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Hujjat · Da'i · Philosopher · Poet

Nasir Khusraw

1004 – c. 1077

Persian poet, philosopher and Ismaili da'i, widely associated with the intellectual tradition of the Fatimid-Ismaili da'wa and with the role of Hujjat in Khurasan.

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Jurist · Scholar · Author

Qadi al-Nu'man

d. 974

Major Fatimid jurist and author whose legal and doctrinal works became foundational sources in the Ismaili intellectual and legal tradition.

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Da'i · Philosopher

Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani

10th century

Influential Ismaili thinker and da'i known for philosophical writings that shaped the development of early Ismaili cosmology and theology.

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Da'i · Philosopher · Theologian

Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani

d. after 1020

Prominent Ismaili philosopher and da'i of the Fatimid period, noted for systematic theological and philosophical works.

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Nizari Leader · Historical Figure

Hassan Sabbah

c. 1050 – 1124

Nizari Ismaili leader closely associated with Alamut and the formation of the Nizari polity in Iran.

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Philosopher · Physician · Scholar

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

980 – 1037

Persian philosopher and physician who grew up in a household with documented Ismaili connections. His own religious adherence is treated cautiously in modern scholarship and is not presented here as settled.

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