Aleviler is an term used synonymously in Turkish language to characterize premodern Alid dynasties of northern Iran; the Ismaʿilis of the Pamir Mountains in Turkestan; and for followers for Alevism, a non-Ja'fari school sect of Twelver Shi'isms in Turkey.

Classification of Aleviler

Pamiri Islam

• Zaydism in Tabaristan, Daylam, and Gilan emerged under the influence of the Hasan ibn Zayd and the efforts of Hasan al-Utrush

• Ismailism in the Pamir Mountains, emerged under the influence of Nasir Khusraw, an emissary sent by Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah

  Safaviler or Kizilbashler, a ghulāt community in Turkey descended from the Safavid order

• Bektashism, a religious community in Turkey, Balkans, and Albania

• Ali-Illahism

• Ishikism, a new religious movement

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