Dawood Bin Ajabshah

Syedna Dawood Bin Maulai Ajab Shah Burhanuddin [1] (died on 27 Rabi ul Aakhir 999 AH AH/1591 AD) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was the 26th Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeeded the 25th Dai Syedna Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan to the religious post.

Part of a series on Shīa Islam
Isma'ilism
Islam portal
Grave Syedna Dawood bin Ajab Shah

Syedna Dawood became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 975 AH [2] /1539 AD. His period of Da'awat was from 975-999 AH/ 1568-1591 AD (23 Years).

As per Dawoodi and Alavi Bohra's Syedna Dawood bin Maulai Ajab Shah conferred Nass upon 27th Dai Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah, whereas Sulaymani's believe the nass was conferred upon Syedna Sulayman bin Hassan.

References
  • List of Syednas (according to Dawoodi Bohras)
  • Chronological List of Duatil Mutlaqin)
  • 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

Reference List

  1. List of Syednas Archived July 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-03-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

See also
Preceded by
Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan		 26th Dā'ī al-Mutlaq
975–999 AH/ 1568–1591 AD		 Succeeded by
Dawood Bin Qutubshah
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.