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| denomination = [[Dawoodi Bohra|Dawoodi]] [[Taiyabi]] [[Mustaali]] [[Isma'ilism|Ismaili]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]]
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| spouse = Aaisaheba Husaina
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| children = [[Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin|Mohammed]] (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1915) [[Khuzaima Qutbuddin|Khuzaima and more. ]] (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1940)
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Syedna Taher Saifuddin
51st Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
Born(1888-08-04)4 August 1888
Surat, British Raj
Died12 November 1965(1965-11-12) (aged 77)
Matheran, India
Resting placeRaudat Tahera, Mumbai
Organization(s)Chancellor, Aligarh (1953-65)
StyleHis Holiness
Term1915–1965
PredecessorAbdullah Badruddin
SuccessorMohammed Burhanuddin, son
SpouseAaisaheba Husaina
Parent(s)Mohammad Burhanuddin
Aaisaheba Amatullah
Mausoleum 51st and 52nd Dai
Family tree linking Dawoodi Bohra Dais with noted Duats

(Note:Black borders indicate 'Noted Duats' and red borders Dais.)

Moulayi TarmalMoulayi Bharmal
Syedi FakhruddinMoulayi Yaqoob
Syedi DawoodMoulayi Ali
Syedi Hasan Feer
multiple generations
Moulayi Dawood
Syedi Shams KhanMoulayi Raj
Moulai Hasanji BadshahBawa Mulla KhanSyedi Lukman jiSyedi Khanji PheerIsmail Badruddin I(34)
Abdul Qadir HakimuddinJeeva BhaiFatema AaiAbduttayyeb Zakiuddin II(35)
multiple generations
Moulai Faijullah BhaiSyedna Ibrahim(39)Ali BhaiMaryam BaiIsmail Badruddin II(38)
Amena BaiAhmedjiAbduttayyeb Zakiuddin III(41)
multiple generationsmultiple generations
Bouji AaiYusuf Najmuddin(42)Abde Ali Saifuddin(43)
Mohammed Ezzuddin(44)Tayyeb Zainuddin(45)Maryam AaiMohammed Badruddin(46)
Abdul Husain Husamuddin(48){Abdul Qadir Najmuddin(47)Zainab AaiSakina AaiRatan Aai
Mohammed Burhanuddin(49)
Abdullah Badruddin(50)Taher Saifuddin(51)Husaina Aai
Amatullah AaiMohammed Burhanuddin(52)
Mufaddal Saifuddin(53)


Syedna Taher Saifuddin[1] (سيدنا طاهر سيف الدين, 4 August 1888 – 12 November 1965) was the 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, a section within Shia Islam. He was the son of the 49th Da'i al-Mutlaq Mohammed Burhanuddin, whose family lineage can be traced back to Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed.

During his reign, Taher Saifuddin RA adapted the modernisation in Western and European ideas, and over the course of it, he established its benefits for the Bohra community. This sets him an ideal for the mixture of modern isation, education while being rooted in the traditions and the culture of the Fatimi Heritage and his son and successor Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin and grandson and his successor Syedna Aaliqadr Mufaddal Saifuddin have continued in his path taking giant strides in the benefit of the community. ,

Early life

Saifuddin was born to Mohammed Burhanuddin and Aaisaheba Amatullah Aaisaheba on 4 August 1888 in Surat, British Raj (now in the Indian state of Gujarat).

Da'i al-Mutlaq

Taher Saifuddin name recorded at Aqsa Mosque tomb
grave seen from entrance raudat Tahera

Saifuddin became the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq in the year 1915. He rebuilt or repaired many monuments of Fatimi Imams, al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq and other prominent structures and artifacts.[2]

He was the Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University for four consecutive terms.[3][4] He was made honorary chancellor of this university, which had only few Bohra students.

Contributions to Islamic Institutions

Saifuddin contributed vast sums of money towards the refurbishment of mosques and shrines. He along with the Nizam of Hyderabad were among the few Indian Muslims to contribute towards the renovation of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem:[5] Sultan Tahir Saif al-Din is said to have come from India with one hundred and fifty of his followers...At the Jerusalem station he was welcomed by the Mufti and other Sheikhs of the Supreme Moslem Council and a number of Arab notables including Ragheb Bey Nashashibi. A troop of Arab boy scouts paraded in his honour and there were two bands from Moslem institutions...The sultan was reputed to be a man of great wealth who had made substantial contributions to the religious and political funds of the Arabs of this country.[6]

Syedna Taher Saifuddin also gifted the internal curtains which were kept in the Kaaba for decades to King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 1354AH, with whom he kept warm relations.[7]

He constructed Ghurratul Masajid (Saifee Masjid)[8][9] in Mumbai, al Mahal al Saifee[9] for pilgrims in Mecca, the Zarih of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in Najaf and Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala and Cairo,[9] the mausoleum of Qutubuddin Shaheed and Fakhruddin Shaheed.[9] He also made and donated the Kiswah of the Kaaba.[9]

Personal life

Syedna Taher Saifuddin married Aaisaheba Husaina Aaisaheba, who was also from the family of Da'i al-Mutlaq. After her death, he then married Wazeerah Aaisaheba, Fatema Aaisaheba and Amenah Aaisaheba.

He had a total of 12 sons and 8 daughters. His sons were Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Husain Husamuddin, Abdut Taiyeb Zakiyuddin, Yusuf Najmuddin, Ismail Shehabuddin, Hatim Hamiduddin, Qasim Hakimuddin, Aliasghar Kalimudddin, Shabbir Nooruddin, Abbas Fakhruddin, Khuzaima Qutbuddin and Mohammed al-Baqir Jamaluddin. His daughters were Asma Baisaheba, Maryam Baisaheba, Khadijah Baisaheba, Zahra Baisaheba, Shireen Baisaheba, Banu Baisaheba, Fatema Baisaheba and Zainab Baisaheba.[10]

Literary works

The following are a list of Rasāʾil Ramaḍāniyya composed by Taher Saifuddin . Each Risalah (epistle) is given a title gematrically equivalent to the Hijri year of its publication:[11][12]

1. Ḍawʾ nūr al-ḥaqq al-mubīn, 1335/1917.

2. Ṯamarāt ʿulūm al-hudā, 1337/1919.

3. Zahr al-riyāḍ al-azaliyya, 1338/1920.

4. Durar al-bišārāt, 1339/1921.

5. Al-Mašrab al-kawṯarī, 1340/1922.

6. Durar al-hudā al-muḍīʾa, 1341/1923.

7. Rawḍ ʿālam al-quds, 1342/1924.

8. Ġurfat ǧanna, 1343/1925.

9. Ġurrat al-ḥaqq, 1344/1926.

10. Ṯimār ǧannāt ʿadnin ṭayyiba, 1345/1927.

11. Qaṭf šaǧara ḫuldiyya, 1346/1928.

12. Zubdat burhān al-ṣidq al-wāḍiḥ, 1347/1929.

13. Ṣibġ nūr, 1348/1930.

14. Ġars al-ǧanna, 1349/1931.

15. Durar asrār āl al-Karrār, 1350/1932.

16. Nūr rawḍ al-ǧanna, 1351/1933.

17. Baḥr faḍl kabīr, 1352/1934.

18. Masarrat al-fatḥ al-mubīn, 1353/1934.

19. Al-Bāb ḥaẓīrat al-quds, 1354/1935.

20. Karāmat al-ʿuqūl al-waḍiyya, 1355/1936.

21. Ṣafḥat ʿarafāt al-maʿārif, 1356/1937.

22. Anhār riyāḍ al-ǧanna, 1357/1938.

23. Suḥub barakāt al-ḫuld, 1358/1939.

24. Ḏāt al-baraka, 1359/1940.

25. Kawṯar ḫuld, 1360/1941.

26. Rawḍat firdaws, 1361/1942.

27. Dalw Ġadīr ḥaqq, 1362/1943.

28. Mašrabat tasnīm nūr, 1363/1944.

29. Salsabīl ḥikam ġadaq, 1364/1945.

30. Surar rušd Marfūʿa, 1365/1946.

31. Ṣuwar ḥawḍ mawrūd, 1366/1947.

32. Takbīr sakīnat fatḥ mubīn, 1367/1948.

33. Falsafat fawz ʿaẓīm, 1368/1949.

34. Taḏkirat labīb, 1369/1950.

The following Risālas were each composed during the corresponding year but were posthumously published under the 52nd Dāʿī, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin:[12]

42. Amṯāl sidrat al-muntahā, 1377/1958, Bombay, n.d.

43. Rawḍat dār al-salām, 1378/1959, Mumbai, 1430/2009.

44. Tawḥīd al-milla al-bayḍāʾ, 1379/1960, Mumbai, 1431/2010.

45. Barakāt aṣḥāb al-taṭhīr, 1380/1961, Mumbai, 1432/2011.

46. Kamāl al-niʿam al-sābiġa, 1381/1962, Mumbai, 1433/2012.

47. Tasbīḥ ḏahab al-quds, 1382/1963, Mumbai, 1434/2013.

The following Risālas were each composed during the corresponding year but were posthumously published under the 53rd Dāʿī, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin:

48. Shumūs Barakāt al-Rabbāniyīn 1383/1964.[13]

49. Anhār Fūyūz al-Fātimiyyīn 1384/1965 انهار فيوض الفاطميين [14]

Death

Saifuddin died on 12th November 1965 in Matheran, Maharashtra, India.[15] His mausoleum is known as Raudat Tahera located in Mumbai, and was constructed by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hozefa Mohiyuddin, Tufatuh ale Akhbaare Hudat, Al Jamea tus Saifiyah Publication, 1995, pg. 109
  2. ^ "Sheikh al Doat al Mutlaqeen: Syedna Taher Saifuddin (R.A) - Anjuman-e-Najmi". Sfjamaat.org. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ^ (Dr. Rahat Abrar (PRO), Chancellors of AMU, www.amu.ac.in, 22 February reverted)
  4. ^ "51st Dai at Aligarh". thedawoodibohras.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ http://twocircles.net/2010apr28/indian_muslims_and_palestine_waqfs.html#.VPDXP0J3bBI
  6. ^ http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/indian-oasis-114082201282_1.html
  7. ^ http://www.arabnews.com/news/494566
  8. ^ "Saifee Masjid - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e "The Dawoodi Bohras - al-da`i al-Mutlaq". thedawoodibohras.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ^ Indorewala, Haider; Indorewala, Saifuddin; Indorewala, Shabbir (1975). سيدنا طاهر سيف الدين ني حيوة طيبة ني ايك جهلك. Anjuman e Taiyebi - Indore. p. 49.
  11. ^ ميزة مفتاح خزائن العلوم. Mumbai, India.: Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Badri Mahal.
  12. ^ a b Traboulsi, Samer (2016). "Transmission of Knowledge and Book Preservation in the Ṭayyibī Ismāʿīlī Tradition". Intellectual History of the Islamicate World – via Brill.
  13. ^ His Holiness, Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb (2015). شموس بركات الربانيين. His Holiness Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb, Badri Mahal, Mumbai, India, 1435H.
  14. ^ His Holiness, Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb (1436H). انهار فيوض الفاطميين. His Holiness Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb, Badri Mahal, Mumbai, India.
  15. ^ (Webzone, H. H. Dr Syedna Taher Saifuddin Memorial Foundation, www.matheranmemorialhall.com, 22 February reverted)

Further reading

Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra sect
Preceded by 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq
1915-1965 		Succeeded by
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