Syedna Qasim-Khan Zainuddin was the 31st Dai of the
Dawoodi Bohras
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(died on 23 Jumadil Akhir 1054/56 AH/August 25(?) 1646 CE in Ahmedabad, India). He succeeded the 30th Dai Syedna
Ali Shamsuddin to the religious post.
Life
Syedna Zainuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1056 AH/1646 AD.
His period of Dawat was 1042–1054 AH/1634–1646 AD. He served five of his predecessors.
Lineage
Syedna Qasim-Khan's ancestry is traced back to Maulaya
Abdullah
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and
Syedi Hasan Feer.
Burial
He is buried in Mazar-e-Qutbi in
Ahmedabad
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.
References
Further reading
*''The Ismaili, their history and doctrine'' by Farhad Daftary(Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism-p. 300-310)
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Ismaili da'is
Dawoodi Bohras
1646 deaths
Year of birth unknown
17th-century Ismailis
17th-century Islamic religious leaders