The 27th
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 hea ...
of
Ismailism
Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor ( imām) to Ja'far al ...
according to the
Sulaymanis
The Sulaymani branch of Tayyibi Isma'ilism is an Islamic community, of which around 70,000 members reside in Yemen, while a few thousand Sulaymani Bohras can be found in India. The Sulaymanis are sometimes headed by a ''Da'i al-Mutlaq'' from ...
. His becoming a Dai' as per Nass-e-Shareef of Sayyidna,
Dawood Bin Ajabshah led to a schism with a group who did not accept him primarily in India and elsewhere in Arab lands. Those who had not accepted him were called
Dawoodi Bohras
The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. Their largest numbers reside in India, Pakistan, Yemen, East Africa, and the Middle East, with a growing presence across Europe, North America, ...
. Those who did follow him as per the policy of Nass and Tauqeef are called the
Sulaymani
The Sulaymani branch of Tayyibi Isma'ilism is an Islamic community, of which around 70,000 members reside in Yemen, while a few thousand Sulaymani Bohras can be found in India. The Sulaymanis are sometimes headed by a ''Da'i al-Mutlaq'' from ...
Isma'ilis, also referred to as Ahl-e-Haq.
He was born to Ghair munfarid Dai' Sayyidna Hasan bin Sayyidna Ad-Dai'
Yusuf Najmuddin ibn Sulaiman and mother Sayyadatina Zainab binte Moosa, a niece of Sayyidna Yusuf on the 6th of Shawwal 961 Hijri, corresponding Gregorian date, 13 September 1554 AD, in Qasr-e-Sa'daan, Qila-e-Tayba of Qabeela-e-Hamadaan, the city of Sana'a in Today's north Yemen.
At the modest age of 34 years, he was made a Dai' by 26th Dai' Sayyidna
Dawood Bin Ajabshah, by the sending of a Nass; encompassing 19 "Nass-e-Shareef" in that One Nass, dictated by his Dai' Sayyidna
Dawood Bin Ajabshah and hand-written by
Dawood Bin Qutubshah specifically, who later claimed that Sayyidna
Dawood Bin Ajabshah had made a Nass on him. Sayyidna Sulayman bin Sayyidna Hasan died after having consumed pickle in which poison was mixed by his opponents while he went to the court of Emperor
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
in the 44th year of his life, to lodge a case of usurp by his opponent Dawood Qutub, on the morning of the 25th of Shahrullah (Shehr-e-Ramadhaan) in 1005 Hijri, corresponding Gregorian date, 11 May 1597 AD, in what is now Lahore, Pakistan. His body was brought back to Ahmedabad, India from Lahore, Pakistan for burial, and he was buried 3–4 months later in Ahmadabaad
Sulayman bin Hassan in the history of the Imāmī-Tāyyībī-Mustā‘līan Makramis
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The schematic history of the development of the Ismā'īlī-Imāmī
Imāmah ( ar, إِمَامَة) means "leadership" and is a concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. According to Twelver ...
- Mustā‘lī-Makrami
The Sulaymani branch of Tayyibi Isma'ilism is an Islamic community, of which around 70,000 members reside in Yemen, while a few thousand Sulaymani Bohras can be found in India. The Sulaymanis are sometimes headed by a ''Da'i al-Mutlaq'' from th ...
s under
the authority of 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 hea ...
Sulayman bin Hassan from other Shī‘ah Muslim sects
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Tayyibi da'is