Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid
Ali ibn al-Walid al-Abshami al-Qurashi | |
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| Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq | |
| In office 31 May 1209 – 21 December 1215 | |
| Preceded by | Ali ibn Hatim |
| Succeeded by | Ali ibn Hanzala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Ibrahim ibn Abi Salama ibn al-Walid al-Abshami al-Qurashi c. 1128 |
| Died | 21 December 1215 (aged 86–87) |
| Burial | Sana'a, Yemen |
| Religion | Tayyibi Isma'ilism |
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Ibrahim ibn Abi Salama ibn al-Walid al-Abshami al-Qurashi (Arabic: علي بن محمد بن الوليد القرشي; c. 1128 – 21 December 1215) was the 5th Tayyibi Isma'ili Da'i al-Mutlaq in Yemen from 1209 to his death in 1215. Descended from a noble lineage of the Quraysh, he was a noted scholar and Tayyibi theologian, and an author of several influential works on Tayyibi doctrine. Before becoming himself Da'i al-Mutlaq, he served as senior deputy to the third and fourth holders of the office. His rise to the office inaugurated a period of two and a half centuries where it would be almost monopolized by members of his own family.