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The Shia Buyid Dynasty that would eventually conquer Baghdad and make the Sunni Caliph recognize them as the kings of Persia never recognized the Shia Fatimid Caliph in Cairo because the Fatimid Caliph was Nizari while the Buyids were Twelver Shia. So my question is, Could you get a Nizari dynasty rather than a Twelver dynasty to come to power in Persia during this time period? Also, what would it mean for Islam if the bulk of the Islamic world came under the control of the Nizari Ismailism?
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