- Baghdad Manifesto
The manifesto of
Baghdad was a testimony ordered by TheAbbasid CaliphAl-Qadir in response to the growth of theFatimid SupportingNizari Ismaili sect of Islam within his borders. [ [http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104798 The Institute of Ismaili Studies - ‘al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah’ ] ]The Nizari Ismailis viewed the
Fatimids , as their rightful spiritual and political leaders. Threatened by a possiblerebellion within hisempire , the Abbasid Caliph asked esteemedscholars andJurists to issue an edict claiming that the Fatimids were not descended fromAli . With this, he intended to de-legitimize theNizari Ismaili allegiance to the rival Fatimid domain on the basis of their claimed descent. [ [http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104798 The Institute of Ismaili Studies - ‘al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah’ ] ] . The manifesto is part of the general assertion of orthodox Sunni Muslims that the Ismailis areheretics .Notes
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