Syedna Mohammed Ezzuddin Bin Syedi Jivanjee (died on 19 Ramadan al-Moazzam 1236 AH/1821 AD, Surat, India) was the 44th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He succeeded the 43rd Da'i, Syedna Abde'Ali Saifuddin, to the religious post at the age of 29. He was born in 1788.
Syedna Mohammed Ezzuddin | |
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مُحَمّد عِزُّالدّين | |
 Mazar-e-Saifee, Surat, where Syedna Ezzuddin is buried. | |
| Da'i al-Mutlaq | |
| In office 1817 AD (1232 AH) – 1821 AD (1236 AH) | |
| Preceded by | Abde Ali Saifuddin |
| Succeeded by | Tayyeb Zainuddin |
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| Born | 1788 |
| Died | 19 June 1821 |
| Resting place | Mazar-e-Saifee, Surat, India |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
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| Sect | Isma'ili Dawoodi Bohra |
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- Dai period: 1232–1236 AH/1817–1821 AD
- Place of dai office: Surat, India
- Death:19 Ramadan al-Moazzam 1236
- Mazoon: Syedi SheikhAdam Safiyuddin
- Mukasir: Tayyeb Zainuddin
Family
editHis father was Syedi Jivanjee bin Shaikh Dawood bhai and his mother was Buji BaiSaheba binte Mulla Ahmed-ji. He was the brother of the Da'i who succeeded him, Syedna Tayyeb Zainuddin. Buji BaiSaheba's father was the grandson of Syedi Abdul Qadir Hakimuddin while her mother Aamena BaiSaheba was the great-grand-daughter of Syedi Hasanji Badshah, a descendant of Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed.
Accession
editSyedna Mohammed Ezzuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1232 AH/1817 AD at the age of 29.[1] His period of Dawat was 1232–1236 AH/1817–1821 AD.[2]
Death
editSyedna Mohammed Ezzuddin suffered from acute abdominal pain which had a debilitating effect. He died at the age of 33.
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [1]; Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras; By Jonah Blank, p.50
Further reading
edit- The Ismaili, their history and doctrine by Farhad Daftary (Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism- p. 300-310)