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''
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Dawoodi Bohras
Dawoodi Bohra da'is
1574 births
1633 deaths
17th-century Ismailis