Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin
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Mohammed Burhanuddin 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra | |
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 delivering sermon during his Yemen visit in 2010
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| Born |
6 March 1915 Surat, Gujarat, British Raj |
| Died |
17 January 2014 (aged 98) Malabar Hill, Mumbai, India |
| Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
| Resting place | Raudat Tahera, Mumbai |
| Style | His Holiness |
| Term | 1965–2014 |
| Predecessor | Syedna Taher Saifuddin |
| Successor | Disputed between two claimants: Khuzaima Qutbuddin and Mufaddal Saifuddin |
| Spouse(s) | Aaisaheba Amatullah |
| Children | Mufaddal Saifuddin, Qaidjoher Ezzuddin |
| Parent(s) |
Taher Saifuddin Aaisaheba Husaina |
| Relatives |
Jafar us Sadiq Imaduddin (grand-son) Husain Saifuddin (grand-son) Taha Saifuddin (grand-son) Khuzaima (half-brother) Taher (half-nephew) |
| Awards | Star of Jordan, Padma Shri, Order of the Nile |
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Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (6 March 1915 – 17 January 2014) was the 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup within the Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He was appointed as the 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq at the age of 52 in 1967. He was the longest living Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Compared to those of his predecessor, Burhanuddin's policies were aimed at Islamization of his sect.
Burhanuddin was presented the highest national civic honors by the leaders of Egypt and Jordan. He was the first Dā'ī al-Mutlaq to visit Europe and America.
Burhanuddin was born to Taher Saifuddin and Aaisaheba Husaina Aaisaheba in Surat in the Indian state of Gujarat. He was educated by his father, Taher Saifuddin.
At the age of twelve, he survived a car accident in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where his vehicle got hung on one wheel.
The following are a list of Rasāʾil Ramaḍāniyya composed by Mohammed Burhanuddin . Each Risalah is given a title gematrically equivalent to the Hijri year of its publication:
Burhanuddin issued a dress code, calling for male Bohras to grow a beard and wear a white topi and kurta, and for females to wear a colorful two piece abaya. This Islamization countered a trend toward assimilation into the larger (Hindu-oriented) culture of their neighbors that was prevalent under his predecessor, Taher Saifuddin.
In October 1999, Burhanuddin was elected Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, a position that his father also held. He is credited with expanding the two century old Arabic university Al Jamea tus Saifiyah. In 1983, a new campus of "Al Jamea tus Saifiyah" was built in Karachi by him. He built "Burhaniyah Business Counselling Centre" in Mumbai to provide modern business solutions. He built Raudat Tahera, a mausoleum of his father Taher Saifuddin in Mumbai, India. It is unique for its kind, having the entire Quran inscribed on its inner white walls in letters of gold and with precious stones. It was inaugurated in 1975 by the erstwhile President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
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