(, died 1609) was a Hadhrami religious leader who lived in the 16th century. He was descended from the scholar-saint of Tarim, Imam Abdullah al- 'Aydarus al-Akbar.Institusi Bendahara: Permata Melayu yang Hilang: Dinasti Bendahara Johor-Pahang, Othman, pg 24 "...Acheh yang berasal dari keluarga Naqib (ketua golongan Sayyid) di Hadramaut, Yaman, iaitu Sayyid Zainal Abidin bin Sayyid Abdullah Al 'Aidrus ke dalam keluarga Tun Jenal Bendahara Sekudai (putera Tun Seri Lanang) sebagai menantu telah membawa suatu era baru dalam sejarah pemerintahan keluarga bendahara Johor Lama yang merupakan pewaris kepada keluarga bendahara-bendahara Melaka." (The Naqib is one of the religious leaders of a mosque. LAWS OF MALAYSIA, Act 505, pg 12)Ahlul-bait (keluarga) Rasulullah SAW & Raja-Raja Melayu (2001), pg 192, 195The Sufi Orders in Islam (1998), pg 73John Obert Voll, Islam, Continuity and Change in the Modern World: Continuity and Change in the Modern World, pg 72Azyumardi Azra, The origins of Islamic reformism in Southeast Asia: networks of Malay-Indonesian and Middle Eastern 'Ulamā' in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pg 57M. Hasyim Assagaf, Derita putri-putri Nabi: Studi historis Kafa'ah Syarifah, pg 217, 224

Abdullah was among the earliest Hadhrami Arab settlers in Aceh, and, like many of his kinsmen who came after, he served as the Naqib "religious leader" of Aceh.The Acehnese VOL. I (1906), pg 155Nasihat-Nasihat Semasa Kepegawaiannya Kepada Pemerintah Hindia Belanda (1990), pg 1855 Sultan Alauddin Mansur Syah of the Aceh Sultanate (reigned 1577–1585) persuaded ʿAbdullah to marry his daughter, and his son Zayn al-ʿAbidin was born out of this union.Ahlul-bait (keluarga) Rasulullah SAW & Raja-Raja Melayu (2001), pg 197, ...Tun Habib adalah sebenarnya moyang Tun Habib yang bernama Abdullah Al 'Aidrus yang berkahwin dengan puteri Sultan Alauddin Mansur Syah di Acheh. b) Nama Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah III (Raja Mansur) yang tertera pada peringatan...Malaysia Kita (1991), pg 304 In his later years, he led his life in a local village, Kampung Pasir Putih, where he died of old age.Bendaharas and Temenggungs (1932), pg 58

ʿAbdullāh's son Zayn al-ʿAbidin also became a religious leader and migrated to Johor, where he married Tun Kaishi, the daughter of Tun Jenal, the Bendahara of SekudaiAhlul-bait (keluarga) Rasulullah SAW & Raja-Raja Melayu (2001), pg 180-1 and took up the Malay name of "Tun Dagang" while staying with the Bendahara's family.Ahlul-bait (keluarga) Rasulullah SAW & Raja-Raja Melayu (2001), pg 192 ...bernama Sayyid Abdullah Al-Aidrus dan terbukti pernah datang ke Acheh sebelum kembali ke tempat asalnya di Hadramaut. Jika dikaji pula pada sejarah kesultanan Acheh, tarikh kelahiran Sayyid Zainal Abidin cocok pada zaman pemerintahan Sultan Acheh yang bernama Sultan...

Genealogy His lineage stated as the following;

'Abdullah ibn Shaykh ibn Abdullah ibn Shaykh ibn Abdullah al- 'Aydarus ibn Abi Bakr al-Sakran ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf ibn Muhammad Mawla al-Dawilah ibn 'Ali ibn 'Alawi al-Ghayyur ibn Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Sahib Mirbat ibn 'Ali Khali' Qasam ibn 'Alawi ibn Muhammad ibn 'Alawi ibn 'Ubaydullah ibn Ahmad al-Muhajir ibn Isa ibn Muhammad al-Naqib ibn 'Ali al- 'Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir ibn 'Ali Zayn al- 'Abidin ibn Husayn al-Sibt ibn Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.

See also Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

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