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Alavi Bohras

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sect of mustaali ismaili taiyebi bohras who are found in the state of gujarat in india and sindh in pakistan”. Today it says “tayyibi musta'lavi isma'ili shi'i muslim community from gujarat”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Present day; Pledge; Community Anthem (النشيد العلوي); Society; Naming of Child (تسمية)”.
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Muslim community from Gujarat, India Not to be confused with Alevi . The Alavi Bohras are a Tayyibi Musta'lavi Isma'ili Shi'i Muslim community from Gujarat , India. In India, during the time of the 18th Fatimid Imam Al-Mustansir Billah around 1093 AD in Egypt, the designated learned people ( wulaat ) who were sent from Yemen by missionaries ( du'aat ) under the guidance of the imam established a da'wah in Khambhat (Gujarat, India). After the division of the Musta'lid community, the Yemenite Da'wah followed their 21st imam, the son of 20th Imam Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah in the succession of Fatimid Imams of Egypt, At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim as their Imam of seclusion, and the Bohras are the modern descendants of Tayyibi Da'wah established from Khambhat, Patan and Sidhpur in the 5th century Hijri and also the immigrants from Yemeni Tayyibi Da'wah. Subsequently, splits occurred at various instances in the mainstream Bohra community regarding the spiritual appointment in the succession of the representative of the Imam us Satr or Da’i in Ahmedabad between 1422 and 1640 AD. Two major splits during this period resulted in the formation of three major groups of Bohras: Alavis, Dawoodis and Sulaymanis . The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sect of mustaali ismaili taiyebi bohras who are found in the state of gujarat in india and sindh in pakistan”. Today it says “tayyibi musta'lavi isma'ili shi'i muslim community from gujarat”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Present day; Pledge; Community Anthem (النشيد العلوي); Society; Naming of Child (تسمية)”. Read the current article and compare.
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sect of mustaali ismaili taiyebi bohras who are found in the state of gujarat in india and sindh in pakistan

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tayyibi musta'lavi isma'ili shi'i muslim community from gujarat

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  • Society
  • Naming of Child (تسمية)
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