Muhammad al-Maktum مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَكتُوم Seventh Imam of Isma'ilism | |
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7th Isma'ili Imam | |
In office 775 – 813 CE | |
Preceded by | Isma'il al-Mubarak |
Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Wafi |
Title | al-Maktum(lit. 'the hidden one') al-Shakir(lit. 'the grateful one') |
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Born | 122 AH ≈ 740 AD |
Died | 197 AH ≈ 813 AD |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Children | List of children
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Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Maktum (Arabic: مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إسْماعِيل ٱلْمَكتُوم, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Maktūm; c. 740–813) was the eldest son of Isma'il al-Mubarak and the seventh imam in Isma'ilism. When Isma'il died, his son Muhammad continued to live in Medina under the care of his grandfather Ja'far al-Sadiq until the latter's death in 148/765. After the death of Abd Allah al-Aftah, Muhammad was the senior most member of the Husaynid branch of the Alids. However, due to the rival group that recognized Musa al-Kazim as their imam, and the Abbasid Caliphate's persecution of all Alid partisans, Muhammad fled Medina with his sons for the east. For this reason, he was known as al-Maktum (lit. 'the hidden one'). He had two sons when living in Medina and then four more sons after his emigration, among whom was his successor Ahmad al-Wafi. Muhammad's descendants became the Fatimid dynasty that ruled Ifriqiya and later Egypt and much of the Levant, and founded Cairo.