Syedna Mohammed 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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6 March 1912 Surat, Gujarat, British Raj |
| Died | 17 January 2014 (aged 101) 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 |
Khuzaima (half-brother) Taher (half-nephew) |
| Awards | Star of Jordan, Order of the Nile |
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Mohammed Burhanuddin (Arabic: سیدنا محمد برھان الدین; 6 March 1912 – 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. At the age of twelve, he survived a car accident in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where his vehicle got hung on one wheel. He was educated by his father, Taher Saifuddin.
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:
1. 1385H - Hikmat al-Ghaybah al-Haqiqiyyah (حكمة الغيبة الحقيقية)
2. 1385H - Isteftah Zubad al-Ma'arif (استفتاح زبد المعارف)
3. 1386H - Fuyoodhaat al-Jannah (Arabic: فيوضات الجنة)
4. 1387H - Salaam Nadhrah al-Na'eem (سلام نضرة النعيم)
5. 1388H - Zaat al-Noor (ذات النور)
6. 1389H - Zuhoor Majd al-Fatimiyeen (ظهور مجد الفاطميين)
7. 1390H - Barakah Sibghah Allah (بركة صبغة الله)
The following Risālas were each composed during the corresponding year but were posthumously published under the 53rd Dāʿī, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin:
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