The 27th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Ismailism according to the Sulaymanis. The Sulaymanis believed he became a Dai' as per the "Nass" of Syedna Dawood Bin Ajabshah while those who did not accept this (primarily in India and elsewhere in Arab lands) were called Dawoodi Bohras.

He was born to Hasan bin Yusuf Najmuddin ibn Sulaiman and mother Zainab binte Moosa, niece of Syedna Yusuf on the 6th of Shawwal 961 AH, 13 September 1554 AD, in Qasr-e-Sa'daan, Qila-e-Tayba of Qabeela-e-Hamadaan, the city of Sana'a in Today's north Yemen.