Dāʿī (in Ismāʿīlī Islam) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Walker, Paul E.
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Leiden
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Brill
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Dāʿī (s), in Ismāʿīlī Islam , were the agents of the daʿwa (the mission appealing for adherence and support), the earliest records of which date from about 261/875, in Iraq, concerning the activities of the Qarāmiṭa, led by Ḥamdān Qarmaṭ (d. 321/933) and his brother-in-law ʿAbdān (d. 286/899). It is likely, however, that the movement had already been in existence for some time. Somewhat later, we begin to find names of dāʿī s, many of whom were converted by a certain al-Ḥusayn al-Ahwāzī, who