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Khalil Allah II Ali

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Khalīl Allāh II ʿAlī (Arabic: خليل الله الثاني علي) was the 39th imam of the Qasim-Shahi branch of the Nizari Isma'ili community.[1]

Khalil Allah II Ali succeeded his father Nur al-Dahr Ali when the latter died in 1671, until his own death in January 1680.[2] He was buried in a tomb in the mausoleum of his predecessor, al-Mustansir Billah III.[3] Khalil Allah II Ali was the last Nizari imam to reside in Anjudan; his successor Shah Nizar II moved his residence to the nearby village of Kahak.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 425, 509.
  2. ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 425, 439, 509.
  3. ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 423, 425.
  4. ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 439, 456.

Sources

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  • Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Khalil Allah II Ali
of the Ahl al-Bayt
Clan of the Banu Quraish
Born: ? C.E Died: 1680 C.E.
Regnal titles
Shia Islam titles
Preceded by 39th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism
(Qasim-Shahi line)

1671–1680
Succeeded by