Atba-i-Malak Vakil
Encyclopedia
The Atba-i-Malak Vakil are a branch of Atba-i-Malak
Mustaali
Ismaili
Shi'a Islam
. They follow Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji
, who they believe to be the true successor to Abdul Hussain Jivaji
. Their current leader is Tayyebhai Razzak
.
Atba-i-Malak
The Abta-i Malak jamaat are a branch of Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Islam that broke off from the mainstream Dawoodi Bohra after the death of the 46th Da'i al-Mutlaq, under the leadership of Abdul Hussain Jivaji. They have further split into two more branches, the Atba-i-Malak Badar and Atba-i-Malak...
Mustaali
Mustaali
The Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept Al-Musta'li as the nineteenth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...
Ismaili
Ismaili
' is a branch of Shia Islam. It is the second largest branch of Shia Islam, after the Twelvers...
Shi'a Islam
Shi'a Islam
Shia Islam is the second largest denomination of Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'ites or Shias. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī , meaning "followers of Ali", "faction of Ali", or "party of Ali".Like other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is...
. They follow Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji
Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji
Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji was the founder of the Atba-i-Malak Vakil branch of Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
, who they believe to be the true successor to Abdul Hussain Jivaji
Abdul Hussain Jivaji
Abdul Hussayn Jivaji was the founder of the Atba-i-Malak branch of Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
. Their current leader is Tayyebhai Razzak
Tayyebhai Razzak
Tayyebhai Razzak is the current leader of the Atba-i-Malak Vakil group of Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
.