A branch of Mustaʿli Ismailis. Upon the death of the 20th Imam of the Mustaʿli Ismailis, the Fatimid Caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh, the official Mustaʿli daʿwa in Cairo, along with the majority of Mustaʿlian Ismailis in both Egypt and Syria, and some Mustaʿlians in Yemen, recognised al-Āmir’s cousin, al-Ḥāfiẓ as the next Imam-Caliph. These Mustaʿli Ismailis became known initially as the Majidiyya and then as the Hafiziyya or Hafizis. The Zurayids of Aden and some of the Hamdanids of Sana’a also supported the Hafizi daʿwa. Hafizis seem to have disappeared soon after the demise of the Fatimid caliphate in 1171 CE.
