According to the same source, most Ismaili Mustalis in Yemen are Suleymanis (ibid.). Minority Rights Group International (MRG) reports that Suleymanis and Daudis emerged from a "succession dispute" among Ismaili Mustalis in the 16th century (MRG n.d.). In correspondence with the Research Directorate, the author of a book and articles on the Bohra community noted the presence of Dawoodi Bohras and Sulaimany Bohras among the Bohra community of Yemen (author 10 Dec.
Corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints.Īn article published by the Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF), a forum of research and analysis on Eurasian and global affairs (SCF n.d.), reports that " Ismailis in Yemen are mostly members of the Dawoodi (Davidian) and Sulaimani (Solomonian) sects of Mustali Ismailism that moved away from the larger Nizari Ismailis " (Strategic Culture Foundation 31 Mar. In contrast, according to National Yemen, an English Yemeni newspaper (ABYZ News Links n.d.), quoting an elderly man living in Haraz, “Bohra sect (or al- mkarma as Yemenis call them in slang language) appeared in Egypt during the Fatima era, but when the Fatima era ended they migrated from Egypt onto the rest of the Middle East and Asia until they settled in south India" (11 Feb.2014).Īccording to Scroll.in, there are 10,000 Bohras in Yemen (ibid.). An article published on Scroll.in, an Indian independent news website covering political and cultural affairs (Citizen Media Network n.d.), specifies that "the Bohras trace their roots to 12th century Yemen, when the sect was created from the Tayyebi thread of Shia Muslims" (Scroll.in 9 Apr. Sources indicate that Ismailis are a minority Shi'ite-Muslim sect in Yemen (Reuters 29 Jul. July 2015), stated that "he Bohras are part of an Ismaili minority in Yemen, that has been established for centuries" (research fellow 4 Dec. 2015) that employs over 11,100 researchers (ibid. In a interview with the Research Directorate, a research fellow specialized in Yemen, and affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research ( Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS), an interdisciplinary French public institution (CNRS 4 Dec.
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