Idris Imad al-Din
Idris Imad al-Din (Arabic: إدريس عماد الدين بن الحسن القرشي, romanized: Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Qurashī; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th Tayyibi Isma'ili Da'i al-Mutlaq and a major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well as a notable theologian and the most important medieval Isma'ili historian. His work is fundamental for the history of the Fatimid Caliphate and the Isma'ili communities in Yemen.
Idris Imad al-Din | |
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إدرِيس عِماد الدِّين | |
Mausoleum of Idris Imad al-Din in Shibam in 2011 | |
| Da'i al-Mutlaq | |
| In office 1428 — 1468 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Shams al-Din II |
| Succeeded by | al-Hasan Badr al-Din II |
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| Born | Idris 1392 Shibam, Yemen |
| Died | 10 June 1468 Shibam, Yemen |
| Resting place | Shibam, Yemen |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
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| Sect | Tayyibi Isma'ilism |
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