Sayedna Mohammed Burhanuddin

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
Painting Portrait of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
49th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra
Remained as Da'i al-Mutlaq	15 years
Became Da'i al-Mutlaq	at the age of 52
Predecessor	Abdul Husain Husamuddin
Successor	Abdullah Badruddin
House of Da'i al-Mutlaq	Surat
Born	(1840-11-18)18 November 1840 Surat
Died	21 February 1906(1906-02-21) (aged 65) Surat
Burial	Surat
Spouse	Aaisaheba Amatulla Aaisaheba
Issue	Syedna Taher Saifuddin
Era dates 1891–1906
Father	Abdul Qadir Najmuddin

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (Arabic: محمد برھان الدین‎) born 18 November 1840 in Surat, India, was 49th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He was the son of the 47th Da'i al-Mutlaq Abdul Qadir Najmuddin, who belongs to the family lineage of Fakhruddin Shaheed. After the sad demise of the 48th Da'i al-Mutlaq Abdul Husain Husmuddin the helm of the Dawoodi Bohra sect came into his hands. He led the community out of a period of indebtedness, disorganization and lack of development within the sect.

Being the son of the 47th Da'i al-Mutlaq he had always been closely associated with the members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. For the whole part of his childhood and adolesense till the age of 40 years he served his father. He was educated by his father in all aspects of religion and the world.

He got married to Aaisaheba Amatulla Aaisaheba and settled in Surat.

After the demise of his father, he served Abdul Husain Husamuddin with the same respect and dedication that he had for his father.

After he became the 49th Da'i al-Mutlaq he devised a time bound plan to bring about a total turnaround in the prospects of the members of the Dawoodi Bohra community. In the first five years he concentrated on paying off the debts of the community. In this effort Abdullah Badruddin lent complete support which resulted in all the debts getting paid off in five years. The next five years he devoted in restructuring the organisational setup and rearranging the work procedures of the community. The next five years he worked towards development and growth of the members of the community in particular and the sect as a whole.

He remained as the Da'i al-Mutlaq till 1906. Then he did nas upon his nephew Abdullah Badruddin and died chanting "Ya Ali, Ya Ali" continuously in his last moments.

Mohammed Burhanuddin was born to Abdul Qadir Najmuddin in Surat, a city in the state of Gujarat, India, where his father stayed. He spend his childhood being raised in the family of Da'i al-Mutlaq and educated by his father. His father was a very brave and intelligent leader who steered the community through testing times, when the enemies of the Dawoodi Bohra community hatched an conspiracy among the members of the community stating that nas (the process of appointing a successor) has not been done over his father by the 46th Da'i al-Mutlaq Mohammed Badruddin. This created great chaos and confusion within the community. His father remained quiet and did not answer his enemies but concentrated on imparting education to the members of the Dawoodi Bohra such that they remain unaffected by those rumors. When asked the reason of not answering the enemies his father said that the fifth Da'i al-Mutlaq from him will answer his enemies.