Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin II (died on 12
Zil Qa'dah 1110 AH/1692 AD, Jamnagar, India) was the 35th
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 ...
s. He succeeded the 34th Dai
Syedna Ismail Badruddin I to the religious post. Syedna Zakiuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1085 AH/1676 AD.
His period of Dawat was 1085–1110 AH/1676–1692 AD.
He is a descendant of Moulaya Bharmal.
Life
Syedna Abduttayeb was born in 1038 AH during the tenure of the 29th Dai,
Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin I. He received elementary education from his grandfather Maulaya Raj bin Maulaya Adam. He received his higher education first from a tutor and then from a religious school. He had committed the entire
Qur'an
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to memory. His father
Syedna Ismail Badruddin I performed ''
nass'' on him when he was 28.
Syedna Abduttayeb was 47 when he assumed the office of the Dai in 1676 AD and retained
Jamnagar
Jamnagar () is a city and the headquarters of Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch, some west of the state capital, Gandhinagar. The city was the capital of Nawanagar State, Na ...
as the center of administration. He visited
Ahmedabad
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in 1090 AH to launch several religious, economic and social revival programs.
Succession
He conferred succession on his son
Syedna Musa Kalimuddin in 1091 AH.
Death
Syedna Zakiuddin died at the age of 63 due to ailing health. He is buried in the Mazar-e-Badri in
Jamnagar
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,
India
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.
References
Further reading
* ''The Ismaili, their history and doctrine'' by Farhad Daftary (Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism- p. 300-310)
* The ''Uyun al-akhbar'' is the most complete text written by an Ismaili/Tayyibi/Dawoodi 19th Dai Sayyedna Idris bin Hasan on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE period of the Fatimid caliphs al-Mustansir (d. 487/1094), the time of Musta'lian rulers including al-Musta'li (d. 495/1101) and al-Amir (d. 524/1130), and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.
Dawoodi Bohra da'is
1692 deaths
Year of birth unknown
17th-century Ismailis
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