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Abu 'Abdullah Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Zakariyya Al-Shi'i was born in Kufa in Iraq (or Sanaa , according to some accounts) and was active in the administration of the Abbasid Caliphate , before he began to associate with Ismaili teachers. At first he proselytised under the guidance of Ibn Haushab in Yemen and Mecca , where he was invited to the Maghreb by some pilgrims. From 893 he preached Ismaili teachings amongst the Kutama Berbers ( Sanhaja ) and fashioned a militia to fight against the ruling Aghlabids . After holding off Aghlabid attemps to extirpate them, they conquered the whole of Ifriqiya in 909 and overthrew the dynasty. The leader of the Ismaili Fatimids , Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdi Billah , was released from prison in Sijilmasa and took the title of Caliph , ruling from Ar-Raqqada near Kairuan . Al-Shi'i had hoped that al-Mahdi would be a spiritual leader, and leave the administration of secular affairs to him, but he was soon disappointed. After being suspected of complicity in a revolt of Kutama leaders, he was put to death in 911 . External Links and References |
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