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Muhammad al-Taqi

'''Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il (; ), commonly known as Muhammad al-Taqi''' (), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Isma'ili Imams, succeeding his father, Ahmad al-Wafi (). Like his father, he lived primarily in Salamiyah, and Abd Allah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah, the chief missionary (), continued to serve as the hijab () for him. Known by the title (), al-Taqi is said to have prepared with his followers an encyclopedic text called the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity (). He died in 840 in Salamiyah and was succeeded by his son al-Husayn.

With the death of Ja'far al-Sadiq in 148/765, Isma'il () and Muhammad (), the gravity of persecutions of the Abbasids had considerably increased. The Isma'ili Imams were impelled to thicken their hiding, therefore, the first dawr al-satr came into force from 197/813 to 268/882, wherein the Imams were known as ''(''). The concealment ended with the establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate (). Provided by Wikipedia