Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan

Syedna
Jalal Shamsuddin
25th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
جلال شمس الدّين
Mausoleum of Syedna Jalal in Ahmedabad, India
Da'i al-Mutlaq
In office
1567 AD (974 AH) – 1568 AD AD (975 AH)
Preceded byYusuf Najmuddin ibn Sulaiman
Succeeded byDawood Bin Ajabshah
Title
  • Syedna
  • Maulana
  • Da'i al-Mutlaq
  • Da'i al-Fatemi
Personal
Died16 Rabi-ul-akhir 975 AH/1568 AD
Ahmedabad, India
ReligionIslam
Parent
  • Hasan (father)
SectIsma'ili
Dawoodi Bohra
Jurisprudence

Syedna Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan[1][2][3] (died on 16 Rabi-ul-akhir 975 AH/1568 AD in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) was the 25th Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta‘lī Ismaili Islam. He was the first Ismaili Dai in India after the shift of Daawat office from Yemen to India. He succeeded the 24th Dai Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin ibn Sulaiman to the religious post.

  1. ^ [1]; The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, 1992 - History,p.303
  2. ^ [2]; Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras, By Jonah Blank; p.41
  3. ^ List of Syednas Archived July 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine