Dawood Bin Qutubshah

Who is Dawood Bin Qutubshah?

Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah, Ahmedabad, India was the 27 th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeeded, the 26 th Dai Syedna Dawood Bin Ajabshah, to the religious post.

Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 999AH. His period of Dawat was from 999-1021 AH.

Sulayman bin Hassan was in Yemen when the 26th Dai Syedna Dawood Bin Ajabshah died; he sent a condolence message to Qutubshah, which was proof of his acknowledgement of Syedna Dawood as the rightful Dai and successor.

After a considerable period Suayman plotted against Syedna Dawood. False claims were made by Sulayman bin Hassan’s man to the prince of Akbar Shahmurad, who was governing Ahmedabad. Maulai Ali Mohammed, Maulai Shaikh Adam and other noted associates of Syedna were arrested and later released when Shah Murad came to know the truth.

At the time of Ahdi Kamal Khan, one of the darbaris of Akbar, the case was raised again. As kamal Khan was against the Dawoodi Bohra, being Fatimid,their Pious person were arrested, many Bohra looted and many fled city due to atrocity. When Akbar came to know about this he enquired about the case and punished Ahdi Kamal Khan.