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Bohras
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The Bohras are a Shīʿī Muslim community of the Ṭayyibī Mustaʿlī branch of the Ismāʿīlīs, who trace their religious and literary heritage to the Fāṭimid caliph-imāms of North Africa and Egypt. Mostly indigenous Indians, their ancestors converted to Islam at the hands of Fāṭimid missionaries in the latter half of the fifth/eleventh century. For the purposes of this article, “B…

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Qutbuddin, Tahera, “Bohras”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Devin J. Stewart. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24020>
First published online: 2013
First print edition: 9789004252677, 2013, 2013-2



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