Sayed Mansur Naderi
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Sayed Mansur Naderi is the leader of Afghanistan's Ismaili
Shi'a Muslim community, holding the traditional position of Sayed of Kayan based in Baghlan Province. He is a member of the parliament of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since 2005. His son Sayed Jafar Naderi
also achieved note as a leader in Baghlan, becoming a warlord and later governor of Baghlan. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan Sayed Jafar Naderi became the a member of parliament for Baghlan province, in charge of a 12,000 man private army. Many of his adherents were forced to flee to Pakistan as refugees during the war, but many returned in the year 2000.
Baghlan's Ismaili community, unlike many in the world, does not defer to the nominal leader of Ismailis worldwide, the Agha Khan, leading Naderi to be described as a "renegade local Ismaili leader".
, a heavily Shi'a (though non-Ismaili) area, while sending other family members to France. Mansoor apparently later took refuge in Uzbekistan, as he returned from there to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, in 2002.
Ismaili
' is a branch of Shia Islam. It is the second largest branch of Shia Islam, after the Twelvers...
Shi'a Muslim community, holding the traditional position of Sayed of Kayan based in Baghlan Province. He is a member of the parliament of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since 2005. His son Sayed Jafar Naderi
Sayed Jafar Naderi
Sayed Jafar Naderi Sayed Jafar Naderi Sayed Jafar Naderi (born 1965 in Kayan, Baghlan, and also known as Sayyid Nadir Shah Husayn or simply Sayyid-i Kayan is an Ismaili Afghan who formerly controlled Baghlan Province during the early 90s...
also achieved note as a leader in Baghlan, becoming a warlord and later governor of Baghlan. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan Sayed Jafar Naderi became the a member of parliament for Baghlan province, in charge of a 12,000 man private army. Many of his adherents were forced to flee to Pakistan as refugees during the war, but many returned in the year 2000.
Baghlan's Ismaili community, unlike many in the world, does not defer to the nominal leader of Ismailis worldwide, the Agha Khan, leading Naderi to be described as a "renegade local Ismaili leader".
Taliban era
During the 1990s Taliban period, Sayed Mansoor Nader and his son Jafar Naderi took refuge in Bamiyan ProvinceBamiyan Province
Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is also called Bamyan. The majority of the population are Hazaras, with 16% Sadat, 15% Tajiks, and Pashtuns and Tatars in smaller numbers...
, a heavily Shi'a (though non-Ismaili) area, while sending other family members to France. Mansoor apparently later took refuge in Uzbekistan, as he returned from there to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, in 2002.
Sources
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Afghanistan: Information on Activities of Ismailis Loyal to Sayed Kayan, 7 July 2004, AFG04002.REF, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/414ede3c4.html (accessed 28 March 2010)