Note 596 — Chapter VI

All those who believe that the Imamate passed legitimately from Jâfer to his son Ismáil, and to Ismâil’s posterity, are called Ismâilahs: but their opinions are not uniform. Some maintain that to Muhammed, above-mentioned, surnamed Mectúm, “the concealed,” succeeded his son, Jâfer Mosuddek, whose successor was Muhammed Habib. This last is expected to return in order to found a new dynasty. The Ismâilahs carry to excess the prerogatives which they attribute to their Imáms.—(Makrisi in Chrest. arabe, vol. II. p. 92.)