[1] According to Ismaili historiography, al-Muhtadi (the Rightly Guided) was the elder son of the 20th Nizari Imam, al-Hadi, who moved around 1094 from Egypt to Northern Persia close to the region around Alamut.

He also paid attention to the organization of the da'is and to introducing them to the core principles of the Shia Ismaili Islamic beliefs.

He also created an innovative coding system where numbers were used instead of letters, for safe internal and external communications to protect them from their enemies.

[3] The commander Kiya Buzrug Ummid laid a firm foundation of the Nizari Ismaili state as an independent territory in Persia and Syria.

[2] There is a well documented letter with the Syrian Ismaili Nizari community and published by Mustafa Ghalib in 1953 coming from the Imam al Muhtadi to his followers where he confirms that he is the grandson of Imam Nizar bin Mustansirbillah and where he also appoints Zen ibn Abi Ilfargin as the head Dai for Syria and recommended the followers to abandon hate and to live with unity and solidarity.

Its obverse side bears the name, "Muhammad bin (Kiya) Buzrug Ummid" and in the marginal legend, the name of the mint, kursi al-Daylam and the date 553 A.H. (1158 A.D.) has been clearly inscribed.

These three lines are followed by the marginal legend: amir al-mo’minin, salwat Allah alayhi wa-ala aba’ihi al-tahirin wa-abna’hi al-akramin (the blessings of God be upon him and upon his ancestors, the pure ones; and upon his descendants, the most honourable ones).