The Ismaili聽Imamat聽is a hereditary office in succession from the first聽Imam, Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, who was married to Hazrat聽BibiA word of East Turkish origin which means old mother or a grandmother. It is also used in Persian and Urdu in the sense of 鈥渨oman of the house鈥, as… Fatimat-az-Zahra, the Prophet鈥檚 daughter and only surviving child.
