Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmed (Arabic: حمزة بن علي بن أحمد, romanized: Ḥamza ibn ‘Alī ibn ʾAḥmad; c. 985 –c. 1021) was an 11th-century Persian Ismai'li missionary and founding leader of the Druze.

Ḥamzah ibn ʿAlī (born 985—died after 1021) was one of the founders of the Druze religion. Almost nothing is known of his life before he entered Egypt in 1017.

al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the sixth Fātimid caliph, became a central figure in the faith being preached by Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad. Muhammad bin Ismail Nashtakin ad-Darazi arrived in …

Hamza ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad (Arabic: حمزة بن علي بن أحمد; 985 – c. 1021) was an 11th-century Ismaili missionary and founding leader of the Druze.

Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad was an 11th-century Persian Ismai'li missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia, and preached …

Hamza ibn Ali is considered the spiritual leader and the primary architect of the Druze faith. The central text of the Druze faith is the "Epistles of Wisdom" (Rasa'il al-Hikma), a collection of …

Jun 8, 2024 · Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad is a seminal figure in the history of the Druze faith, serving as its founder and primary theologian. Born in the late 10th century, Hamza’s religious …

Hamza ibn Ali (born Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad) (985-1021) was an 11th Century Persian Isma'ilism missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater …

Prominent among them were two men, Hamza ibn Ali, and Muhammad Darazi – and the doctrine they were spreading was incendiary. The followers of this new movement called themselves the...

[50] [49] Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad is considered the founder of the Druze faith and the primary author of the Druze manuscripts, [84] he proclaimed that God became flesh, assumed a …