Buzurg-Ummīd, Kiyā - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Virani, Shafique N.
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Brill
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Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd (r. 518-32/1124-38) succeeded Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ (r. 483-518/1090-1124) as ruler of Alamūt on behalf of the successor of the Imām Nizār b. Mustanṣir bi-llāh (d. after 488/1095), who was believed to be in hiding. A native Daylamī, he was one of four Ismāʿīlī leaders sent to quell renegades at the castle of Lamasar, the largest Ismāʿīlī fortress in northern Iran. Subsequently appointed governor of the castle, Buzurg-Ummīd greatly expanded and fortified it. During his governorship of some twenty