List of Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra

Al-Malika al-Sayyida (Hurratul-Malika) was instructed and prepared by Imām Mustansir and following Imāms for the second period of satr. It was going to be on her hands that Imām Taiyab abi al-Qasim would go into seclusion, and she would institute the office of Dā'ĩ al-Mutlaq.

Syedna Zoeb bin Moosa was first to be instituted to this office, and the line of Taiyabi Dā'ĩs that began in 1132. The second da'i mutlaq, Ibrahim Al-Hamidi (1151–1162), became the real founder of the tayyibi esoteric doctrine, which he elaborated especially in his Kitab kanz Al-walad (Book of the child's treasure). The position remained in his family until 1209, when it passed to Ali ibn Muhammad of the Banu Al-Walid Al-Anf family, which held it for more than three centuries with only two interruptions. The political power of the Yemenite da'is reached a peak during the long incumbency of Idris Imad Al-Din ibn Al-Hasan, the nineteenth da'i mutlaq (1428–1468). He is also the author of a seven-volume history of the Ismaili imams, Kitab uyun Al-akhbar (Book of choice stories) and of a two-volume history of the Yemenite da'is, Kitab nuzhat Al-akhbar (Book of story and entertainment), as well as works of esoteric doctrine and religious controversy.

While the Yemenite da'is had been able to act relatively freely with the backing or protection of various rulers during the early centuries, they usually faced hostility from the Zaydi imams and in the sixteenth century suffered relentless persecution. Until the 23rd Dā'ī, the center of the dawat was in Yemen. In 1539 the twenty-third da'i mutlaq appointed an Indian, Yusuf ibn Sulayman, as his successor, evidently in recognition of the growing importance of the Indian tayyibi community. Yusuf came to reside in the Yemen, he died and was buried there.

Because of the intense persecutions against the dawat by the Zaydi rulers of Yemen, the 24th Dā'ī Yusuf designated Jalal Shamshuddin in India as his successor, and the center of the dawat then moved permanently to India. The 25th Dā'ī also died in 1567 CE, and is buried in Ahmedabad, India, the first Dā'ī to have his mausoleum in India.

After the death of Da'ud b. 'Adjabshah, the 26th da'imutlaq, in 999/1591, the succession was disputed. While in India Da'ud Burhan al-Din was established, his followers were called Dawoodi Bohra there after. The Dawoodi da'is continued to reside in India, where the great majority of their followers live. The da'wa generally was able to develop freely. Their present Dai is 53rd and his residence is now in Bombay. The largest concentration of Bohras is found in Gujarat. Outside Gujarat, Daudi Bohoras live in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya pradesh state and, in many of the big cities of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Burma, and the East Africa. In the Yemen the Daudi community is concentrated in the Haraz mountains

Up to the 23rd Dā'ī, the da'wah center was at Yemen; for India, a "Walī al-Hind" (representative/caretaker for India) was designated by the Dā'ī to run the dawat in India.

The Wali- ul -Hind were champions of the Fatimid dawat in India, who were instrumental in maintaining & propagating it on instructions of the Dā'ī at Yemen, and it is because of them that the Fatimid dawat was able to survive the persecutions in Cairo and Yemen.

Moulai Abadullah[3][4][5] was the first Walī al-Hind in the era of Imam Mustansir (427–487 AH). Abadullah (originally named Baalam Nath) and Syedi Nuruddin (originally named Roop Nath) went to Cairo, Egypt, to learn, and went to India in 467 AH. Moulai Ahmed was also their companion.

First Dā'ī Zoeb appointed Maulai Yaqoob (after the death of Abadullah), who was the second Walī al-Hind of the Fatimid dawat. Moulai Yaqoob was the first person of Indian origin to receive this honour under the Dā'ī. He was son of Moulai Bharmal, minister of Hindu Solanki King Siddhraja Jaya Singha (Anhalwara,Patan) (487–527 AH/1094–1133 CE). With Minister Moulai Tarmal, they had honoured the Fatimid dawat along with their fellow citizens on the call of Moulai Abdullah. Moulai Fakhruddin, son of Moulai Tarmal, was sent to western Rajasthan, India, and Syedi Nuruddin went to the Deccan (death: Jumadi al-Ula 11 at Don Gaum, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India).

One Dā'ī after another continued until the 23rd Dā'ī in Yemen. Persons were appointed to the position of Walī al-Hind one after another in India. A list of them is also given below along with the relevant Dā'īs.

In the generation of Moulai Yaqoob, Moulai Ishaq, Moulai Ali, Moulai Hasan fir continued one after another as Wali-ul-Hind. Moulai Hasan Fir was fifth Wali in the era of 16th Dai Abadullah (d.809 AH/1406 AD) of Yemen.

Walī -ul-Hind Moulai Jafer, Moulai Abdul Wahab, and Moulai Qasim Khan bin Hasan (11th Walī al-Hind, and who died in 950 AH/1543 CE in Ahmedabad) were last three upto 23 rd Dai. Because of the intense persecutions against the dawat by the Zaydi rulers of Yemen, it was transferred to India from Yemen when the 23rd Dā'ī Syedna Mohammed Ezzuddin designated Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin ibn Sulaiman as his successor (and, thus the 24th Dā'ī) in Sidhpur, Gujarat, India. Yusuf went to reside in the Yemen, he died and was buried there. Before his death 24th Dā'ī Yusuf designated Jalal Shamshuddin as 25th Dai in India as his successor, who was also last Walī -ul-Hind under the 24th Dā'ī Yusuf for 20 years. The center of the dawat then moved permanently to India.

Qur'anic verse 33:33 inscribed at Al-Aqmar Mosque signifying the purity of Ahl al-Bayt [and their Du'at].

Dai period: 530–546 AH/1138–1151 CE

Place: Houth, Yemen

Died: Moharram 10, 546 AH/5 May 1151 CE

Mawazeen (Associate): Khattab bin Hasan, Ebrahim bin Husain Al Hamidi

• 1st Wali al-Hind: Moulai Abdullah at Khambhat, Gujarat. Died: Moharram 1st.
• Syedi Nuruddin covered Deccan (death: Jumadi al-Ula 11 at Don Gaum, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India).
• Moulai Fakhruddin Shaheed covered Rajasthan (death Moharram 27 at Galiakot, Dungarpur, Rajasthan).
• 2nd Wali al-Hind: Moulai Yaqub bin Moulai Bharmal at Patan, Gujarat. Died: Rajab 14.

Left: Mausoleum of the first Wali al-Hind of the Isma'ili mission: Abdullah, Khambhat, Gujarat. Right: Mausoleum of Fakhr al-Din Shaheed, Galiakot, India.

Dai period: 546–557 AH/ 1151–1162 AD

Place of dai office: Bani Hamid, Yemen

Death: 16 Shabaan, 557AH

Mawazeen: Ali bin Husain bin Ahmad bin Waleed, Hatim bin Ibrahim Al Hamidi

Mukasir: Mohammad bin Taher Al Haresi

Dai period: 557–596 AH/ 1162–1199 AD

Place of dai office: Al-Hutaib, Yemen

Death: 16 Moharram, 596

Mawazeen: Mohammad bin Taher, Ali bin Mohammadinil Waleed

Dai Period: 596–605 AH/ 1199–1209 AD

Place of dai office: Sanna, Yemen

Death: 25 Zilqad, 605

Mazoon: Ali bin Mohammadinil Waleed

Family Tree of al-Walid Dawoodi Bohra Dais.

Dai period: 605–612 AH/ 1209–1216 AD

Place of dai office: Ugmur (Haraaz), Yemen

Death: 27 Shaban, 612

Mazoon: Ali bin Hanzala

(3rd Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Ishaq bin Yaqub, Patan, Gujarat.)

Dai period: 612–626 AH/ 1216–1229 AD

Place of dai office: Hamadan, Yemen

Death: 22 Rabi-ul awwal, 626

Mazoon: Ahmad bin Mubaarak

Mukasir: Husain bin Ali

Dai period: 626–627 AH/ 1229–1230 AD

Place of dai office: Hamadan, Yemen

Death: 28 Jumadil akhir, 627

Mazoon: Husain bin Ali

Mukasir: Al Qazil ajal Ahmad

Dai period: 627–667 AH/ 1230–1269 AD

Place of dai office: Sanna, Yemen

Death: 28 Safar, 667

Mawazeen: Al Qazil ajal Ahmad, Ali bin Husain

Mukasir: Syedi Mohammad bin Assad bin Mubaarak

(4th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Ali bin Ishaq, Patan, Gujarat)

Dai period: 667–682 AH/ 1269–1283 AD

Place of dai office: Sanna, Yemen

Death: 1 SAFAR, 682

Mawazeen: Syedi Husain bin Ali bin Hanzala, Ali bin Husain

Mukasir: Sheikh Assad Hatim Sanjani

Dai period: 682–686 AH/ 1283–1287 AD

Place of dai office: Sanna, Yemen

Death: 13 Zilkad, 686

Mazoon: Ibrahim bin Husain

Dai period: 686–728 AH/ 1287–1328 AD

Place of dai office: Hisne Af’ida, Yemen

Death: 10 Shawwal, 728AH/ 18 August 1378 AD

Mazoon: Mohammad bin Syedi Hatim

Dai period: 728–729 AH/ 1328–1329 AD

Place of dai office: Hamadan, Yemen

Death: 16 Juma-dil-Ula,729

Mazoon: Ali bin Ibrahim

Dai period: 729–746 AH/ 1329–1345 AD

Place of dai office: Hamadan, Yemen

Death: 18 Rajab, 746

Mazoon: Abdul Muttalib Najmuddin

Dai period: 746–755 AH/ 1345–1354 AD

Place of dai office: Zimarmar, Yemen

Death: 24 Rajab,755/ 13 August 1354 AD

Mazoon: Abbas

Dai period: 755–779 AH/ 1354–1377 AD

Place of dai office: Hamadan, Yemen

Death: 8 Shawwal,779

Mazoon: Abdullah Fakhruddin bin Ali

Dai period: 779–809 AH/ 1377–1406 AD

Place of dai office: Zimarmar, Yemen

Death: 9,Ramazan, 809/ 16 Feb, 1407AD

Mawazeen: Ali ash-Shaibani, Husain, Hasan Badruddin

Mukasir: Syedi Abdul Muttalib bin Abdullah

(5th Wali-ul-Hind: Syedi Hasan Pir bin Ali, Denmal, Gujarat)

Dai period: 809–821 AH/ 1406–1418 AD

Place of dai office: Zimarmar, Yemen

Death: 6 Shawwal, 821 AH / 5 Nov, 1418AD

Mawazeen: Syedi Abdul Muttalib Najmuddin, Al Maula Mohammad bin Idris

Mukasir: Syedi Ahmad bin Abdullah

Dai period: 821–832 AH/ 1418–1429 AD

Place of dai office: Al-Shariqa , Yemen

Death: 3 Safar 832

Mazoon: Idris Imaduddin

(6th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Adam bin Suleyman, Ahmedabad (Kankariya), Death; 13 Safar,836 AH)

Dai period: 832–872 AH/ 1429–1467 AD

Place of dai office: Shibaam, Yemen

Death: 19 Zilqad 872

Mazoon: Al Maula Masad bin Abdullah

(7th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Hasan bin Adam, Ahmedabad, Death; 28 Moharram,883 AH)

Dai period: 872–918 AH/ 1467–1512 AD

Place of dai office: Massar, Yemen

Death: 15 Shaban 918

Mazoon: Al Maula Abdullah Fakhruddin

Mukasir: Ali Shamsuddin bin Husain

Dai period: 918–933 AH/ 1512–1527 AD

Place of dai office: Massar, Yemen

Death: 10 Shawwal 933

Mazoon: Ali Shamsuddin

Mausoleum moulai Raj and Jafer, Ahmedabad

(8th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Raj bin Hasan, Death; 1 Moharram, 925 AH)

(9th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Jafer bin Raj, Ahmedabad)

(10th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Wahhab bin Firoz)

Dai period: 933–933 AH/ 1527–1527 AD

Place of dai office: Masaar, Yemen

Death: 21 Zilqad 933AH

Mazoon: Muhammad Izz al-Din I

Dai period: 933–946 AH/ 1527–1539 AD

Place of dai office: Zabeed, Yemen

Death: 27 Safar 946

Mazoon: Yusuf Najmuddin

(11th Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Sheikh Qasim bin Hasan, Ahmedabad, Death; 27th Jumadil ula, 950 AH)

Tomb: Taibah, Yemen

Dai period: 946–974 AH/ 1539–1567 AD

Place of dai office: Sidhpur, Gujarat, India

Death: 16 zilhazza 974

Mazoon: Jalal Shamsuddin

Mukasir: Maulai Miya Musaji

(Dawat moved to India) to: (the 12th and last Wali-ul-Hind: Moulai Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan

Mausoleum Yusuf Najmuddin I ibn Sulaiman, Tayba, Dai Yemen era end 1567 AD

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 974–975 AH/ 1567–1568 AD

Place of dai office; Ahmedabad, India

Death: 16 Rabi-ul-akhir 975 AH

Mazoon: Dawood bin Ajabshah

• After Dai Yusuf, the central headquarter of the Tayyibi dawa transferred from Yemen to India by his successor Jalal Shamsuddin.[7]

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 975-999 AH/ 1568-1591 AD (23 Years)

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 27 Rabi ul Aakhir 999 AH/1591 AD

Mazoon: Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah

• Separation of Sulaymani Bohras, who followed Sulayman bin Hassan as the successor and not Syedna Dawood bin Qutubshah.

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 999–1021 AH/ 1591–1612 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 15 Jumadil akhir 1021

Mawazeen: Syedi Qazi Aminshah, Syedi Aminji bin Jalal, Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin

Mukasir: Al Maula Ali Mohammad bin Firoz

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 1021–1030 AH/ 1612–1622 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 7 Rajab 1030 AH

Mazoon: Abdut-tayyeb Zakiuddin

Mukasir: Syedi Alimohammad bin Firoz

• Separation of Alavi Bohras, who followed Ali bin Ibrahim, grandson of Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin as the successor and not Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin.

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 1030–1041 AH/ 1622–1633 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 2 Rabi-ul-avval 1041 AH

Mazoon: Ali Shamsuddin

Mukasir: Kassimkhan Zainuddin

Tomb: Hisne Afidah, Yemen

Dai period: 1041–1042 AH/ 1633–1634 AD

Place of dai office: Hisne Afidah, Yemen

Death: 25 Rabi-ul-akhir 1042 AH

Mazoon: Kasimkhan Zainuddin

Tomb: Ahmedabad

Dai period: 1042–1054 AH/ 1634–1646 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 9 Shawwal 1054

Mazoon: Qutubkhan Qutbuddin

Mausoleum of Qutub Khan Qutb al-Din Shaheed, Saraspur, Ahmedabad.

Tomb: Ahmedabad

Dai period: 1054–1056 AH/ 1646–1648 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 27 Jumadil akhir 1056

Mazoon: Feerkhan Shujauddin

Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Dai period: 1056–1065 AH/ 1648–1657 AD

Place of dai office: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 9 Zilkad 1065

Mazoon: Ismail Badruddin

Mausoleum of Hasan Pir in Denmal, Gujarat. Ismail Badruddin is the first Da'i al-Mutlaq from his progeny while Mohammed Badruddin, the 46th Da'i al-Mutlaq, is the last.

Tomb: Jamnagar, India

Dai period: 1065–1085 AH/ 1657–1676 AD

Place of dai office: Jamnagar, India

Death: 23 Jumadil akhir 1085

Mawazeen: Syedi Najamkhan, Abdultaiyyeb Zakiyuddin

Mukaserin: Al Maula Abdul Waheed, Al Maula Shams Khan

Dai period: 1085–1110 AH/ 1676–1692 AD

Place of dai office: Jamnagar, India

Death:12 Zilkad 1110

Mazoon: Musa Kalimuddin

Mukasir: Al Maula Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin

Dai period: 1110–1122 AH/ 1692–1711 AD

Place of dai office: Jam Nagar, India

Death: 22 rabi ul akhir 1122

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin, Syedna Noor Mohammad Nooruddin

Mukasir: Syedi Khanji Pheer

Mazar e Noorani, mausoleum of Noor Mohammed Nooruddin in Mandvi, Gujarat.

Tomb: Mandvi, India

Dai period: 1122–1130 AH/ 1711–1719 AD

Place of dai office: Jamnagar, India

Death: 4 Rajab 1130

Mawazeen: Syedi Qasimkhan bin Syedi Hamzabhai, Syedna Ismail Badruddin bin Sheikh Adam

Mukaserin: Syedi Hakimuddin bin Bawa Mulla Khan, Syedi Esamkhan, Sheikh Dawoodbhai

Dai period: 1130–1150 AH/ 1719–1738 AD

Place of dai office: Jam Nagar, India

Death:7 Moharram 1150

Mawazeen: Syedi Kassim Khan bin Syedi Hamzabhai, Syedi Abdul Qadir Hakimuddin bin Bawa Mulla Khan

Mukasir: Syedi Shams bin Sheikh Hasan Khan

Dai period: 1150–1168 AH/ 1738–1756 AD

Place of dai office: Ujjain, India

Death: 17 Moharram 1168

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam bin Nooruddin, Syedna Hebatullah al-Moayyed fid-Deen

Mukasir: Syedi Ali bin Phirji

Mazar e Najmi in Ujjain, final resting place of Moayed Fiddeen.

Dai period: 1168–1193 AH/ 1756–1780 AD

Place of dai office: Ujjain, India

Death: 1 Shaban 1193

Mawazeen: Syedi Lukman ji bin Sheikh Dawood, Syedi Khan Bahadur, Sheikh Fazal Abdultaiyyeb, Syedi Hamza

Mukasir: Syedi Abde Musa Kalimuddin

Mausoleum of Zakiuddin in Burhanpur.

Dai period: 1193–1200 AH/ 1780–1787 AD

Tomb of Dai: Burhanpur,MP,India

Death: 4 Safar 1200

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin, Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin

Mukasir: Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin

Dai period: 1200–1213 AH/ 1787–1799 AD

Tomb of Dai: Surat,Guj,India

Death: 18 Jumadil Akhir 1213

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin, Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin

Mukaserin: Syedi Qamruddin, Sheikh Adam

Masjid e Moazzam in Surat originally built by Syd Abde Ali Saifuddin and renovated in 1990s by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin II.

Dai period: 1213–1232 AH/ 1799–1817 AD

Place of Dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death: 12 Zilkad 1232

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin, Syedna Mohammad Ezzuddin

Mukaserin: Syedi Qamruddin, Syedi Sheikh Adam

Dai period: 1232–1236 AH/ 1817–1821 AD

Place of Dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death:19 Ramadan 1236

Mazoon: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin

Mukasir: Syedna Taiyyeb Zainuddin

Dai period: 1236–1252 AH/ 1821–1836 AD

Place of Dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death: 15 Zilkad 1252

Mawazeen: Syedi Sheikh Adam Safiyuddin, Syedi Hebatullah Jamaluddin

Mukasir: Syedna Mohammed Badruddin

Dai period: 1252–1256 AH/ 1836–1840 AD

Place of Dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death: 29 Jumadil Akhir 1256

Mazoon: Syedi Hebtullah Jamaluddin

Mukasir: Syedna Abdulqadir Najmuddin

Tomb : Ujjain, India

Dai period: 1256–1302 AH/ 1840–1885 AD

Place of dai office & Tomb: Ujjain, India

Death: 26 Rajab 1302

Mawazeen: Syedi Hebtullah Jamaluddin, Syedna Abdulhusain Husamuddin

Mukaserin: Syedi Abdeali Imaduddin, Syedi Ismail Badruddin

Mausoleum of Dua'ts of Surat.

Tomb: Ahmedabad

Dai period: 1302–1308 AH/ 1885–1891 AD

Place of dai office & Tomb: Ahmedabad, India

Death: 27 Zilhaj 1308

Mazoon: Syedi Ismail Badruddin

Mukasir: Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin

Dai period: 1308–1323 AH/ 1891–1906 AD

Place of dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death: 27 Zilhaj 1323

Mazoon: Syedi Ismail Badruddin

Mukasir: Syedi Hasan Zakiuddin, Syedi Husain bs Ezzuddin

Dai period: 1323–1333 AH/ 1906–1915 AD

Place of dai office & Tomb: Surat, India

Death: 10 Rabi ul awwal 1333 AH

Mawazeen: Syedi Ismail Badruddin, Syedi Dawood Shehabuddin

Mukaserin: Syedi Ibrahim Vajihuddin, Syedi Taiyyeb Zainuddin

Raudat Tahera, Mumbai: Final resting place of Taher Saifuddin and Mohammed Burhanuddin.

Dai period: 1333–1385 AH/ 1915–1965 AD

Place of dai office & Tomb: Mumbai, India

Death: 19 Rajab, 1385 AH

Mawazeen: Syedi Dawood Shahabuddin, Syedi Fazal Qutbuddin, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin

Mukaserin: Syedi Ishaq Jamaluddin, Syedi Saleh Safiyuddin

Dai period: 1385 AH - 1435 AH /1965 AD -2014 AD

Vafaat (Death) Date: 16 Rabil Awwal 1435. 17th January 2014

Mansoos: Syedna Muffdal Saifuddin

Mukasir: Syedi Saleh bhaisaab Safiyuddin & Syedi Husain bhaisaab Husamuddin