Al-Husayn Husam al-Din

Al-Husayn Husam al-Din ibn Idris Imad al-Din (Arabic: الحسين حسام الدين بن إدريس عماد الدين‎) was the 21st Tayyibi Isma'ili Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in Yemen.

Life

He succeeded his brother al-Hasan Badr al-Din II in 1512, and held the post until his death in 1527, when he was succeeded by his son Ali Shams al-Din III.[1][2]

Towards the end of his life Moulana's health became poor and all of the affairs of D`awat were entrusted to Syedi Hasan bin Nuh. Any correspondence received from Hind, Sind or Yemen was referred to Syedi Hasan bin Nuh and he would attend to it. Syedi Hasan bin Nuh was a native of Bharuch, a town in Gujarat, India. He was a prominent trader, distinguished scholar and had trade relations in Yemen and other Arab lands. He settled in Yemen in 1498 and became student of previous dai, al-Hasan Badr al-Din II. He wrote 'Kitaab ul-Azhaar'.

Death

Syedna Husain resided in Shibam Hadramawt and is buried in Masaar, Yemen.

References

1. Qutbuddin 2018.
2. Daftary 2007, pp. 268–269.

Sources

• 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, THREE. Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32368. ISSN 1873-9830.