Syedi Nuruddin

Syedi Nuruddin, an 11th-century famous saint (death: Jumadi al-Ula 11) and was the Fatimid Ismaili Mustaali Missionary. He was companion of Maulaya Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary) and visited the Imam Al-Mustansir Billah in Cairo, Egypt. He joined the Ismaili Mustaali faith under the Fatimid Da'i Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi, and came back to Dongaum, Deccan, India to propagate the faith. His earlier name was Roop Nath.[1] His mausoleum[2][3] is at Don Gaon, Maharashtra, India.[4][5]

According to a legend, a da'i named Ahmad took two the Gujarati orphans (Abdullah and Nuruddin) to Cairo, trained them in the Ismaili doctrine, and sent them back to Gujarat as missionary. [6]

References

1. 12.0 The Fatimid Da'i Al-Mu'ayyad: His Life, by: Dr. Abbas Hamdani, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (U.S.A.): "The spread of the Da'wa in Deccan and its origin in al-Mu'ayyad is mentioned by Khwaj b. Malik in his Majmu' (p. 1 3) as follows:' In the district of Deccan there is a village called Daham Gam. Iman (faith) spread in this district from this village, just as in Gujarat it spread from Cambay. In this village there were two men who acquired knowledge, then proceeded from India, in the time of al-Mustansir billah, to Egypt and joined the Isma'ili faith at the bidding of Sayyidna al-Mu'ayyad from whom they acquired much knowledge. Their names were (Ba)Lam Nath(known as Moulai Abadullah) and Rup Nath (later called Mawla'i Nurad-Din). Both of them returned from Egypt to their native village, (Khambat(Cam Bay, and) Daham Gam(near Aurangabad), where their tombs still exist near Aurangabad."
2. , Dargah Don Gaon
3. dongaondargha, wiki/dongaondargha
4. , A Comprehensive History of India: pt.2 No special title,
5. ; Mullahs on the Mainframe, Jonah Blank, p-36-37 - 2001
6. Jonah Blank 2001, p. 37. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJonah_Blank2001 (help)