Ali Shams al-Din II
Ali Shams al-Din ibn Abdallah (Arabic: علي شمس الدين بن عبدالله, romanized: ʿAlī Shams al-Dīn ibn ʿAbdallāh) was the 18th Tayyibi Isma'ili Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in Yemen. He succeeded his brother al-Hasan Badr al-Din I in 1418, and held the post until his death in 1428, when he was succeeded by his nephew (al-Hasan's son) Idris Imad al-Din.[1][2]
Life[edit]
After the death of Hasan, Ali took up residence in the fortress of Dhu Marmar. But in 1426, the Zaydi imam of Sana'a, al-Mansur Ali (r. 1391–1436), captured Dhu Marmar after a siege, but allowed the Dāʿī with his family, followers, and possessions to leave the town and move to Haraz, which became the new base of the Tayyibi movement.[2] The Tayyibis also lost a number of other fortresses to the Zaydis at this time, which were later recovered by Idris Imad al-Din.[2] Ali then moved to Af'eda and then to Shibaam.
It was during his tenure that there was a major split into Sunni Bohra led by Jafar bin Khwaja, a native of Patan, Gujarat in Gujarat, India. This split caused deep anxiety and mental agony to Ali. His brother, Maad Izzuddin took him to Shareqa.
Mausoleum[edit]
Syedna Ali died in Shareqa, Yemen. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin built and completed a mausoleum of Syedna Ali in 2007.
Gallery[edit]
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Mausoleum of Ali Shams al-Din, al-Shariqa, Yemen -
Grave of Ali Shams al-Din and other missionaries, al-Shariqa, Yemen -
Entrance of the mausoleum
References[edit]
- ^ Qutbuddin 2018.
- ^ a b c Daftary 2007, p. 268.
Sources[edit]
- Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
- Qutbuddin, Tahera (2018). "Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32368. ISSN 1873-9830.