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Ismaili Mustaali Missionary. He was the companion of Maulaya Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary) and visited the Imam

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in Cairo, Egypt. He joined the Ismaili Mustaali faith under the

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, India. A da'i named Ahmad took two the Gujarati orphans ( Abdullah and Nuruddin) to

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, trained them in the Ismaili doctrine, and sent them back to Gujarat as a missionary.

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