Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin (died 2 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1041 AH/1633 AD; born 8 Safar-ul-Muzaffar 972 AH/15 September 1564 AD, Ahmedabad,

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) was the 29th ''

Da'i al-Mutlaq The term Da'i al-Mutlaq ( ar, الداعي المطلق, al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq; pl. , ) literally meaning 'the absolute, or unrestricted, missionary', is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has heade ...

'' of the

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. 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 The Alavi Bohras are a Tayyibi Musta'lavi Isma'ili Shi'i Muslim community from Gujarat, India. In India, during the time of the 18th Fatimid Imam Al-Mustansir Billah around 1093 AD in Egypt, the designated learned people (''wulaat'') who ...

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 Mohammed Burhanuddin (6 March 1915 – 17 January 2014) was the 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras. He led the community for 49 years in a period of social, economic, and educational prosperity; strengthened and re-institutionalized the f ...

dedicated a new mausoleum in 1996. The inner walls are ornamented with verses of the

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Kufic Kufic script () is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It ...

script and inlaid with rubies.

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