Muḥammad ibn
Buzurg-Ummīd (; died February 20, 1162) was the son of
Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd, and the third ruler of the
Nizari Ismailis
Nizari Isma'ilism () are the largest segment of the Ismailis, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasise independent reasoning or ''ijtihad''; pluralism—the acceptance of racial, ethnic, cu ...
from 1138 until 1162 based in
Alamut
Alamut () or Rudbar () is a region in Iran including western and eastern parts on the western edge of the Alborz (Elburz) range, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran provin ...
.
Career
Upon the demise of
Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd on February 9, 1138, he was appointed as the commander of
Alamut Castle
Alamut (, meaning "eagle's nest") is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian Sea, Caspian, near the village of Gazor Khan in Qazvin Province in Iran, approximately 200 km (130 mi) from present-day Teh ...
by the third concealed Imam Hasan Al-Qāhir ibn Al-Muḥammad (القاهر) of the
Nizārī Ismā'īlī state
The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period". Their people ...
. He died in 1162 and was succeeded by his son Hassan as dai. Some, including authoritative (though biased) historian Joveyni, claim that it was his son who declared himself imam as
Hasan ‘Alā Dhīkr‘īhī's-Salām, de facto usurping the Nizari Imamate.
[ʿAlāʾ-al-Din Joveyni, Taʾriḵ-e jahān-goshāy, ed. Moḥammad Qazvini, Leiden, 1912-37, III, pp. 225-39; tr. John A. Boyle, Manchester, II, pp. 688-97.] Nizari sources generally claim that the two individuals are distinct.
Succession
References
External links
Muhammad bin Kiya Buzrug Ummid
1162 deaths
Medieval legends
Iranian missionaries
Iranian Ismailis
People from Alamut
Daylamites
12th-century Iranian people
Nizari da'is
People of the Nizari–Seljuk wars
12th-century Ismailis
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