Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin II: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox religious biography

| native_name        = عَبدُالطّيّب زكِيُّ الدين

| honorific_prefix  = {{smallcaps|Syedna}}

| title              = {{hlist |Syedna |Maulana |al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq |al-Dā'ī al-Ajal al-Fātimi}}

| jurisprudence      = {{hlist|[[Mustaali]] |[[Tayyabi]]}}

'''Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin II''' (died on 12 [[Zil Qa'dah]] 1110 AH/1692 AD, Jamnagar, India) was the 35th [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] of the [[Dawoodi Bohra]]s. He succeeded the 34th Dai [[Ismail Badruddin I|Syedna Ismail Badruddin I]] to the religious post. Syedna Zakiuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1085 AH/1676 AD.{{r|gems}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumineen.org/archive/awliya/duat-mutlaqeen-as/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721220952/http://www.mumineen.org/archive/awliya/duat-mutlaqeen-as/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> His period of Dawat was 1085–1110 AH/1676–1692 AD.<ref name=gems>{{Cite book |title=Gems of History: A Brief History of Doat Mutlaqeen |url=https://gemsofhistory.com|last1=Mamujee Hassanally |first1=Yusuf |year=2017 |publisher=Alvazaratus Saifiyah |location=Colombo }}</ref> He is a descendant of Moulaya Bharmal.

Syedna Abduttayeb was born in 1038 AH during the tenure of the 29th Dai, [[Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin|Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin I]]. He received elementary education from his grandfather Maulaya Raj bin Maulaya Adam. He received his higher education first from a tutor and then from a religious school. He had committed the entire [[Quran|Qur'an]] to memory. His father [[Ismail Badruddin I|Syedna Ismail Badruddin I]] performed ''[[Nass (Islam)|nass]]'' on him when he was 28.

Syedna Abduttayeb was 47 when he assumed the office of the Dai in 1676 AD and retained [[Jamnagar]] as the center of administration. He visited [[Ahmedabad]] in 1090 AH to launch several religious, economic and social revival programs.

He conferred succession on his son [[Musa Kalimuddin|Syedna Musa Kalimuddin]] in 1091 AH.

Syedna Zakiuddin died at the age of 63 due to ailing health. He is buried in the Mazar-e-Badri in [[Jamnagar]], [[India]].{{cn|date=June 2022}}

* The ''Uyun al-akhbar'' is the most complete text written by an Ismaili/Tayyibi/Dawoodi 19th Dai Sayyedna Idris bin Hasan on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE period of the Fatimid caliphs al-Mustansir (d. 487/1094), the time of Musta'lian rulers including al-Musta'li (d. 495/1101) and al-Amir (d. 524/1130), and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.