Qiyama (Nizari Isma'ilism)

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In Nizārī Ismāʿīlism, the qiyāma (Arabic: قيامة, “resurrection”) was ceremoniously proclaimed at the mountain fortress of Alamūt in 1164 CE by the Nizārī imām Ḥasan ʿAlā Dhikrihi al-Salām (Ḥasan II). According to standard narratives of Islamic eschatology, the Yawm al-Qiyāmah (“the Day of Resurrection”) is to take place at the end of time, at which point people will be called to account for their actions, and then be rewarded or punished accordingly. The Nizārī proclamation of qiyāma, however, is distinct in that it takes place within history, and, as such, assumes a special significance.