Aga Khan I (; or, less commonly but more correctly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, Iran – 1881 in Bombay, India ), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, and prominent Muslim leader in Iran and later in the Indian Subcontinent.

The Imam Hasan Ali Shah was born in 1804 in Kahak, Iran to Shah Khalil Allah, the 45th Ismaili Imam, and Bibi Sarkara, the daughter of Muhammad Sadiq Mahallati ( d. 1815 ), a poet and a Ni ‘ mat Allahi Sufi.

He was succeeded by his eldest son Hasan Ali Shah, also known as Muhammad Hasan, who became the 46th Imam.

The Imam Hasan Ali Shah's mother decided to go to the Qajar court in Tehran to obtain justice for her husband's death and was eventually successful.

Until Fath Ali Shah's death in 1834, the Imam Hasan Ali Shah enjoyed a quiet life and was held in high esteem at the Qajar court.

Soon after the accession of Muhammad Shah Qajar to the throne of his grandfather, Fath Ali Shah, the Imam Hasan Ali Shah was appointed governor of Kerman in 1835.

Hasan Ali Shah was succeeded as Imam by his eldest son Aqa Ali Shah, who became Aga Khan II.

" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

This was the result of a power struggle inside of the Fatimid empire in which the Druze were viewed with suspicion because of their refusal to recognize the new Caliph, Ali az-Zahir, as their Imam.

* 818 – Ali ar-Ridha, Islamic Shia Imam ( b. 766 )

Barack Obama | Barak and Michelle Obama with Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Prof. Kyai al-Hajj Ali Musthafa Ya ' qub at the Istiqlal Mosque, Nov. 10, 2010.

Shi ' as however, believe that the real grave of Ali is found within Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, as was disclosed by the Sixth Twelver Shi ' a Imam, Ja ' far as-Sadiq.

He left Lucknow in 1830 on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Imam Ali in Najaf, Mesopotamia ( now Iraq ) and never returned.

The Fitna began as a series of revolts fought against the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, caused by the assassination of his political predecessor, Uthman ibn Affan.

Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, where Ali is buried.

He is alleged to have often served as an Imam at his mosque in Saudi Arabia and is believed by American Authorities to have been a student of a Saudi cleric named Sulayman al Alwan, whose mosque is located in Al-Qassim Province.

However, most Muslim cultures separate both the institutions of the mosque and marriage, no religious official is necessary, but very often an Imam presides and performs the ceremony, he may deliver a short sermon.

The mosque has been designed so that even when it is at its most crowded, everyone in the mosque can see and hear the Imam.

Under the instructions of the Fatimid Imam Ma ' ad al-Mustansir Billah, Badrul ’ jamali constructed a mosque and donated several huge properties to meet the expenditure of the ' Trust ', so as to maintain the affairs of the Mashhad the place of burial.

He also prepared a wooden minbar ( pulpit ) and placed it in the mosque, where Raas al Imam al Husayn was buried.

His funeral was held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh on 25 October 2011 in the presence of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.

Most Shias accept that Ali is buried at the Tomb of Imam Ali in the Imam Ali Mosque at what is now the city of Najaf, which grew around the mosque and shrine called Masjid Ali.

* Imam Mohammad bin Saud Mosque, a mosque built during the reign of Imam Mohammad bin Saud.

On the 11th of July 1995, Kelkal was involved in the assassination of Imam Sahraoui in his mosque in Paris.

The Imam of the local mosque, the groom, the father of the bride, men in the immediate family and important men in the community sit in a circle during the ceremony, conducted by the Imam.

During the Baghdad Security Plan of 2007, there were rumours that U. S. forces built walls around the Imam al-Kadhim mosque.

The shrine site includes the reputed tomb of the Imam, a mosque, and several related tombs.

Since he was a hafidh, he was asked to lead Ramadan prayers for a large Muslim mosque by its Imam.

Such establishments are organized on the basis of 20 – 30 students, normally under one PTC teacher and an Imam of the mosque as staff members.

Imam and Khateeb Muhammad Arshad Misbahi and Qari Hafiz Javed Akhtar are leaders of the mosque.

Besides these, Khorasan encompasses numerous religious buildings and places of pilgrimage, including the shrine of Imam Reza, Goharshad mosque and many other mausoleums and Imamzadehs which attract visitors to this province.

* Goharshad mosque and the vast shrine-complex of Imam Reza that forms the heart of Mashhad

His father Munshi Mehedi Hossain was an “ Imam ” at a local mosque and his mother was a Mukidunnesa.

In 1995 however, Hizbullah won one seat in the Parliament through Imam Beeharry, a preacher at the Noor-e-Islam mosque in Port Louis.

In the early 1960s, the Imam, exiled to Saudi Arabia, obtained support from his hosts and other Arab governments, but this support ended in the 1980s.

The first phase of the war ended in 1825 when the Dutch signed an agreement with the Padri leader Tuanku Imam Bonjol to halt hostilities, allowing them to redeploy their forces to fight the Java War.

When the dynastic line of the originally separating Imam ended with no heir to succeed the last Imam then either the last Imam or his unborn successor was believed to have gone into concealment, that is, The Occultation.

This battle ended when Imam Ahmad was wounded in the leg by a chance shot ; seeing his banners signal retreat, the Portuguese and their Ethiopian allies fell upon the disorganized Muslims, who suffered losses but managed to reform next to the river on the distant side.

After the rains ended, Imam Ahmad attacked the Portuguese camp and through weight of numbers killed all but 140 of da Gama's troops.

He lectured across Chechnya, and eventually ended up leading Argun's Muslim community as the town's Imam.

The Unitarian Druze movement, which existed in the Fatimid Caliphate, acknowledged az-Zahir as the Caliph, but followed Hamzah as its Imam.

The legal meaning of Waqf according to Imam Abu Hanifa, is the detention of specific thing in the ownership of waqif and the devoting of its profit or products " in charity of poors or other good objects ".

Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad Says: Waqf signifies the extinction of the waqif's ownership in the thing dedicated and detention of all the thing in the implied ownership of God, in such a manner that its profits may revert to or be applied " for the benefit of Mankind ".

Popular du ' as would include Jazuli's Dala ' il al-Khayrat, which at its peak spread throughout the Muslim world, and Imam al-Shadhili's Hizb al-Bahr which also had widespread appeal.

The Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi ( nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in Amharic ( ግራኝ Graññ ), both meaning " the left-handed ") came close to extinguishing the ancient realm of Ethiopia, and converting all of its subjects to Islam ; the intervention of the European Cristóvão da Gama, son of the famous navigator, helped the Christians.

* 32px13px Freeway 7 ( Tehran-Qom Freeway / Khalij-e-Fars ( Persian Gulf ) Freeway ): This Freeway connects Tehran City to its airport, Imam Khomeini International Airport and continues towards Qom and Esfahan.

In obedience to the Imam, Muqaddam and his men descended from the fortress, and the Mongol army entered Alamut and began its demolition.

Commander of the forces .. the Helper of Imam .. the leader of Do ’ at .. Badr al Mustansari has discovered Raas al Imam al Husain in Imam Mustansir ’ s period, and has taken it out from its hidden place.

During the Dawr al-Satr ( period of concealment ), the Imams resided in Salamiyya and its environs to avoid arrest by the Abbasids. On occasions when the soldiers threatened, the Imams were whisked up via underground tunnels. There is a famous story of Ismaili fidais claiming to be the Imam and risking arrest in order to confuse and delay the soldiers, giving the Imam time to flee.

When Imam al-Mustansir died in 1094 CE, the Ismaili mission saw its greatest rift and division in its entire history.

Imam al-Hadi was dedicated to upholding Sharia law with regards to its verdicts, teachings, and principles.

In his adulthood-specifically in its infancy-when he was an associate for his father impartial judge learned him everythings about Islamic law while he was studying in the Aviation College to become a pilot, but did not complete that studies and continoued working with his father as a judge in court of Dhamar in the reign of Imam Ahmed Yahya Hamid al-Din where has raised a lot of controversy wonders and attention to his smart skills at the same time.

For that reason Buyids tended toward Twelver Shia ' which its occulted Imam was more politically attractive to them.

Imam Yahia managed to put an end to the state of anarchy, lawlessness and violence which had lacerated the country and inflicted immense suffering upon its inhabitants, including the Jews.

The University was housed initially in rented buildings in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi and moved to its current campus in October 1971, which is located in the Margalla Hills near the shrine of Hazrat Bari Imam.

Because " hodža " means Imam or Muslim priest in Bosnian, its real connection to Gazi Husrev-Beg's place of rest is unclear.

It is chaired by Imam Hussein Halawa ( Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland ) and its deputy chairman is Imam Yahya Al-Hussein ( Islamic Foundation of Ireland ).