Abdullah Badruddin

Syedna Abdullah Badruddin
Portrait Picture of 50th Da'i al-Mutlaq Syedna Abdullah Badruddin
50th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra sect
Remained Da'i al-Mutlaq	for 9 years 2 months 14 days
Became Da'i al-Mutlaq	at the age of 60 years
Predecessor	Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
Successor	Syedna Taher Saifuddin
House of Da'i al-Mutlaq	Surat
Born	(1846-07-18)18 July 1846 Surat
Died	25 January 1915(1915-01-25) (aged 68) Surat
Burial	Qubba Ezziya, Surat
Era dates 1906-1915
Father	Abdul Husain Husamuddin

Abdullah Badruddin (Arabic: عبدالله بدرالدين‎‎); born 11 July 1846) was an Indian born religious leader, the 50th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He was the son of Abdul Husain Husamuddin whose family lineage can be traced back to Fakhruddin Shaheed. When the 49th Da'i al-Mutlaq Mohammed Burhanuddin did nas upon him, all those people who used to say, "After Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin the sect would come to an end", could not believe their eyes.

By virtue of being the son of Abdul Husain Husamuddin he became very closely associated with his uncle 47th Da'i al-Mutlaq Abdul Qadir Najmuddin He was educated by his father in all fields of knowledge and he always remained at the service of his uncle, for the active part of his childhood and youth till the age of 39 years, helping him and also learning from him. Then he served his father for 6 years when he became the 48th Da'i al-Mutlaq. Later he also served the 49th Da'i al-Mutlaq Mohammed Burhanuddin for 15 years with great dedication and responsibility.

He was awarded with greatest honor of becoming the 50th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. In 1915 he conferred nas upon Taher Saifuddin and died later in the year.

Abdulla Badruddin was the son of Abdul Husain Husamuddin. He was born in Surat, a city in the state of Gujarat, India. His brothers were Syedi Abdeali Moyyuddin and Sheikhadam Zaiuddin. His childhood was greatly influenced by the Dawoodi Bohra culture, traditions and principles being brought up in a family of Da'i al-Mutlaq. He was educated by his father and while teaching his father soon realised that he was very interested in learning and also was a voracious reader. He haf committed to memory the book Daim ul Islam (Pillars of Islam), which contains the rules of how to perform the various tenents of Islam. He had memorized the book in such a manner that he could quote any reference from the book with great accuracy.

Abdul Qadir Najmuddin and his father also taught him and his brother Syedi Abdeali Moiyuddin that knowledge which they had acquired from Syedi Abdeali Imaduddin and both brothers later imparted the same to the 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq Taher Saifuddin. Thus the knowledge imparted by the 43rd Da'i al-Mutlaq Abdeali Saifuddin traveled a time gap of a hundred years and reached its rightful person, without being disrupted by the learned enemies of Dawoodi Bohra sect.