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− al-Must ali. But the visible line of ended in ‘ Must‘ali Imams − − − 1130 AD when al-Must‘ali's son, al-‘Amir died leaving − only an infant son by the name of. The al-Tayyeb Fatimid ± − ± Caliphate continued through the new al-Hafiz who Khalifah − ± ± was the grandson of al-Musntasir. But since al-Hafiz and ± ± ± ± the other that followed him were not in direct line Khulafa − of descent from al-Must ali, the did not ‘ Must‘ali Shi‘ahs − − recognize them as their. Imams − According to the belief the infant son of Must‘ali − al-‘Amir is in hiding and is considered by them as the invisible Imam Must‘alis. The of Yemen managed to − − convert large numbers of Hindus in Gujrat, a province in Western India. These converts are known in India and Pakistan as the. Bohras (A Book of Religious Knowledge, Waheed Ahmad, 1988, pp 162-166) ± Unlike the world, where no allegiance to a religious Sunni − authority (With the exception of Ahmadis) is required other than accepting ± − the procedures of a School of Jurisprudence, must in principle Shi'ite adhere personally to a superior authority called a The Mujtahid. Mujtahids, the most important of whom are called , not only decide Ayatullahs − − religious matters of their followers, but also control considerable sums of money, because they collect a special tax called the (A "fifth ). khamas " The Larger Shi‘ah Subsects The following are the larger subsects of the : Shi ahs ‘ 1. Al-Imamiyyah 2. Al-Zaidiyyah − 3. Al-Kaisaniyyah − Al-Imamiyyah is further divided into these sects: − 1. Al-Baqiriyyah 2. Al-Nausiyyah − 3. Al-Shamitiyyah 4. Al-Amariyyah − 210