List of Ismaili titles
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List of titles used by the followers of Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam.
Nizari Ismaili titles
The hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period was as follows:
- Imām ({{lang|fa|امام}}), the descendants of Nizar
- Dā'ī ad-Du'āt ({{lang|fa|داعی الدعات}} literally "Da'i of the Da'is"), "Chief Da'i"
- Dā'ī kabīr ({{lang|fa|داعی کبیر}}) – "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i"
- Dā'ī ({{lang|fa|داعی}}, literally "missionary") – "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i"
- Rafīq ({{lang|fa|رفیق}}, literally "companion, assistance, fellow-traveler"), plural rafīqān ({{lang|fa|رفیقان}})
- Lāṣiq ({{lang|fa|لاصق}}, literally "adherent"). Lasiqs had to swear a special oath of obedience to the Imam.
- Fidā'ī ({{lang|fa|فدائی}}, literally "self-sacrificer")
Imam and da'is were the elites, while the majority of the sect consisted of the last three grades who were peasants and artisans.{{cite book|last1=Petrushevsky|first1=I. P.|title=Islam in Iran|date=January 1985|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9781438416045|page=253|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58VRDzIHouoC&pg=PA253|language=en}}
Other titles include:
The titles Bābā ({{lang|fa|بابا}}; Persian equivalent of the Arabic Shaykh, "Old Man") and Sayyidinā (Sayyidnā) ({{lang|fa|سیدنا}}; literally "Our Lord" or "Our Master") was used by the Nizaris to refer to Hassan-i Sabbah.Farhad Daftary, “ḤASAN ṢABBĀḤ,” Encyclopaedia Iranica, XII/1, pp. 34-37, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hasan-sabbah (accessed on 30 December 2012).
- Kiyā ({{lang|fa|کیا}}) – a ruler{{cite book |last1=Joveynī |first1=ʻAlā al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malek |title=The history of the World-Conqueror |date=1958 |publisher=Harvard University Press |page=640 |language=en}} or commander. Notably held by Buzurg-Ummid.
- MuhtashamAlso mistakenly transliterated as muhtashim. ({{lang|fa|محتشم}}) – a governor of Quhistan.{{cite book |last1=Landolt |first1=Herman |last2=Kassam |first2=Kutub |last3=Sheikh |first3=S. |title=An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi'i Vision of Islam |date=2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-84511-794-8 |page=17 |language=en}}
- Mahdī - the rightly guided one
- Qāim - the one who rises
- Nāṭiq (ناطق) - the messenger-prophet
- Waṣī (وصي) - the prophet's "legatee"
- Bāb - literally "gate"
- Hujjah - literally "proof"
- Dā'ī al-Balagh - regional missionary
- Dā'ī al-Mutlaq - absolute missionary
- Mādhun - assistant
- Mukāsir - debater
- Shaykh - elder in Arabic
- Pīr - senior elder in Persian
- Mukhi - headman
- Kāmādia - treasurer
- Vāras/Vizier - minister
- Aāmilsaheb - agent
- Shāhzāda - prince
- Allāma - scholar
- Mu'allim - teacher
- Mullāh - lesser elder in Persian
- President - national leadership title
- Amīr - commander
- Amīr al-mu'minīn - commander of the faithful
- Begum - noble lady
- Māta Salāmat - Mother of Peace
- Sayyid - descendant
- Hakīm - doctor
- Khwājah - master
- Mawlānā - our master
- Murshid - guide-master
- Wali - guardian
- Qādī - judge
- Murīd - follower
- Mustajib - respondent
- Hājī - pilgrim
- Khalif - deputy
- Sitt - noble lady