Tayyibis

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Tayyibis
Other forms of name
Āmiriyya
Musta'li Tayyibi Ismailis
Tayyibi Ismailis
Ṭayyibiyya
See Also From tracing topical name
Musta'lis
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q7676642
Library of congress: sh2018002631
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Simonowitz, D. On the cutting edges of Dhu'l Fiqar, 2004:t.p. (Mustaʻli Tayyibi and Nizari communities)
  • Institute of Ismaili Studies website, Oct. 17, 2018(Tayyibis; Musta'li Tayyibi Ismailis; a branch of the Shi'a Musta'li Ismailis; upon the death of the twentieth Imam of the Musta'li Ismailis, Fatimid Caliph al-'Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (d. 1130), the Musta'li community split into rival Hafizi and Tayyibi groups; the official Musta'li da'wa in Cairo recognised al 'Amir's cousin, al-Hafiz as the next Imam-Caliph (hence, Hafiziyya); in Yemen, the majority of Must'ali Ismailis along with some groups in Egypt and Syria upheld the rights of al-'Amir's infant son, al-Tayyib, as the rightful imam (hence, Tayyibiyya); the Tayyibis believe that the infant imam al-Tayyib went into concealment and, since then, the Musta'li Imamat in his line has continued in concealment; the centers of the Tayyibi community are in Yemen and India)
  • Daftary, F. The Ismāʻīlīs, 1990:p. 256, etc. (Ṭayyibiyya, initially known as the Āmiriyya; Ṭayyibīs)