e/Abba Yahiyya

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has gloss	eng: Abba Yahiyya or Abu Yahiyya leader of a sect of Alenzar (Nizariun Hagarenes) with an independent Ishmaili Sufi tradition of Herat in Afghanistan, was introduced to the west through Omar Michael Burke in his book Among the Dervishes in 1976. The traditions of Isa having lived in India are known by some thousand Nizariun devotees of Isa, son of Maryam, who live within several scattered villages in northwestern Afghanistan, centered around Herat. This has been brought out by O. M. Burke, who personally interviewed their spiritual leader, Abba Yahiyya (Father John), while researching Ishmaili Sufism in this area of the globe. . Alenzar also lived in South India and Kenya and were an inspiration for the Ansar nation of islam movement placing Mesiah over mahomed. Alenzariun are the followers of the non-hagarene Arab group who settled Medina from the 72 southist Ansar Havariun families and their Azwajrasul priesthood.
lexicalization	eng: Abba Yahiyya
instance of	c/Afghan Ismailis