Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin II

Not to be confused with Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin I or Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin III.

Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin II (died on 12 Zil Qa'dah 1103 AH/1692 AD, Jamnagar, India) was the 35th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras. He succeeded the 34th Dai Syedna Ismail Badruddin I to the religious post. Syedna Zakiuddin became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1085 AH/1676 AD.^[1][2] His period of Dawat was 1085–1103 AH/1676–1692 AD.^[1] He is a descendant of Moulaya Bharmal.

Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin 35th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
عَبدُالطّيّب زكِيُّ الدين
Da'i al-Mutlaq
In office 1676 AD (1085 AH) – 1692 AD (1103 AH)
Preceded by	Ismail Badruddin I
Succeeded by	Musa Kalimuddin
Title	Syedna Maulana al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq al-Dā'ī al-Ajal al-Fātimi
Personal life
Born	1038 AH
Died	1103 AH
Resting place	Jamnagar, India
Children	Syedna Musa Kalimuddin Syedi Shaikh Adam Safiyuddin
Parents	Syedna Ismail Badruddin (father) Boodi Bai (mother)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Sect	Isma'ili Dawoodi Bohra
Jurisprudence	Mustaali Tayyabi

Life

Syedna Abduttayeb was born in 1038 AH during the tenure of the 29th Dai, Syedna Abduttayyeb Zakiuddin I. He received elementary education from his grandfather Maulaya Raj bin Maulaya Adam. He received his higher education first from a tutor and then from a religious school. He had committed the entire Qur'an to memory. His father Syedna Ismail Badruddin I performed nass on him when he was 28.

Syedna Abduttayeb was 47 when he assumed the office of the Dai in 1676 AD and retained Jamnagar as the center of administration. He visited Ahmedabad in 1090 AH to launch several religious, economic and social revival programs.

Succession

He conferred succession on his son Syedna Musa Kalimuddin in 1091 AH.

Death

Syedna Zakiuddin died at the age of 63 due to ailing health. He is buried in the Mazar-e-Badri in Jamnagar, India.^{[citation needed]}