Kiya Buzurg-Ummid
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid | |
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| Title | Dāʿī |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 9 February 1138 |
| Children | Muhammad ibn Kiya Buzurg Ummid Kiya Ali[1] |
| Region | Iran |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic theology, Islamic jurisprudence |
| Notable idea(s) | Evolution, Oneness of God |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Nizari Ismaili |
| Jurisprudence | Nizari Ismaili Shi'ism |
| Senior posting | |
| Predecessor | Hassan-i Sabbah |
| Successor | Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid |
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Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd[note 1] (Persian: کیا بزرگ امید; died 1138) was a dāʿī and the second ruler (da'i) of the Nizari Isma'ili State, ruling Alamut Castle from 1124 to 1138 CE (or 518—532 AH). He was of Daylami origin[2] from the region of Rudbar.
Career
[edit]Prior to ruling the Nizari Isma'ilis, Buzurg Ummid captured Lambsar Castle for the Assassins and ruled it as commander for over twenty years.
As the ruler of Alamut
[edit]On 25 Rabīʿ II 518 (11 June 1124), a day before death of Ḥassan-i Ṣabbaḥ, Ḥassan appointed him his successor. He generally followed the policies of Ḥassan-i Ṣabbaḥ and enforced the Sharia strictly. In his early reign the Isma'ili hold was expanded in particular in Eshkevar and Taleghan.[2]
As opposed to Hassan Sabbah, who is depicted as a revolutionary leader, the Ismaili sources depict Buzurg-Ummid as an administrator and a chivalrous lord (e.g. the story of him protecting his old enemy, emir Yaran-Qush Bazdar of Qazvin and his followers, who had fled to Alamut).[4]
Another change in the Nizari government during his rule was the decrease in the number of assassinations; the list include the Abbasid caliph Al-Mustarshid, a prefect of Isfahan, a governor of Maragha, a prefect of Tabriz, and a mufti of Qazvin.[4]
Kiya Buzurg Ummid died on 9 February 1138 and was succeeded by his son, Muhammad Buzurg Ummid, who was nominated as heir three days earlier.[4]
Works
[edit]The text of a bedtime prayer, titled "Prayer in Bedtime" (دعا در هنگام خواب du'ā dar hingām-i khwāb) in Persian attributed to Kiya Buzurg Ummid, is preserved in a manuscript of the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Daftary, Farhad (1992). The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge University Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0.
- ^ a b BOZORG-OMĪD, KĪĀ
- ^ "Castle of Lamasar". Institute of Ismaili Studies. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Lewis, Bernard (2011). The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-86333-5.
- ^ "نسخ خطی عربی اسماعيلی و غيره: فهرستی توصيفی از نسخ خطی مؤسسهی مطالعات اسماعيلی". Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Transliteration based on Classical Persian, as the subject of the article lived in the 1100's. In modern Iranian Persian, this would be transliterated as some variation of Kiyâ Bozorg-Omid.
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