Syedi Nuruddin, an 11th-century famous saint (death: Jumadi al-Ula 11) and was the

Fatimid The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids, a dyn ...

Ismaili 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-S ...

Mustaali The Musta‘lī ( ar, مستعلي) are a branch of Isma'ilism named for their acceptance of al-Musta'li as the legitimate nineteenth Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir Billah. In contrast, the N ...

Missionary. He was the companion of Maulaya

Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary) Abdallah () was the first Isma'ili missionary () in Gujarat. He was sent from Yemen to came to Cambay (Khambat), Gujarat in India in about 1067 AD (460AH). Syedi Nuruddin was his companion who also visited Imam Al-Mustansir Billah, Egypt. He j ...

and visited the Imam

Al-Mustansir Billah Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Mustanṣir biʾllāh ( ar, أبو تميم معد المستنصر بالله‎; 2 July 1029 – 29 December 1094) was the eighth Fatimid Caliph from 1036 until 1094. He was one of the longest reigning Muslim rulers. ...

in Cairo, Egypt. He joined the

faith under the

Da'i A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam. See also * Dawah Dawah ( ar, دعوة, lit=invitation, ) is the act of inviting or calling people to embrace ...

Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi, and came back to Dongaum, Deccan, India to propagate the faith. His earlier name was Roop Nath. His mausoleum is at Don Gaon,

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, India.
Mullahs on the Mainframe, Jonah Blank, p-36-37 - 2001 The a

da'i A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam. See also * Dawah Dawah ( ar, دعوة, lit=invitation, ) is the act of inviting or calling people to embrace ...

named Ahmad took two the Gujarati orphans ( Abdullah and Nuruddin) to

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

, trained them in the

doctrine, and sent them back to Gujarat as a missionary.

References

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