Hatim bin Ibrahim

Syedna Hatim bin Ibrahim
Syedna Hatim Mausoleum,
3rd Da'i al-Mutlaq
Predecessor Ibrahim bin Husain
Successor Ali Bin Syedna Hatim
Died 6 November 1199 AD
Al Hutaib, Haraz, Yemen
Burial Al Hutaib, Haraz, Yemen

Syedna Hatim bin Ibrahim al-Hamidi[1] (died 16 Muharram 596 AH, 6 November 1199 AD), Al-Hutaib, Yemen) was the third Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Taiyabi Musta‘lī Bohra Islam. He was of the Banu Hamdan tribe of Yemen and succeeded his father, the 2nd Dai Sayedna Ibrahim, to the religious post.

Syedna Hatim was the first Dai to venture into the Yemeni political field after the era under the rule of the Sulayhid Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi and her political patronage. Zaydi-Shia imams began to wage war against the Ismaili-Shia., It is in this context that Syedna Hatim became interested in territorial acquisition and becoming military power as a security requisition for the Tayyibi Ismaili.[2]

Banu Zuwahi, offered mountain-peak fortress of Kawkaban near San’aa to Syedna Hatim in 561/1166. San’aa was under the rule of Sultan Ali b. Hatim al-Yami of Hamdan tribe. Perceiving threat to his own sovereignty, Sultan Ali proceeded to lay siege to Kawkaban. A trusted associate of the Dai Ahmad al-Hibri betrayed him. Ahmad al-Hibri accepted a bribe from Sultan Ali, gave him vital information about the Dai’s arrangements, and persuaded others in Kawkaban to turn against him, and forced Hatim to left Kawkaban. He went to Lu’lu’a and Ray’an, two smaller fortresses some distance away. But Sultan Ali pursued him there with his troops and the Dai’s reluctance to cause further strife among the Hamdan qabila prompted him to relinquish his hopes for acquiring territories in the San’aa region. He decided to move to the mountainous Haraz region, where there had been Ismaili from the time of the first Sulayhid ruler. In the next few years a series of successful military expeditions gradually brought most of Haraz under the Dai’s control. The core of his army was the Ya’aabir qabila, and their chief Amir Sabaa b. Yusuf.[3] [4]

Followers were used to come to Hatim from all over Haraz and just below Hutaib was a cave known as Al-Kahf ul-N`eem where he used to preach them.

Amongst his many works of literature are:

Al-Majaalis al Hatimiyyah, Risalato Tohfatil Quluub, Tanbeehul Ghafileen and Al-Shumuus ul- Zaherah. [5]

In San’aa, the Dawat was ably managed by the Dai’s Mazoon, Syedna Mohammad b. Taher al-Haaresi.

Dai period: 557–596 AH/ 1162–1199 AD
Place of dai office : Al Huteib,Yemen
Death: 16th Moharram, 596AH
Mawazeen: Mohammad bin Taher, Ali bin Mohammadinil Waleed


References

  • Daftary, Farhad, The Ismaili, Their History and Doctrine (Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism-p. 300-310)
  • Lathan, Young, Religion, Learning and Science
  • Bacharach, Joseph W. Meri, Medieval Islamic Civilisation
  • Daftary, Farhad, Sayyida Hurra: The Isma‘ili Sulayhid Queen of Yemen
  • Hamdani, Abbas. The Dai Hatim ibn Ibrahim al Hamidi and his Book 'Tuhfat al Qulub'. Oriens. XXIII/XXIV. pp. 258–300.
  • (A Chronological List of Duatil Mutlaqin)

Reference List

  1. ↑ Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Bin Hasan, Idris, Uyun al-akhbar (Bin Hasan was the 19th Da'i of the Dawoodi Bohra. This volume is a history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE, the period of the Fatimid caliphs al-Mustansir (d. 487/1094), the time of Musta‘lian rulers including al-Musta‘li (d. 495/1101) and al-Amir (d. 524/1130), and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.)
  3. ↑ Bin Hasan, Idris, Uyun al-akhbar (Bin Hasan was the 19th Da'i of the Dawoodi Bohra. This volume is a history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE, the period of the Fatimid caliphs al-Mustansir (d. 487/1094), the time of Musta‘lian rulers including al-Musta‘li (d. 495/1101) and al-Amir (d. 524/1130), and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.)
  4. ↑ ;Syedna Hatim (RA), 3rd Dai
  5. ↑ ;Syedna Hatim (RA), 3rd Dai

See also

Shia Islam titles
Preceded by
Ibrahim bin Husain		 3rd Dai al-Mutlaq
1162 AD-1199 AD		 Succeeded by
Ali Bin Syedna Hatim
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