Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.Imamate of Imam Hadi - 1097-1138AD
Imam Hadi was 21 years of age when he succeeded to the Throne of Imamate. Escaping imprisonment by his uncle Caliph Mustali, Imam Hadi established a new Ismaili kingdom at Alamut. Founded by Hassan bin Sabbah during the Imamate of Imam Mustansir Billah, the new state of Alamut was to last for 170 years, until the Imamate of Imam Ruknuddin Khairshah. During the reign of Imam Hadi, Ismailism spread from the Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as to Central Asia and India. The Imam, after the death of Pir Mohibbuddin in 522AH, appointed as Hujjatul Imam, the Pir's son Sayyid Khaliduddin, also known as Pir Khaleequddin.
HADI BIN AL-NIZAR (490-530/1097-1136), 20TH IMAM
"Abu Ali Hasan, or Ali, surnamed al-Hadi was born in Cairo in 470/1076. He was about 17 years old on the eve of the death of Imam al-Mustansir, and 20 years during assumption of Imamate in 490/1097. Henceforward, the seat of Imamate transferred from Egypt to Iran owing to the bifurcation among the Ismailis, where Hasan bin Sabbah had founded the Nizarid Ismaili state in the fortress of Alamut.
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Ismaili History 600 - Alamut period - Hadi to Ruknuddin Khurshah
- Hasan Bin Sabbah and Nizari Ismaili State in Alamut
- The fortress of Alamut
- The origin of the Seljuqs
- Seljuqid operations against Alamut
- Ismaili Mission in Syria
- Ismaili Mission in Gujrat, India
- Death of Hasan bin Sabbah
- The Doctrines of Talim
- The Ismaili fidais
- Genesis of the word 'Assassin'
- The Legend of Paradise
- Kiya Buzrug Ummid
- Muhammad bin Kiya Buzrug Ummid
- Al-Mohtadi Bin Al-Hadi (530-552/1136-1157)
- The Nizarid coinage at Alamut
- Analysis of the fictitious story in 'Athar-i Muhammadi'
- Al-Kahir Bin Al-Muhammad (552-557/1157-1162)
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