Muḥammad ibn
Buzurg-Ummīd ( fa, محمد بن بزرگ امید) (died February 20, 1162) was the son of
Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd, and the third ruler of the
Nizari Ismailis
The Nizaris ( ar, النزاريون, al-Nizāriyyūn, fa, نزاریان, Nezāriyān) are the largest segment of the Isma'ilism, Ismaili Muslims, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasize ...
from 1138 until 1162 based in
Alamut.
Career
Upon the demise of
Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd on February 9, 1138, he was appointed as the commander of
Alamut Castle by the third concealed Imam Hasan Al-Qāhir ibn Al-Muḥammad (القاهر) of the
Nizārī Ismā'īlī state
The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Shia Nizari Ismaili state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period". Their people wer ...
. He died in 1162 and was succeeded by his son
Hasan ‘Alā Dhīkr‘īhī's-Salām.
Succession
References
External links
Muhammad bin Kiya Buzrug Ummid
1162 deaths
Medieval legends
Iranian missionaries
Iranian Ismailis
People from Alamut
Daylamites
12th-century Iranian people
Nizari da'is
People of the Nizari–Seljuk wars
12th-century Ismailis
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