Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani
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Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani
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ʿAlī ibn al-Faḍl al-Jayshānī was a senior Isma'ili missionary (dāʿī) from Yemen. In cooperation with Ibn Hawshab, he established the Isma'ili creed in his home country and conquered much of it in the 890s and 900s in the name of the hidden Isma'ili imam, Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah. After the establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya in 909, and the public proclamation of al-Mahdi Billah as caliph, Ibn al-Fadl denounced al-Mahdi as false, and instead declared himself to be the awaited mes
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Yemeni Isma'ili missionary (died 915)
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2023-08-22T04:26:58Z
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