• A da'i (Arabic: داعي, romanized: dāʿī, lit. 'inviter, caller', [ˈdæːʕi(ː)]) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam...
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    Da'i al-Mutlaq (Arabic: داعي المطلق, romanized: Dā'ī al-Mutlaq, lit. 'absolute, unrestricted, or missionary'; pl. دعاة مطلقون, Du'āt Mutlaqin) is the most...
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    death of Imām Al-Amir, al-Malika al-Sayyida (Hurratul-Malika) instituted the Da'i al-Mutlaq to run the da'wah from Yemen in the name of Imām Taiyab abi al-Qasim...
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  • Warring States period in Chinese history Da'i al-Mutlaq, or Da'i, a type of religious leader in Islam Da'i, person engaging in Dawah, the act of inviting...
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    term Da'i al-Mutlaq (Arabic: الداعي المطلق, romanized: al-dāʿī al-muṭlaq) literally means "the absolute or unrestricted missionary". This da'i was the...
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    Da'i Bachtiar (born 25 January 1950) is an Indonesian police officer who was Chief of the Indonesian National Police from November 2001 to July 2005. On...
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    appointment in the succession of the representative of the Imam us Satr or Da’i in Ahmedabad between 1422 and 1640 AD. Two major splits during this period...
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  • Da'i al-Mutlaq, who acted on his behalf. The Da'i al-Mutlaq had now been given absolute authority and made independent from political activity. Da'i al-Mutlaq...
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  • Da'i al-Mutlaq from the Makrami family. It is not correct to assume that this branch is always headed by someone from the Makrami family, as the Da'i...
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  • Ad-Da'i Yusuf (died September 12, 1012) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who ruled for two highly turbulent terms (977–999, 1002–1012). Yusuf bin...
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    Zoeb bin Musa as the first Da'i al-Mutlaq. Succession to the office of al-Da'i al-Mutlaq happens through nass, whereby each Da'i appoints a successor in...
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  • بَدرُالدين); born 11 July 1846) was an Indian-born religious leader, and the 50th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He was the son of Syedna AbdulHusain...
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  • Imām – the descendants of Nizar Dā'ī ad-Du'āt – Chief Da'i Dā'ī kabīr – Superior Da'i, Great Da'i Dā'ī – Ordinary Da'i, Da'i Rafīq – Companion Lāṣiq. Lasiqs...
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    ibn al-Husain in 1227, serving as chief da'i until 1239. Taj ad-Din Abu'l-Futūh ibn Muhammad was chief da'i in Syria in 1239, succeeding Sirāj ad-Din...
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    Al-Daie (redirect from Al-Da'i)
    Al-Daie (Arabic: الداعي) is a monthly Arabic magazine that began as a biweekly newspaper in 1976, succeeding Da'watul Haq from Darul Uloom Deoband. It...
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  • India – 21 February 1906), 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...
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  • broke off from the mainstream Dawoodi Bohra after the death of the 46th Da'i al-Mutlaq, under the leadership of Maulana Abdul Hussain Jivaji in 1890....
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  • after death Dā'ī kabīr (داعي كبير) – "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i" Dā'ī (داعي, literally "missionary", plural du'āt) – "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i". Always acting...
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    Islamic State (redirect from DĀʻiSh)
    The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational...
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  • Bagh Dai (redirect from Bagh Da'i)
    Bagh Dai (Persian: باغ دايي) may refer to: Bagh Dai-ye Olya Bagh Dai-ye Sofla This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations...
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  • to this way include the Dalai Lama, the Menri Trizin, among others; the Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras is one example of a Muslim leader styled...
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  • Da’i Anjudani (died c. 15th century CE) was a Nizari Ismaili poet who hailed from Anjudan, and lived in the time of the Ismaili Imam Mustansir b’illah...
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    the foundation of the Fatimid state was realized under the leadership of da'i (missionary) Abu Abdallah, whose conquest of Aghlabid Ifriqiya with the help...
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    (Arabic: حاتم زکي الدین) (born 10 September 1959), is the 45th Saiyedna and Da'i al-Mutlaq of Alavi Bohras and Naa'ib (نائب) representative, vicar, legatee...
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    Abdallah (Arabic: عبدالله) was the first Isma'ili missionary (da'i) in Gujarat. He was sent from Yemen to Cambay (Khambat), Gujarat in India in about 1067...
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  • was the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community. After he died in 2014 Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin succeeded him, as the 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of...
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  • al-Da'i (Arabic: بهرام الداعي, "Bahram the da'i [missionary]") or Bahram of Astarabad was a 12th-century Persian Nizari Ismaili who was the Chief Da'i and...
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  • (دَعْوات) or daʿawāt (دَعَوات). Preachers who engage in dawah are known as da'i. Daʿwah [ˈdæʕwæh] literally means "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation"...
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    1236 AH/1821 AD, Surat, India) was the 44th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He succeeded the 43rd Da'i, Syedna Abde'Ali Saifuddin, to the religious...
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    (13 August 1779 AD)) was the 40th Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. He succeeded his father, the 39th Dā'ī al-Mutlaq, Syedna Ibrahim Wajihuddin...
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