List of Ismaili titles


List of titles used by the followers of Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam.
The titles are of Persian and Arabic origin.

Nizari Ismaili titles

Alamut period

The hierarchy of the organization of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period was as follows:
Imam and da'is were the elites, while the majority of the sect consisted of the last three grades who were peasants and artisans.
Other titles include:
The titles Bābā and Sayyidinā was used by the Nizaris to refer to Hassan-i Sabbah.Shaykh al-Jabal or the Old Man of the Mountain
  • Kiyā – a ruler or commander. Notably held by Buzurg-Ummid.
  • Muhtasham – a governor of Quhistan.
  • Mahdī - the rightly guided one
  • Qāim - the one who rises
  • Nāṭiq - the messenger-prophet
  • Waṣī - the prophet's "legatee"
  • Bāb - literally "gate"
  • Hujjah - literally "proof"

Other periods

Other titles