Syedna Dhu'ayb ibn Musa | |
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ذؤيب بن موسى | |
 A page from a historicalDawoodi Bohra treatise displaying Syedna Dhu'ayb's name inArabic | |
| Da'i al-Mutlaq | |
| In office 4th May AD 1138 – 29th April AD 1151 | |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn al-Hamidi |
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| Died | 29 April 1151 CE |
| Resting place | Huth,Yemen |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Sect | Isma'ili Dawoodi Bohra |
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Dhu'ayb ibn Musa al-Wadi'i al-Hamdani (Also Zoeb, Zoaib & Zuayb;Arabic:ذؤيب بن موسى الوادعي الهمداني,romanized: Dhuʾayb ibn Mūsā al-Wādiʿī al-Hamdānī; died 29 April 1151) was the firstdāʿī al-muṭlaq, a position of spiritual authority inTayyibiIsma'ili Islam. He was appointed to the position by QueenArwa al-Sulayhi.
Dhu'ayb began his career as a member of the pro-Fatimid,Musta'lidaʿwa inYemen, and rose to become an assistant of the local chief missionary (dāʿī), Yahya ibnLamak. Shortly before his death in 1126, Ibn Lamak, after consulting theSulayhid queenArwa al-Sulayhi, chose him as his successor.[1]
In 1130, following the death of the Fatimidimam-caliphal-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Musta'li Isma'ilism was split into theHafizi andTayyibi branches, with the former acknowledging the succession of al-Amir's cousinal-Hafiz li-Din Allah, and the latter the succession of al-Amir's infant son,al-Tayyib. In Yemen, the hitherto pro-Fatimid queen Arwa sided with the Tayyibis and broke off relations withCairo, while the regional dynasties of theHamdanids and theZurayids recognized al-Hafiz's claims.[2] Until her death in 1138, Arwa effectively headed the new Tayyibidaʿwa, and came to be regarded by the Tayyibis ashujja, the living proof of the hidden (satr) imam al-Tayyib. With the support of Dhu'ayb and otherdāʿīs, the queen spent most of her final years in organizing the new sect. Sometime after 1132, she appointed Dhu'ayb asdāʿī al-muṭlaq, thus making him the head of thedaʿwa on behalf of the hidden imam.[1] This was not an easy undertaking, as the other Yemeni rulers did not adopt Tayyibi Isma'ilism, and after Arwa's death, the Tayyibis were left without a strong patron. Nevertheless, precisely due to the establishment of an independent hierarchy, separate from both the Fatimids and the Sulayhids, the Tayyibidaʿwa managed to not only survive both regimes, but also spread in the region.[3]
Asdāʿī, Dhu'ayb managed to convertal-Khattab ibn al-Hasan ibn Abi'l-Hifaz, the chieftain of theal-Hajur clan of theBanu Hamdan tribe. A skilled warrior and notable poet and theologian, al-Khattab became Dhu'ayb's principal aide, and an important asset to the Sulayhid and Tayyibi cause, until his murder by his nephews in a dispute over control of al-Hajur in 1138.[1] Al-Khattab was succeeded as chief assistant (maʾdhūn) by another Hamdanid,Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn al-Hamidi. When Dhu'ayb died in 1151, Ibrahim became the newdāʿī al-muṭlaq.[1]
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Dhu'ayb ibn Musa Died: 29 April 1151 CE, Hooth, Yemen | ||
| Preceded by New title | 1stDā'ī al-Mutlaq : 1132-1151 CE | Succeeded by |