Bohra

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The Musta‘lī (Arabic: مستعلي‎) Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept al-Musta‘lī as the ninth Fatimid Caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir. (In contrast, the Nizāriyya — presently headed by the Aga Khan — believe the rightful ninth caliph was Musta‘lī's brother, Nizār.)

The Musta‘liyyah are also referred to as the Taiyabi or Ṭayyibī (Arabic: طيبي‎) after the last Imām they recognized, Ṭayyib Abī l-Qāṣim. Originally, there was a distinction between Ṭayyibiyyah and the Ḥāfiziyyah, who recognized the Fatimid rulers of Egypt between 1130-1169 as legitimate Imāms, not Ṭayyib Abī l-Qāṣim.

The Hafizi view lost all support after the downfall of the Fatimid Dynasty; current-day Musta‘liyya are all Ṭayyibiyyah.

In 1592, a leadership struggle caused the Ṭayyibī to split into Sulaymanīs (formerly Makramis) and Dawūdīs. The Sulaimani Bohra - named after their 27th Da‘ī l-Muṭlaq, Sulayman ibn Hassan - are mainly concentrated in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, while Dawoodi Bohras are strongest in Pakistan and India. There is also a community of Sunni Bohra in India.

There was a later split from the Dawoodis and a new subsect formed, the Alavis (not to be confused with Alawis or Alevis).

In recent times, there has been another split with the formation of the Progressive Dawoodi Bohras, whose most notable spokesperson is Asghar Ali Engineer.

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