Ali Shams al-Din III

Ali Shams al-Din ibn al-Husayn Husam al-Din ^[1] (Arabic: علي شمس الدين بن الحسين حسام الدين) (died on 21 Zilqad 933 AH /1527 AD), Zabeed, Yemen, was the 22nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of Tayyibi Isma'ilism.

Life

His incumbency was among the shortest of all Dais lasting more than a month.^[2] He was the successor to the 21st Dai Syedna Husain Husamuddin to the religious post.

Syedna Ali had an amicable personality. He summoned people collectively and individually, inquiring about their well-being, giving them valuable advice and guiding towards the right part.

Burial

He is buried in Masaar, Yemen.

References

^ List of Syednas Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Gems of History.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

Sources

Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
Lathan, Young, Religion, Learning and Science
Bacharach, Joseph W. Meri, Medieval Islamic Civilisation

Preceded by al-Husayn Husam al-Din	Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism 1527 CE	Succeeded by Muhammad Izz al-Din I

[1] List of Syednas Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Gems of History.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

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