Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin | |
Native Name: | عبدُالطّيّب زكي الدين |
Honorific Suffix: | 29th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra |
Resting Place: | Ahmedabad, India |
Office1: | Da'i al-Mutlaq |
Term Start1: | 1622 AD (1030 AH) |
Term End1: | 1633 AD (1041 AH) |
Predecessor1: | Sheikh Adam Safiuddin |
Successor1: | Ali Shams al-Din IV |
Father: | Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah |
Mother: | Raani AaiSaheba |
Religion: | Islam |
Sect: | Isma'ili |
Subsect: | Dawoodi Bohra |
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Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin (died 2 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1041 AH/1633 AD; born 8 Safar-ul-Muzaffar 972 AH/15 September 1564 AD, Ahmedabad, India) was the 29th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra. He succeeded the 28th Dai, Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin to the religious post.
Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin was born in 1564. His father was Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah while his mother was Raani Aai Saheba binte Ali bin Jivabhai. He had two brothers: 32nd Dai Syedna Qutub Khan Qutubuddin, Miya Khan-ji and a sister called Habiba.
It was during his tenure that a dissident sect was formed called Alavi Bohras led by Ali bin Ibrahim, grandson of Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin.
Syedna Zakiuddin appointed (declared nass on) Syedna Ali Shamsuddin to be his successor.[1]
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin dedicated a new mausoleum in 1996. The inner walls are ornamented with verses of the Quran in Kufic script and inlaid with rubies.