Egyptian Ismaili Succession Crisis

Name: Egyptian Ismaili Succession Crisis
Start: 1094
End: 1095

Type Event Region Africa Time 1094–1095

After Caliph al-Mustansir died in 1094, the Fatimid court erupted into a fierce succession dispute between the lawful heir Nizar and al-Mustali, whom…

Timeline

1094Cairo · EgyptVizier al-Afdal bypassed the eldest son Nizar and installed the younger son al-Mustali, provoking discontent among Nizar's supporters in the court and army and making the legitimacy dispute public.
1094–1095Alexandria · EgyptNizar launched rebellions in Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere; al-Afdal led troops to suppress them, Nizar was captured and executed, and his supporters fled into exile.
1095Cairo · EgyptThe Mustali branch established orthodoxy in Cairo while the Nizari branch continued secret missionary traditions in Syria, Persia, and elsewhere, permanently splitting Ismaili Shi'ism into two lines.

Sources

Ismāʿīlī succession dispute of 1094 — Farhad Daftary (2007)
Nizārī Ismāʿīlism https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nizari