Ali Shams al-Din III

Not to be confused with Ali Shams al-Din I, Ali Shams al-Din II, or Ali Shams al-Din IV.

Ali Shams al-Din ibn al-Husayn Husam al-Din (Arabic: علي شمس الدين بن الحسين حسام الدين, romanized: ʿAlī Shams al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥusayn Ḥusām al-Dīn; died 1527) was the 22nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis in 1527.

Syedna Ali Shamsuddin 22nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
علي شمس الدّين
Da'i al-Mutlaq
In office 10th Shawwal 933 AH (1527 CE) – 21st Zilqad 933 AH (1527 CE)
Preceded by	al-Husayn Husam al-Din
Succeeded by	Muhammad Izz al-Din I
Title	Syedna Maulana Da'i al-Mutlaq Da'i al-Fatemi
Personal
Died	21 Zilqad 933 AH (1527 CE)
Resting place	Masar, Yemen
Religion	Islam
Parent	al-Husayn Husam al-Din (father)
Sect	Isma'ili Dawoodi Bohra
Jurisprudence	Mustaali Tayyabi

Life

His incumbency was among the shortest of all Da'is, lasting more than a month. He was the successor to the 21st Da'i al-Husayn Husam al-Din to the religious post.

Sources

• Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
• Lathan, Young, Religion, Learning and Science
• Bacharach, Joseph W. Meri, Medieval Islamic Civilisation