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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
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) was the 29th ''Da'i al-Mutlaq
(; pl. , ) is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has headed the Tayyibi community since the occultation (Islam), seclusion of the 21st Tayyibi Imamate in Ismaili doctrine, Imam, at-Tayyib Abu'l-Q ...
'' of the Dawoodi Bohra
The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. They number approximately one million worldwide and have settled in over 40 countries around the world. The majority of the Dawoodi Bohra community re ...
. 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 while his mother was Raani Aai Saheba binte Ali bin Jivabhai. He had two brothers: 32nd Dai Syedna Qutub Khan Qutubuddin, Miya Khan-ji and a sister called Habiba.Life
It was during his tenure that a dissident sect was formed calledAlavi Bohras
The Alavi Bohras are a Tayyibi Musta'lavi Isma'ili Shi'i Muslim community from Gujarat, India. In India, during the time of the 18th Fatimid Imam Al-Mustansir Billah around 1093 AD in Egypt, the designated learned people (''wulaat'') who wer ...
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 theQuran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
in Kufic
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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