Muhammad al-Taqi

Ahmed ibn Abdullah /Taqi Muhammad is the ninth Ismaili Imam according to the Nizari branch of Ismailism , and the tenth according to the Mustaali (It may pl. be noted that Twelver Shia Imam Mohammad al taqi,having similar name is a another figure). As the Imam, he was the supreme spiritual leader of the Ismaili community from his appointment till his death. The Nizari and Mustaali trace their Imamate lines from him and his descendants who founded the Fatimid Empire . He was succeeded by his son, Husain ibn Ahmed / Rabi Abdullah . Ninth imam as per ismaili/mustali/dawoodi bohra is Imam AHMED ibn Abdillah. He is successor to Eighth imam Abdillah ibn Mohammad. Ismaili Imam 8th to 10th were hidden from public,because of threats from Abbasis caliphate,and were known by their nick name. Nos. 1 2, Edited by MAHMUD GHUL ,the article THE HIDDEN IMAMS OF THE ISMAILIS, Sami N.Makarem mention following: “In addition to what has been concluded from this study, the following deductions can also be drawn: To the Isma'ilis, the names of the hidden Imams after Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ja'far are: Abdallah ibn Muhammad (better known in Isma'ili circles as Ahmad al- Wafi), Ahmad ibn Abdallah (better known as Muhammad at-Taqi), Muhammad ibn Ahmad (better known as 'Abdallah ar-Radi) and Ali ibn Muhammad (better known as Ali ibn al-Husayn, with al-Mahdi as title)." Dawoodi Bohra 's Dua of Taqqarub also clearly shows name of Imam in sequence.This dua is known to bohra from their first Dai from year 1132 after fatimid imam's. In English script the part of dua is as follows; "......moulana JAFFER(5)-ibne-Mohammad-nil-sadiqil amin va moulana ISMAIL (6) -ibne-Jafer-in-sulalatil gurril mayamin va moulana MOHAMMAD (7)-ibne ismail-a-sabeil mutemain......moulana ABDILLAH (8) -ibne-mohammad va moulana AHMED (9)-ibne -Abdillah va moulan Husain (10)- ibne ahmed....moulana ABDILLAH (11)-il-imamil mehdi beka..." TAQI MUHAMMAD (212-225/828-840)

Muhammad at-Taqi (True name: Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl (أحمد بن عبد اللّه بن محمد بن إسماعيل) or Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad at-Taqi ) (born 198 AH (813/814 CE), died 225 AH (839/840 CE), Salamia, Syria, Imam: 212 AH (827/828 CE)-225 AH (839/840 CE)) is the ninth Ismāʿīlī Imam . As the Imam, he was the supreme spiritual leader of the Ismāʿīlī community from his appointment until his death. The Nizari and Mustaali trace their Imamate lines from him and his descendants who founded the Fatimid Empire . He was succeeded by his son, Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad /Raḍī ʿAbd Allāh . The 8th to 10th Ismāʿīlī Imams were hidden from the public, because of threats from the Abbasid caliphate, and were known by their nicknames. However, the Dawoodi Bohra in their religious text, Taqqarub , claim to have the true names of all 21 imams in sequence including those "hidden" imams: 8th Imam Abdillah-ibne-Mohammad the true name/ (Wafi Ahmad) , 9th Imam " Ahmed-ibne-Abdillah (Taqi Muhammad) , and the 10th Imam Husain-ibne-Ahmed(Raḍī ʿAbd Allāh) . The Hidden Imams of the Ismāʿīlīs , Sami N.Makarem The dua (prayer) "Taqarrub" lists these names amongst the Imams. “In addition to what has been concluded from this study, the following deductions can also be drawn: To the Ismāʿīlīs , the names of the hidden Imams after Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ja'far are: Abdallah ibn Muhammad (better known in Isma'ili circles as Ahmad al-Wafi) , Ahmad ibn Abdallah (better known as Muhammad at-Taqi) , Husayn ibn Ahmad (better known as ʿAbd Allāh ar-Raḍī/al-Zakī) and Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusain (better known as ‘Ubayd Allah ibn al-Husayn, with al-Madhī as title) ."- Quarterly Journal of the American University of Beirut, Vol.

Aḥmad ibn Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ( ), better known as Muhammad at-Taqi (born 198 AH (813/814 CE), died 225 AH (839/840 CE), Salamia, Syria, Imam: 212 AH (827/828 CE)-225 AH (839/840 CE)) is the ninth Ismāʿīlī Imam . As the Imam, he was the supreme spiritual leader of the Ismāʿīlī community from his appointment until his death. The Nizari and Mustaali trace their Imamate lines from him and his descendants who founded the Fatimid Empire . He was succeeded by his son, Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad / Raḍī ʿAbd Allāh . The 8th to 10th Ismāʿīlī Imams were hidden from the public, because of threats from the Abbasid caliphate, and were known by their nicknames. However, the Dawoodi Bohra in their religious text, Taqqarub , claim to have the true names of all 21 imams in sequence including those "hidden" imams: 8th Imam Abdillah-ibne-Mohammad the true name/ (Wafi Ahmad) , 9th Imam " Ahmed-ibne-Abdillah (Taqi Muhammad) , and the 10th Imam Husain-ibne-Ahmed (Raḍī ʿAbd Allāh) . Ismaili Da'i, Idris Imad al-Din , in his book, Uyun al-Akhbar , claimed that Ahmad authored the epic Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity , concealing his identity, to fight against abrogation of Islam by Ashr'ites and Mu'tazilites , and rising religious intolerance among Muslims during the reign of Abbasids, especially during the period of Mihna instigated by the caliph, al-Ma'mun .

Ninth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (790–840) Not to be confused with the 9th Twelver Imam, Muhammad al-Jawad . Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il ( Arabic : أَبُو ٱلْحُسَيْن أَحْمَد ٱبْن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إسْماعِيل , romanized : Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ; c. 790–840 ), commonly known as Muhammad al-Taqi ( Arabic : مُحَمَّد ٱلْتَقِيّ , romanized : Muḥammad al-Taqī , lit. ' Muhammad the pious ' ), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Isma'ili Imams , succeeding his father, Ahmad al-Wafi ( d. 828 ). Like his father, he lived primarily in Salamiyah , and Abd Allah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah , the chief missionary ( da'i ), continued to serve as the hijab ( lit. ' cover ' ) for him. Known by the title Ṣāḥib al-Rasāʾil ( lit. ' lord of the epistles ' ), al-Taqi is said to have prepared with his followers an encyclopedic text called the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity ( Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-ṣafā ). He died in 840 in Salamiyah and was succeeded by his son al-Husayn . With the death of Ja'far al-Sadiq in 148/765, Isma'il ( d. 158/775 ) and Muhammad ( d. 197/813 ), the gravity of persecutions of the Abbasids had considerably increased. The Isma'ili Imams were impelled to thicken their hiding, therefore, the first dawr al-satr came into force from 197/813 to 268/882, wherein the Imams were known as al-a'imma al-masturin ( lit. ' the concealed Imams ' ). The concealment ended with the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate ( r. 909–1171 ).