Our Festivals
The birthday (or Salgirah) of Mawlana Hazar Imam, Shah Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan
October 12, 1971
A letter from the Imam to the Jamat through institutional channels.
Taliqa (talika)
Each part of our du'a begins with ______________________
bismi'llah'ir-rahmani'r-rahim
In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the Merciful
(acceptable answers: bismillah, a quranic verse or an ayat from the qur'an)
A network of institutions called ___ ____ __________ ___________, founded by Mawlana Shah Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action.
Aga Khan Development Network
Name the Ismaili Da'i who seized Alamut, a mountain fortress in northern Iran in 1090 and made it the headquarters of the first ever Nizari Ismaili state.
Hassan i- Sabbah
The day Mawlana Shah Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan became the 50th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
4th of February 2025
A gathering (majlis) observed on "the night of the new moon"
Chandrat Majlis
Acceptable answer: Chandrat
What is the meaning of
"ati'u'llaha, wa-ati'u'r rasula, wa-uli 'l-amri minkum" (Qur'an 4:59)
"Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those in [divinely granted] authority among you" (Qur'an: 4:59)
At a ceremony on 11 July 2018, marking the conclusion of his Diamond Jubilee year, Mawlana Shah Karim Shah (as) officially designated the premises located at Rua Marquês de Fronteira in Lisbon — the Henrique de Mendonça Palace — as the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat, and declared that it be known as the "__________ of the Ismaili Imamat." (Fill in the gap)
Diwan
Acceptable Answers: Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat
Pir Sadar al-din, 14th century Ismaili Da'i and Pir in India was under the Imamat of which two Ismaili Imams?
29th Imam - Mawlana Qasim Shah (as) and
30th Imam - Mawlana Islam Shah (as)
This occasion is known as the
"Night of Power".
Laylat al-Qadr
(acceptable answers: Laylatul Qadr, shab-e-qadr)
One of the fundamental principles of our tariqah that means belief in "Oneness of Allah".
Tawhid
The verse 67 of Sura Ma'idah that we recite in our 3rd part of du'a, "ya ayyuhar rasulu balligh ma unzil ilaika mir rabbik... (O prophet, deliver to the people what is revealed to you from your lord...) commemorate which event in our History?
Appointment of Mawlana Ali as the Mawla of believers at Ghadir Khumm
(acceptable answers: Ghadir Khumm, eid-al-ghadir, Man kunto Mawla fahaza Alyyun mawla)
The title ______________ was first granted to Mawlana Hassan Ali Shah (as), the 46th Ismaili Imam, by the Shah of Persia, in the 1830s.
This title has since continued in the family of the contemporary Ismaili Imam
Aga Khan
Name a 20th century Ismaili da'i who was given a title of Pir posthumously (after his death) by our 48th Imam Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah (as) in 1939.
Itmadi Sabza Ali Ramzanali
Accepted Answer/s: Pir Sabza Ali
The occasion that commemorates the night journey and ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (SAS), celebrated annually on 27th of the month of Rajab (Islamic Hijri Calendar)
Mi'raj
(acceptable answers: Meraj, Mehraj of the Prophet)
A symbol of "good deeds" that the Jamat partake after the abeshafa.
Sukreet
(acceptable answers: Su-kreet,)
What does wa'rzuqnā (وَارْزُقْنَا) and wa'rḥamnā (وَارْحَمْنَا) mean
wa'rzuqnā (وَارْزُقْنَا) - and give us our daily sustenance
wa'rḥamnā (وَارْحَمْنَا) - and have mercy upon us
The first Fatimid city built on the coast of Mediterranean Sea by the Order of Fatimid Imam-Caliph Mawlana Muhammad al-Mahdi (a.s).
al-Mahdiyya
Name Ismaili Da'i who wrote the Ismaili Jurisprudence "Da'a'im ul Islam" (the pillars of Islam) under the supervision of Fatimid Imam Caliph Mawlana al-Muizz li-din Allah (a.s.)
Qadi al-Nu'man
A festival that is celebrated by all Muslim communities on the 12th (or 17th in some traditions) of the Islamic month of Rabi' al-Awwal.
Milad an-Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAS)
(acceptable answers: Milad un-nabi, Eid-e-milad, Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad's (SAS) birthday)
Persian word for "hospitality" offered to Mawlana Hazar Imam in many forms as expression of love and devotion from a murid.
Mehmani
Which verse we recite in the du'a was pondered upon by the 10th century thinker Da'i Nasir-i-Khusraw after reading which, he set out on a journey to search for the "yadu'llah" - "the hand of Allah" and finally met Mawlana al-Mustansir Bi'llah (as) in al-Qahira (Cairo)
Sura al-Fath (48:10) - Part 4 (Inna'l-ladhina yubayi'u'naka ..... ajran azima)
Name a book that is a collection of the advices and teachings of Mawlana al-Mustansir Billah-II, sent to the Jamat of India..
PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDI
Accepted Answer/s: Pandiyat-e-Jawanmardi, Pandiyat jamawardi, Pir Pandiyat-e-Jawamardi
Name a Medieval Nizari Ismaili missionary in Syria, who was (the original) Old Man of the Mountain. He reorganised the Nizari community in Syria in the 12th century and played a prominent role in the regional politics of his time
Rashid al-din Sinan