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Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin (died 2 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1041 AH/1633 AD; born 8 Safar-ul-Muzaffar 972 AH/15 September 1564 AD, Ahmedabad, India) was the 29th '' Da'i al-Mutlaq'' of the Dawoodi Bohra. He succeeded the 28th Dai, Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin to the religious post.


Family

Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin was born in 1564. His father was
Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah (born 23 Rabi-Ul-Awwal 946 AH/8 August 1539; died 15 Jumadil Akhir 1021 AH/1612 AD, Ahmedabad, India) was the 27th ''Da'i al-Mutlaq'' (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeede ...
while his mother was Raani Aai Saheba binte Ali bin Jivabhai. He had two brothers: 32nd Dai Syedna
Qutub Khan Qutubuddin Syedna Qutub Khan Qutbuddin as-Shaheed ( ar, سيّدنا قُطب خان قُطبُ الدِّين الشهيد, lit=Qutub Khan, the Axis of Faith, the Martyred) was the 32nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra. He succeeded Kasim Khan Zainudd ...
, Miya Khan-ji and a sister called Habiba.


Life

It was during his tenure that a dissident sect was formed called Alavi Bohras led by Ali bin Ibrahim, grandson of Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin.


Succession

Syedna Zakiuddin appointed (declared ''nass'' on) Syedna Ali Shamsuddin to be his successor.


Mausoleum

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin dedicated a new mausoleum in 1996. The inner walls are ornamented with verses of the Quran in Kufic script and inlaid with rubies.


References


Further reading

*Daftary, Farhad, ''The Ismaili, Their History and Doctrine'' (Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism- p. 300-310) *Lathan, Young, ''Religion, Learning and Science'' *Bacharach, Joseph W. Meri, ''Medieval Islamic Civilisation'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Abduttayebb Zakiuddin 01 Dawoodi Bohras Dawoodi Bohra da'is 1574 births 1633 deaths 17th-century Ismailis