Dawood Bin Ajabshah

Syedna Dawood Bin Maulai Ajab Shah Burhanuddin ^[1] (death: 27 Rabi ul Aakhir 999 AH AH/1591 AD ) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was the 26th Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeeded, the 25th Dai Syedna Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan to the religious post.

Syedna Dawood became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 975 AH ^[2] /1539 AD. His period of Da'awat was from 975-999 AH/ 1568-1591 AD (23 Years)

As per Dawoodi & Alavi Bohra's Syedna Dawood bin Maulai Ajab Shah conferred Nass upon 27th Dai Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah, whereas Sulaymani's believe the Nass was conferred upon Syedna Sulayman bin Hassan.

References

List of Syednas (according to Dawoodi Bohras)
Chronological List of Duatil Mutlaqin)
Daftary, Farhad, The Ismaili, Their History and Doctrine(Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism-p. 300-310)*Daftary, Farhad, The Ismaili, Their History and Doctrine(Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism-p. 300-310)
Lathan, Young, Religion, Learning and Science
Bacharach, Joseph W. Meri, Medieval Islamic Civilisation
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^ List of Syednas Archived July 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-03-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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