Talk:List of Isma'ili imams

the Sixth Imam
so Jafar Al-Sadiq is the 6th Imam and his son Ismail is the 6th too?? Mussav (talk) 03:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Nizari, unlike other Isma'ili and Twelver Shia, consider Imam Hassan(as), a temporary Imam, his brother Imam Husayn (as) is seen as the second Imam, after Imam Ali (as).

Thus most Shia would believe Imam Jafar Al-Saddiq (as) to be the 6th Imam, where as Nizari ismaili would see him as the as the 5th, and Imam Isma'il (as) as the 6th. perhaps we ought to include this in a reference I did so awhile back on the Nizari page.(Water Stirs (talk) 08:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC))

Should it not be "imam" in lowercase?
Is there a reason "Imam" is capitalised? Shouldn't it be lowercase, like "List of kings of France"? MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:04, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, yes. СЛУЖБА (talk) 15:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Legend for Table
Can someone clarify the table posted on this page? Some column headers or a legend explaining the cryptic markings (^, -M-, -A-, <CHALI-, etc) would be very helpful. Kbittner (talk) 20:18, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Explanation for Hasan ibn Ali not being on the list?
I note that the article implies imams 1-5 are shared with the Twelvers. However, the list of The Twelve Imams shows Hasan as the second vice Husayn. So I take it the Ismailis skip Hasan? If that is the case, it should be specifically stated in that section so that people like me don't get confused! Am I missing anything, or do the Ismailis skip Hasan for whatever reason? If so, that might be worth adding to the Husan article too for clarity. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:07, 6 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, I looked it up, and understand now that Hasan was considered a "placeholder" imam since he wasn't authorised to pass the imamate on to his son for whatever reason. The only part I'm unclear on:  is it only the Nizaris who think that?  The Mustaali list seems to line up with the Nizari numbers in the current article, so one would think they'd be a number off if Mustaalis and Nizaris differ.  Furhter, someone wrote on the Zayn al-Abidin article that the Tayyabi Mustaali Muslims (Bohra) count his as third vice fourth.  So does anyone have a clearer explanation as to precisely who does/not count Hasan? MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, the Ahmad al-Wafi article says "is the eighth Ismaili Imam according to the Nizari branch of Ismailism, and the ninth according to the Mustaali". So it appears that going into the Fatimids the numbers are indeed one-off.  But then how is it that both Al-Musta'li and Nizar both count as 19th when they split off?  Or is there some Fatimid caliph the Mustaali aren't counting? MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)