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This is a list of Isma'ili missionaries (da'is).

Background

The simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows:

• Nāṭiq (ناطق), the messenger-propher.
• Waṣī (وصي), the prophet's "legatee".
• Imām (امام). The absolute head of the da'wah organization. All senior appointments had to be approved by him.
• Dā'ī ad-Du'āt' (داعی الدعات literally "Da'i of the Da'is"), "Chief Da'i"; also known as bāb (باب, literally "gateway") in Fatimid sources. The administrative head of the organization.
  • Pīr in Indian subcontinent know to be second to imam and no other position is higher than it other than imam. The appointment has to be done by imam and Pir is appointed usually from the imam's family unless title given after death
• Dā'ī kabīr (داعي كبير) – "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i"
• Dā'ī (داعي, literally "missionary", plural du'āt) – "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i". Always acting as group, not singly; except in a very small area.

See List of the Order of Assassins for examples of Nizari Ismaili Missionaries or du'āt and List of Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra or Da'i al-Mutlaq for examples of Tayyibi Isma'ilism Missionaries or du'āt.

List

See also

• List of Ismaili imams
• List of Dai of Dawoodi Bohra
• Alavi Bohras
• Atba-i-Malak
• Sulaymani
• Da'i al-Mutlaq
• Dawah

References

1. Petrushevsky, I. P. (January 1985). Islam in Iran. SUNY Press. p. 253. ISBN 9781438416045.
2. Jamal, Nadia Eboo (2002). Surviving the Mongols: Nizārī Quhistānī and the Continuity of Ismaili Tradition in Persia. I.B.Tauris. p. 29. ISBN 9781860648762.
3. Serjeant, R. B. (1976). Arabian Studies. C. Hurst & Co. p. 102. ISBN 9780903983570.
4. Daftary, Farhad (2012). Historical Dictionary of the Ismailis. Scarecrow Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780810861640.
5. ^ Daftary, Dr. Farhad. "The Mediaeval Ismailis of the Iranian Lands". The Institute of Ismaili Studies. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
6. ^ Daftary, Farhad (2012). Historical Dictionary of the Ismailis. Scarecrow Press. p. 4. ISBN 9780810861640.
7. Wasserman, James (2001). The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781594778735.
8. ^ Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge University Press. p. 389. ISBN 9781139465786.
9. ^ Mirza, Nasseh Ahmad (1997). Syrian Ismailism: The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, AD 1100–1260. Psychology Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780700705054.

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