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Definition of Ismailian
1. Noun. An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ismailian
Literary usage of Ismailian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Ismailian preachers also made numerous proselytes in Africa and in Egypt ;
and in AD 909, 'Obaid Allah, .a descendant of the founder of the sect, ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Abdallah's son, Ahmed, succeeded him as (¡rand Master of the Ismailian Society.
In his time a Babylonian peasant, Hamdan Karmat, joined it, ..."
3. Choice Literature: A Monthly Magazine (1885)
"... Mohammed, kept up the terror which was associated with their name, nor did it
decrease under the rule of the Ismailian chiefs who succeeded them. ..."
4. The Crusades: The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by Thomas Andrew Archer, Charles Lethbridge Kingsford (1894)
"The famous Ismailian Bahrain had so won the favour of ... death an Ismailian
vizir became all-powerful at Damascus under his ..."
5. The Destiny of Doris: A Travel-story of Three Continents by Julius Chambers (1901)
"... west and north, the broad streets of Ismailian Cairo, crowded with fine hotels
and residences—the latter beautified by harem-windows of ..."
6. The Religions of the World by George Aaron Barton (1919)
"(4) The Assassins is a name given by Europeans to another of the Ismailian sects.
This sect made much of the doctrine of imams. ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Ismailian preachers also made numerous proselytes in Africa and in Egypt ;
and in AD 909, 'Obaid Allah, .a descendant of the founder of the sect, ..."
8. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Abdallah's son, Ahmed, succeeded him as (¡rand Master of the Ismailian Society.
In his time a Babylonian peasant, Hamdan Karmat, joined it, ..."
9. Choice Literature: A Monthly Magazine (1885)
"... Mohammed, kept up the terror which was associated with their name, nor did it
decrease under the rule of the Ismailian chiefs who succeeded them. ..."
10. The Crusades: The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by Thomas Andrew Archer, Charles Lethbridge Kingsford (1894)
"The famous Ismailian Bahrain had so won the favour of ... death an Ismailian
vizir became all-powerful at Damascus under his ..."
11. The Destiny of Doris: A Travel-story of Three Continents by Julius Chambers (1901)
"... west and north, the broad streets of Ismailian Cairo, crowded with fine hotels
and residences—the latter beautified by harem-windows of ..."
12. The Religions of the World by George Aaron Barton (1919)
"(4) The Assassins is a name given by Europeans to another of the Ismailian sects.
This sect made much of the doctrine of imams. ..."
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