After the split between the followers of Aga Khan (Nizaris) and Bohras (Mustalians) in the year 1094 AD, we saw another split in the year 1130 AD. The Fatimid caliph Mansur al-Amir Bi Hakimi Illah died and was succeeded by his cousin al-Hafiz.
A section called the Tayyibi (all bohra sects, Sulaymani, Alevi, Dawoodi) rejected the caliphate/Imammah of al-Hafiz. According to them, the caliphate passed to Al-Amir infant son at-Tayyib.
The Tayyibi claim to the Fatimid throne has not really been proven. The infant son (at-Tayyib) of al-Amir supposedly went into seclusion upon arrival in Yemen.
There are almost no documentations stating that the 20th Fatimid Caliph, al-Amir, even had a son named Tayyib.
We don’t really know a whole lot about the 21st Imam of the Bohras (At-Tayyib). However, we do know when the story (myth to some) about him was circulated.
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