of Iran. Ismaili The Imamate in Nizārī Ismā'īlī doctrine (Arabic: إمامة) is a concept in Nizari Isma'ilism which defines the political, religious and spiritual dimensions of authority concerning Islamic leadership over the nation of believers. The primary function of the Imamate is to establish an institution between an Imam who is present and living in the world and his following whereby each is granted rights and responsibilities. See also Imamate in Nizari doctrine for further information. The term Dāʻī al-Mutlaq () literally means "the absolute or unrestricted missionary". In Ismā'īlī Islām, the term dāʻī has been used to refer to important religious leaders other than the hereditary Imāms and the Daʻwa or "Mission" is a clerical-style organization. "The Daʻwa" was a term for the Ismā'īlī faith itself from early on. The Dāʻīs are also called Syednas. See Musta'li and Taiyabi for further information. List of Dai of Dawoodi Bohra Contemporary scholars Afghanistan Ali Mohaqiq Nasab Asif Mohseni Muhammad al-Fayadh Mohaqiq Kabuli Azerbaijan Allahshukur Pashazadeh Bahrain Abdul Amir al-Jamri Ali Salman Isa Qassim India Ali Naqi Naqvi Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati Aga Syed Yusuf Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi Syed Hamidul Hasan Hasan Naqvi Syed Kalbe Hussain Kalbe Jawad Mirza Mohammed Athar Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah Sheikh Mussa Shariefi Aga Syed Mustafa Moosavi Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi Syed Saif Abbas Naqvi Syed Zafrul Hasan Rizvi Zeeshan Haider Jawadi Iran Abbas Ali Akhtari Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani Abbas-Ali Soleimani Abbas Amirifar Abbas Hosseini Kashani Abbas Ka'bi Abbas Mahfouzi Abbas Almohri Mohammad Montazeri Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh Abbas Tabrizian Abbas Vaez-Tabasi Abdul Fattah Nawab Abdol Hossein Dastgheib Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi Abdol Javad Alamolhoda Abdul Karim Farhani Abdolkarim Hasheminejad Abdul Karim Haghshenas Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari Abdollah Javadi-Amoli Abdullah Musawi Shirazi Abdollah Nouri Abdul-Majid al-Khoei Abdolmoghim Nasehi Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard Abdul-Nabi Namazi Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi Abulhassan Navab Abolghasem Khazali Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi Ahmad Alamolhoda Ahmad Azari Qomi Ahmad Beheshti Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani Ahmad Jannati Ahmad Khatami Ahmad Khomeini Ahmad Khonsari Ahmad Marvi Ahmad Mazani Ahmad Moballeghi Ahmad Mohseni Garakani Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani Ahmad Ghabel Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi Ahmad Salek Ahmad Vaezi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Akbar al-Modarresi Ali Meshkini Ali-Akbar Hosseini Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur Ali Akbar Ghoreishi Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri Ali Akbar Rashad Ali al-Sabziwari Seyed Ali Asghar Dastgheib