The Ismaili on Instagram: "Stories of the Ismaili Imams: Mawlana al-Muhtadi Mawlana al-Muhtadi (peace be upon him) was the second Imam who lived in hiding after his grandfather, Mawlana Nizar (peace be upon him), was deposed from the Fatimid throne in 1094. It is likely that Imam al-Muhtadi was secretly taken from Egypt to the Persian fortress of Alamut in 1095, travelling with a qadi named Abu’l-Hasan Sa'idi. He was known by the code name al-Muhtadi, meaning “The Rightly Guided One”. Because of