of the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London.
References
1138 deaths
Medieval legends
Iranian missionaries
Iranian Ismailis
People from Alamut
Year of birth unknown
Daylamites
12th-century Iranian people
Nizari da'is
Nizari Ismaili–Seljuk relations
People of the Nizari–Seljuk wars
12th-century Ismailis
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