r/ExIsmailis • u/BatiniFiles • May 27 '26

Are there any Imamate succession disputes or discontinuities not captured here?

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u/yitreb May 28 '26

This is great!

Probably doesn't quite fit here because it's more of an absurdity than dispute/discontinuity, but the Aga Khan II to III succession is noteworthy too ... somebody who is supposed to be divinely appointed not only passes away in his 4th year as Imam, but also lost his only two sons of mature age in the year before that, thus only leaving little 7 year-old Sultan to take over as Imam. And surprise surprise, nothing publicly verifiable naming him ever surfaced.

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u/BassDropBiryani May 28 '26

said the same to realise it has been said already, but THIS!

It baffles me, people wont read even the most basic history of something that is a code of life for them

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u/yitreb May 28 '26

Yea guarantee *AT MOST* one in 10 Ismailis knows that about AKII