Hamza ibn Ali
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title:
Hamza ibn Ali
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Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad was an 11th-century Persian Ismai'li missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia, and preached his heterodox strand of Isma'ilism in Cairo during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. According to Hamza, al-Hakim was God made manifest. Despite opposition from the established Isma'ili clergy, Hamza persisted, apparently being tolerated or even patronized by al-Hakim himself, and set up a par
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Persian Isma'ili missionary and founder of the Druze faith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza_ibn_Ali
date created:
2005-08-13T02:42:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:11:09Z
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