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 dyna ...

Ismaili

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 caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir Billah. In contrast, the Nizari—the other l ...

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 jo ...

and visited the Imam Al-Mustansir Billah in Cairo, Egypt. He joined the Ismaili

faith under the

Da'i

Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi Al-Mu'ayyad fid-din Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. Abi 'Imran Musa b. Da'ud ash-Shirazi (c. 1000 CE/390 AH – 1078 CE/470 AH) was an 11th-century Isma'ili scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin. He served the Fatimid C ...

, and came back to Dongaum, Deccan, India to propagate the faith. His earlier name was Roop Nath. His mausoleum is at Don Gaon, Maharashtra, India.
Mullahs on the Mainframe, Jonah Blank, p-36-37 - 2001 The a da'i named Ahmad took two the Gujarati orphans (

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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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