Syedna Dawood Bin Maulai Ajab Shah Burhanuddin[1] (died on 27 Rabi ul Aakhir 999 AH AH/1591 AD) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was the 26th Da'i al-Mutlaq (Absolute Missionary) of the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta‘lī Islam.

He succeeded the 25th Dai Syedna Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan to the religious post.

After acquiring elementary education in Ahmedabad, he travelled to Yemen for further studies under Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin I.

Upon returning to Ahmadabad, he served under Syedna Jalal Shamshuddin bin Hasan.

In 1574, under persecution from Mohammad bin Taher Neherwali and local governor Meer Jahan, Syedna Jalal left Ahmadabad to Vadodara.