Shah Tahir
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Khund, near Qasvin, Iran
| Shah Tahir al-Husayni al-Dakkani | |
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| 31st Imam of the Muhammad-Shahi (Mu'mini) Nizari Ismaili Shias | |
| Tenure | 1510-1549 |
| Predecessor | Radi al-Din II ibn Tahir |
| Successor | Haydar ibn Tahir |
| Born | 892 AH/1486 AD Khund, near Qasvin, Iran |
| Died | 956 AH/1549 AD Ahmednagar, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (modern-day Maharashtra, India) |
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Shah Tahir, also known as Tahir Shah, (Arabic: شاه طاهر الحسيني الدكني, romanized: Shāh Tāhir al-Husayni al-Dakkani; 1486 – 1549) and known in his lifetime by his followers as Hujjatullah was a Nizari Ismaili Imam from the Muhammad-Shahi (Mu'mini) line and an astronomer and philosopher who served as a minister of the Nizam Shahi dynasty in South India.
Imam Shah Tahir was born in Khund, a village in Gilan near the border with Qazvin, that has since been abandoned. He was the son of Imam Shah Radi ad-Din II, a descendant of the Nizaris of Alamut who claimed descent from the Fatimids of Egypt and a Nizari Ismaili Imam. During his youth, he spent time studying and teaching in Kashan. After the establishment of Safavid dynasty and its surge against mysticism, he gave up Isma'ili mysticism and joined Shah Ismail's court in early 1520 AD, but he had to leave Iran after Shah Ismail grew suspicious, making his way to India.[1] He was a student of the great 16th century astronomer, Shams al-Din al-Khafri.[2]