Syedna Ismail Badruddin
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Syedna Ismail Badruddin Bin Molai Raj Saheb (died: 23 Jumadil akhir 1085 AH
/1676 AD), Jamnagar
, India
) was the 34 th Da'i al-Mutlaq
(Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra
sect of Musta‘lī
Islam
. He succeeded , the 33 rd Dai Syedna Feerkhan Shujauddin
Bin Ahmedji, to the religious post.
Syedna Ismail Badruddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1065 AH / 1657AD. His period of Dawat was from 1065 -1085 AH ( 1657-1676 AD). In his period Dawat office shifted from Ahmedabad
to Jamnagar
.
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...
/1676 AD), Jamnagar
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
) was the 34 th 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
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. He succeeded , the 33 rd Dai Syedna Feerkhan Shujauddin
Syedna Feerkhan Shujauddin
Syedna Feerkhan Shujauddin , Ahmedabad, India) was the 33 rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Musta‘lī Islam....
Bin Ahmedji, to the religious post.
Syedna Ismail Badruddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1065 AH / 1657AD. His period of Dawat was from 1065 -1085 AH ( 1657-1676 AD). In his period Dawat office shifted from Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
to Jamnagar
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
.