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The Ismā'īlī (Arabic: الإسماعيليون; Persian: اسماعیلیان Esma'iliyan) branch of Islam is the third largest Shīˤa community after the Twelvers (Ithnāˤashariyya), who are dominant in Iran and the Zaydis. Though there are several sub-groupings within the Ismailis, the term in today's vernacular generally refers to the Nizārī, who are followers of the Aga Khan and are the only Shīˤa community with a continuing line of Imāma "Imamate". (Note that the concept of al-Imāma in the Shīˤa sense differs greatly from the Sunni understanding.)
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The Ismā'īlī are found primarily in the South Asia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and East Africa, but have in recent years emigrated to Europe and North America. The Ismā'īliyya and the Twelvers both accept the same initial Imams from the descendants of Muħammad through his daughter Fātima az-Zahra and therefore share much of their early history. However, a dispute arose on the succession of the Sixth Imam, Jaˤfar as-Sadiq. The Ismā'īlī became those who accepted Jaˤfar's eldest son Ismā'īl as the next Imam, whereas the Twelvers accepted a younger son, Mūsā l-Kāzim.
A branch of the Ismā'īlī known as the Sabaˤiyyīn "Seveners" hold that Ismā'īl's son, Muħammad, was the seventh Imām and, after Muħammad ibn Ismā'īl, the spiritual authority of Imāms continues until the present day. A small Sevener community remains in parts of Saudi Arabia.
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