Ismā'īlī

Ismā'īlī communities followed different lines of authority after earlier disputes over succession. By the fifteenth century Nizari imams had established a centre at Anjudan in Iran, where their community experienced a revival.

A later succession dispute among the Tayyibis produced the Sulaymani branch in 1592. Its Yemeni followers supported Sulayman ibn Hasan, while most Indian Tayyibis recognized Dawud ibn Qutb and became known as Dawoodi Bohras.