NIZARI

Meaning of NIZARI in English

[ nɪ'zα:ri ]

■ noun a member of an Ismaili Muslim sect led by the Aga Khan.

Origin

named after the 12th-cent. Egyptian Ismaili imam Nizar .

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NIZARI — n. member of an Ismaili Muslim sect led by the Aga Khan
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ASSASSIN — properly Nizāriyyah Byname for any member of a sub-sect of Ismāʽilī Shīʽite Muslims who operated in parts of Iran and …
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AGA KHAN — Persian Āghā Khān or Āqā Khān Title of the imam s of the Nizārī Shīite Islam. The title was first …
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ASSASSIN — [ ə'sasɪn ] ■ noun 1》 a person who murders someone for political or religious reasons. 2》 ( Assassin ) …
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ASSASSIN — a member of the fanatical Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims dominant at the time of the Crusades. → assassin
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AGA KHAN — [ ˌα:gə'kα:n ] ■ noun the title of the spiritual leader of the Nizari sect of Ismaili Muslims.
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HASAN-E SABBAH — died 1124, Daylam, Iran leader of an Islamic sect, the Nizari Isma'ilites, and commonly believed to be the founder of …
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AGA KHAN IV — personal name Karim Al-hussain Shah born Dec. 13, 1937, Geneva, Switz. elder son of Prince Aly Khan by his first …
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AGA KHAN III — personal name Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah born Nov. 2, 1877, Karachi, India [now in Pakistan] died July 11, 1957, Versoix, …
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AGA KHAN II — died August 1885, Poona, India personal name 'ali Shah eldest son of the Aga Khan I. In 1881 he succeeded …
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AGA KHAN I — born 1800 died April 1881 personal name Hasan 'ali Shah imam, or spiritual leader, of the Nizari Isma'ilite sect of …
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