Feer Khan Shujauddin

Syedna Feer-Khan Shujauddin 33rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
فيرخان شُجاع الدّين
Mazar-e-Qutbi, Ahmedabad, where Syedna Feer-Khan is buried.
Da'i al-Mutlaq
In office 1648 AD (1056 AH) – 1657 AD (1065 AH)
Preceded by	Qutub Khan Qutbuddin
Succeeded by	Ismail Badruddin I
Title	Syedna Maulana al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq al-Dā'ī al-Ajal al-Fātimi
Personal life
Died	1657 AD (1065 AH)
Resting place	Ahmedabad, India
Children
Parent	Malak Shah (father)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Sect	Isma'ili Dawoodi Bohra
Jurisprudence	Mustaali Tayyabi

Syedna Feer-Khan Shujauddin ^[1] (died 9 Zil Qa'dah 1065 AH/1657 AD, Ahmedabad, India) was the 33rd Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Musta‘lī Islam. He succeeded the 32nd Da'i Syedna Qutubuddin Shaheed to the religious post. He became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 1056 AH ^[2] (1648 AD), and his period of Dawat was from 1056-1065 AH (1648-1657 AD).

Family

His father's name was Malak Shah. He married at the age of 17.

Life

Syedna Feer-Khan harbored great interest in acquiring knowledge from an early age. He used to attend discourses conducted by the 28th Da'i Syedna Sheikh-Adam Safiuddin.

He was imprisoned in Aurangabad by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Thereafter, he was shifted to Lahore and placed in a stable, which on the following night happened to catch fire and was totally destroyed except the dungeon, wherein Syedna was kept. He was found safe in the morning. All people held that the conflagration was due to his captivity. By an imperial order Aurangzeb was compelled to set Syedna at liberty and grant him a safe and honourable return to Ahmedabad in 1647.^[3][4]

It was during Syedna Feer-Khan Shujauddin's tenure that a dissident sect called Hujumiya was formed, led by Ahmed bin Fateh Muhammad, Yusuf bin Chand-ji and Chand Miya Abu-Ji. In 1654, Murad Bakhsh was appointed governor of Gujarat. He arrested Syedna Feer-Khan at the instigation of Ahmed. Syedna Feer-Khan was freed shortly afterwards.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Syedna Feer-Khan Shujauddin died on 9th Zil-Qa'dah 1065 AH (1657 AD) as a result of abdominal pain.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. List of Syednas Archived 2002-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. http://www.thelinksworld.com/Ahmedabad^{[permanent dead link‍]} na Doat Kiram, 33rd Dai Syedna Feer khan
4. [1]; History of Duat Mutlakin's of Ahmedabad

Shia Islam titles
Feer Khan Shujauddin Dā'ī al-Mutlaq  Died: 1657 AD (1065 AH)
Preceded by Qutub Khan Qutbuddin	33rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq 1056–1065 AH/ 1648–1657 AD	Succeeded by Ismail Badruddin I