Al-Muhtadi (Nizari imam)
Muhammad (I) al-Muhtadi (Arabic: محمد المهتدي, romanized: Muḥammad al-Muhtadī), was the 21st Imam of the Nizari Ismailis. He was a concealed Imam.
Al-Muhtadi ibn al-Hadi المهتدي بن الهادي | |
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| Born | 502 AH/1109CE |
| Died | 552 AH/1158CE |
| Resting place | Lambsar Castle |
| Other names | Muhammad al-Muhtadi, Mohammed I, محمد المهتدي |
| Term | 530 AH/1136 CE - 552 AH/1158CE |
| Predecessor | Ali al-Hadi |
| Successor | Hasan al-Qahir |
According to Ismaili historiography, al-Muhtadi (the Rightly Guided) was the elder son of the 20th Nizari Imam, al-Hadi, who moved around 1094 from Egypt to Northern Persia close to the region around Alamut. Here he was under the protection of the Nizari leaders Hassan-i Sabbah (d 1124) and Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (d 1138).
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