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 Ismaili Muslims, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasize independent ...
from 1138 until 1162 based in
Alamut
Alamut ( fa, الموت) is a region in Iran including western and eastern parts in the western edge of the Alborz (Elburz) range, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran provinc ...
.
Career
Upon the demise of
Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd on February 9, 1138, he was appointed as the commander of
Alamut Castle
Alamut ( fa, wikt:الموت, الموت, meaning "eagle's nest") is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian Sea, Caspian province of Qazvin near the Masudabad, Qazvin, Masoudabad region in Iran, approximately ...
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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