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Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin Bin Syedna Zakiuddin (birth Date: 9th Safar 1189 H ,death: 12 Zilkad 1232 AH

Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...

/1817 AD), Surat

Surat

Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...

, India

India

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) was the 43 rd Da'i al-Mutlaq
Da'i al-Mutlaq
The term Dāʻī al-Mutlaq literally means "the absolute or unrestricted missionary". In Ismā'īlī Islām, the term dāʻī has been used to refer to important religious leaders other than the hereditary Imāms, and the Daʻwa or "Mission" is a clerical-style organisation. "The Daʻwa" was a term for the...

(Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra

Dawoodi Bohra

Dawoodi Bohra is a subsect of Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa Islām. While the Dawoodi Bohra is based in India, their belief system originates in Yemen, where it evolved from the Fatimid Caliphate and where they were persecuted due to their differences from mainstream Sunni Islam...

sect of Musta‘lī

Mustaali

The Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept Al-Musta'li as the nineteenth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...

Islam

Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

. He succeeded , the 42 nd Dai Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin

Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin

Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin Bin Syedna Zakiuddin , Surat, India) was the 42 nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeeded the 41 st Dai Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin Bin Syedna Badruddin, to the religious post.Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1200AH /1787AD...

, to the religious post.

Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1213AH 1799AD. His period of Dawat was from 1213-1232 AH ( 1799-1817 AD)(about 19 years, 4 months ).

Educational institute 'Al-Darus-Saifee'(later renamed as Al Jamea tus Saifiyah

Al Jamea tus Saifiyah

Al Jamea Tus Saifiyah is an Islamic Arabic Academy located in Surat, India. It was founded as a theological University for Dawoodi Bohras in 1814 ADby the 43rd Dai Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin and named it as ‘Daras-e-Saifee”...

) was built in the era by the 43rd dai for a sum of Rs. 65000 along with a madrasah

Madrasah

Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...

and Masjid e Moazzam. He has done extensive work in the literary field also.

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