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Sulaymani Bohras (Sulaymanis) are a Musta‘lī Ismaili community that predominantly reside in Saudi Arabia (Najran), Yemen, Pakistan and India. They are also called Makrami.〔http://www.shaikhsiddiqui.com/ismaili.html〕 They number between several hundred thousand and one million in Saudi Arabia alone.〔http://www.humanrightsdigest.org/1515/saudi-arabia-shia-minority-treated-as-second-class-citizens〕 They belong to Tayyibi Ismailis, which bifurcated into various Bohras including major group Dawoodi Bohra. ==History== This Tayyibī Isma'ilī community is named after their 27th Dā‘ī, Sulayman bin Hassan, who ascended to this position after the death of the 26th ''dā‘ī muṭlaq'', Dawūd ibn Ajabshah. Sulayman ibn Hasan was Dawūd ibn Ajabshah's deputy in Yemen at the time of the latter's death. A heated dispute broke out because in India, as per the Sulaymanis, Dawūd ibn Qutub Shāh Burhanuddin claimed the position of ''Dā‘ī muṭlaq'' for himself and managed to win the support of the majority of the Indian Ṭayyibis. As per the Sulaymanis, Sulayman returned to India to claim the succession on the basis of the ''nass'' (explicit designation of succession by his predecessor) of Dawūd ibn Ajabshah. The heated succession dispute was brought before the Emperor Akbar at Lahore but before his claim and the dispute came to any conclusion, Sulayman died under mysterious circumstances in Lahore. The great majority of the Ṭayyibi Ismailis in Yemen, and a small group of Indian Ṭayyibi Ismailis, upheld the succession rights of Sulayman ibn Hasan. Henceforth the ''Sulaymani''s and the ''Dawūdi''s followed different ''du‘āt'' (''dā‘ī''s). When Sulayman ibn Hasan was released from the Ottomans' jail, he was contacted by the Yam tribe and al-Fakih Ali ibn Hanthalah al-Yami, who was handling the da‘wah's affairs in Najran at the time, and asked to move the center of the ''da‘wah'' from Yemen to Najran. Sulayman ibn Hasan went to Najran but had to leave for India to deal with the urgent succession dispute. He appointed Muhammad ibn al-Fahad al-Makrami to handle the affairs of the ''da‘wah'' in Yemen and Ali ibn Hanthalah al-Yami to handle the affairs in Najran, and sent al-Fakih Jabir ibn Hadi al-Waili to India ahead of him. Sulayman ibn Hasan was succeeded by his elder son, Ja‘far ibn Sulayman, as 28th ''dā‘ī mutlaq''. During his youth, Safī ud-Dīn Muhammad ibn al-Fahad, who belonged to the influential Makrami family of the Yemeni Isma‘ili tribe of Yam, ran the affairs of the Sulaymani ''da‘wah'' as ''mustard'' "acting ''dā‘ī''". He was later designated as the 29th ''dā‘ī al-mutlaq'' after Ja‘far ibn Sulayman. The Sulaymani ''da‘wah'' headquarters was transferred to Najran in northeastern Yemen when the 31st ''Dā‘ī'', Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ibn Fahad was appointed by Sulayman ibn Hasan's younger son, ‘Alī ibn Sulayman, who had succeeded by then as the 30th ''Dā‘ī al-Mutlaq''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sulaymani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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