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+'''ARCHIVES SECTION OF [[AFRICA FEDERATION]]'''
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 '''Resource:''' https://mcusercontent.com/5496132269473a782cfb7b798/files/a77f9142-bb3e-4896-9d67-7a17dfc90993/AFED_Archives_Bulletin_Tribute_to_Muallim_Abdulrasul_Bandali_edited_3_.pdf

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-'''Remembering the Reciters of Nauhas and Marsias''' in Zanzibar during the Ashura and Arbaeen Juloos who have passed away, amongst them were: Mu’allim [[Abdulrasul Bandali]], Maalim Mohamed Jivraj, Hussein Dharsi (Taziakhana), [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mohamedhussein_Hassanali_Ahmed_(Mamsen_Khokoni) '''Mohamedhussein Ahmed (Khokoni)'''], Jafferali Chandoo, [[Ibrahim Manji Haji]], Ahmed Dungersi, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mulla_Muslim_Mohammed_Ebrahim_Jivraj '''Muslim Jivraj'''], Jaffer Mulla Hashnu, Mustafa Bhalloo, Jaffer Rajabali (Kibete), Ustad Abdallah, Ahmed Sultan Nathani, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Abdulrasul_Mohamedhussein_Rajabali_Bhalloo_(Uncle_Dachoo) '''Abdulrasul Bhalloo (Datchu)'''] –
+'''Remembering the Reciters of Nauhas and Marsias''' in Zanzibar during the Ashura and Arbaeen Juloos who have passed away, amongst them were: Mu’allim [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Abdulrasul_Bandali_(Zanzibar) '''Abdulrasul Bandali'''], Maalim Mohamed Jivraj, Hussein Dharsi (Taziakhana), [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mohamedhussein_Hassanali_Ahmed_(Mamsen_Khokoni) '''Mohamedhussein Ahmed (Khokoni)'''], Jafferali Chandoo, [[Ibrahim Manji Haji]], Ahmed Dungersi, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mulla_Muslim_Mohammed_Ebrahim_Jivraj '''Muslim Jivraj'''], Jaffer Mulla Hashnu, Mustafa Bhalloo, Jaffer Rajabali (Kibete), Ustad Abdallah, Ahmed Sultan Nathani, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Abdulrasul_Mohamedhussein_Rajabali_Bhalloo_(Uncle_Dachoo) '''Abdulrasul Bhalloo (Datchu)'''] –
 * Please remember them with Sura-e-Fateha.

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-'''Remembering the Reciters of Nauhas and Marsias''' in Zanzibar during the Ashura and Arbaeen Juloos who have passed away, amongst them were: Mu’allim Abdulrasul Bandali, Maalim Mohamed Jivraj, Hussein Dharsi (Taziakhana), Mohamedhussein Ahmed (Khokoni), Jafferali Chandoo, Ibrahim Manji Haji, Ahmed Dungersi, Muslim Jivraj, Jaffer Mulla Hashnu, Mustafa Bhalloo, Jaffer Rajabali (Kibete), Ustad Abdallah, Ahmed Sultan Nathani, Abdulrasul Bhalloo (Datchu) – Please remember them with Sura-e-Fateha.
+'''Remembering the Reciters of Nauhas and Marsias''' in Zanzibar during the Ashura and Arbaeen Juloos who have passed away, amongst them were: Mu’allim [[Abdulrasul Bandali]], Maalim Mohamed Jivraj, Hussein Dharsi (Taziakhana), [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mohamedhussein_Hassanali_Ahmed_(Mamsen_Khokoni) '''Mohamedhussein Ahmed (Khokoni)'''], Jafferali Chandoo, [[Ibrahim Manji Haji]], Ahmed Dungersi, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mulla_Muslim_Mohammed_Ebrahim_Jivraj '''Muslim Jivraj'''], Jaffer Mulla Hashnu, Mustafa Bhalloo, Jaffer Rajabali (Kibete), Ustad Abdallah, Ahmed Sultan Nathani, [http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Abdulrasul_Mohamedhussein_Rajabali_Bhalloo_(Uncle_Dachoo) '''Abdulrasul Bhalloo (Datchu)'''] –
-'''Others are:''' Yusuf H. Juma (Toronto), Murtaza Bandali (London), Gulam Jivraj (NY, USA), Mohamed G. Walji (Biremi – NY, USA), May Allah (SWT) bless them with good health, long life and strength to continue with the Azadari, Ameen.
+* Please remember them with Sura-e-Fateha.

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-==His Demise==
+==Death==
 Mu’allim passed away on 27th November 1972 in [[Dar es Salaam]]. It is not surprising that his funeral was attended by a large number of people. When a Hindu person inquired about the reason for such a large attendance in the funeral he was replied, that had Mu’allim died in Zanzibar, a considerably larger number of people would have attended his funeral. Mu’allim was quite popular among the Waswahilis, Arabs and Wangazijas.
 There is a popular phrase which says, ‘Like Father Like Son’. Today, Mu’allim’s sons Murtazabhai and Husainbhai, both in the UK, have a great following. Even though they are over 80 years & 70 years old respectively, their lilting recitation has an overwhelming effect on the listeners. Their tapes and CDs of duas, marsia and nauha that are rendered in the Zanzibar of 50s & 60s are most sought after. In fact, Murtazabhai’s recitation of Munajat of Imam Ali (a.s.) ‘Maula Ya Maula’ to this day remains unmatched and has become a prominent feature of the Ramadhan recitals.
-*We pray to the Almighty to grant them good health and long life, Ameen.
+* We pray to the Almighty to grant them good health and long life, Ameen.
-*Al Fateha for the departed soul of Mu’allim Bandali and all the Marhumeen.
+* Al Fateha for the departed soul of Mu’allim Bandali and all the Marhumeen.
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 Mu’allim and the Zanzibar Sultan Sayed Khalifa shared a special bond. Murtazabhai also vividly recalls accompanying his father to the palace on the occasion of Eid Baraza. Mu’allim was usually entrusted to organize the baraza on Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. Murtaza, then a kid, was presented with the task of placing name stickers of the invited guests on their respective chairs. Years later when Mu’allim retired, the Chief Secretary PAP Robertson hosted a party in Mu’allim’s honour at Bayt Al Ajaib acclaiming Mu'allim as a proficient and an indefatigable person. In his typical British humour, Mr. Robertson summed up his speech saying thenceforth any shortcoming in such a function meant conspicuousness of Mu’allim’s absence.
-==His Achievements==
+==Achievements & Awards==
 Mu’allim went on to receive the Coronation Medal in 1953 awarded by the British Government in recognition of his services. He was also a recipient of the Order of Brilliant Star (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Durri) by the Sultan of Zanzibar Sayyid Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa bin Harub for his sterling services to the Government.
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 •	Estimates Officer 1953-59
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 ==His Demise==

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 Mu’allim Bandali was a compassionate and caring person. He never refused or turned his back to provide assistance. He would not only volunteer to provide ghusl to the mayyit, but also recite the kalima along the way, talqeen in the grave and then followed to condole the bereaved family. He demonstrated a fine example of how to follow the teachings of Maula Ali (a.s.) in today’s world. My father had very high regard for Mu’allim. He himself was a voracious reciter of the Qur’an and every morning after opening his shop, his first task would be to recite a ‘juz’ of the Quran. I could sense the mutual respect they had for each other.
-==Early life and Career==
+==Brief Profile==
 Born in Zanzibar in 1912, Mu’allim Abdulrasul studied at the Government Central School in Zanzibar under then principal Mr. Hollingsworth. In 1931 he was awarded a Teaching Certificate and he started his career as a teacher in 1932 in Govt. School where he taught until 1937. He was then transferred to Pemba Island to teach in school where he was highly looked up to by his students. His stay there was suddenly called off as the British Government realized his expertise in mathematics and summoned him to Zanzibar to work in Debts Settlement Dept., Food Control Office and then the Economic Control Board from 1939 to 1944.
 Being a man of principles, Mu’allim was against any form of corruption. During the Second World War, he followed a strict method of stockpiling and distributing food grains and implied that ‘regardless of the status or vocation of a person, if there is a pishi of rice for a local African then the rest of us would also receive the same.’

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-==Remembering Mu’allim Bandali==
+==Legacy of Mu’allim Bandali==
 Following in the footsteps of his father Mu’allim, Murtazabhai also started reciting the Qur’an at a young age of 16. The Sauti Ya Unguja program presenter in his humorous tone would refer to the reciter as Master Murtaza Bandali. It is also worth mentioning here that among the Asians, Mu’allim Bandali and Murtazabhai were the only father & son duo to have recited Barzanji in Maulidi at Mnazi Mmoja in Zanzibar.
-Mu’allim was a devout Muslim. I grew up listening to his recitations of Dua-e-Kumail, Dua-e-Nudbah, Dua-e-Iftitah, Ziyarat-e-Waritha, Ziyarat-e-Arbaeen among numerous other recitations of A’maal especially during the month of Ramadhan. Our typical memory of Zanzibar in those days was the brilliance of Mu’allim’s duas that made the community members attend the School Fez portion (over the top of the mosque) overwhelmed with emotions.
+Mu’allim was a devout Muslim. I grew up listening to his recitations of Dua-e-Kumail, Dua-e-Nudbah, Dua-e-Iftitah, Ziyarat-e-Waritha, Ziyarat-e-Arbaeen among numerous other recitations of A’maal especially during the month of Ramadhan. Our typical memory of Zanzibar in those days was the brilliance of Mu’allim’s duas that made the community members attend the School Fez portion (over the top of the mosque) overwhelmed with emotions. On the Day of Ashura, Mu’allim would get up to call Shahzada Ali Akbar (as)’s last ‘adhan’ which would leave a moving effect on everyone who attended the Imambargha. Mu’allim also had a keen interest in reciting nauhas (eulogy). One of his particular nauha recitation that I remember was a Persian version of ‘Ay Kushtae Rahe Khuda binawaa Husayna….’ and the chants of ‘Zuljanah Akbal Minal Maidan Khali Waweila, Haye Wa Husayna .…’ when the scenes of Imam Husayn (as)’s martyrdom were enacted in the Imambargha.
 Thinking about Mu’allim, what comes to mind is Mu’allim’s majestic figure that would occasionally emerge at the ‘Sheriff Dewji Darsakhana’ which would cause a moment of pin drop silence. Mu’allim Agha Sayyid Mehdi Shushtari, under whose guidance the ‘darsa’ was conducted, would then draw everyone’s attention by requesting Mu’allim “Tafazzal Maalim” which was then followed by recitation at its best.
-Mu’allim Bandali was a compassionate and caring person. He never refused or turned his back to provide assistance. He would not only volunteer to provide ghusl to the mayyit, but also recite the kalima along the way, talqeen in the grave and then followed to condole the bereaved family. He demonstrated a fine example of how to follow the teachings of Maula Ali (a.s.) in today’s world.
+Mu’allim Bandali was a compassionate and caring person. He never refused or turned his back to provide assistance. He would not only volunteer to provide ghusl to the mayyit, but also recite the kalima along the way, talqeen in the grave and then followed to condole the bereaved family. He demonstrated a fine example of how to follow the teachings of Maula Ali (a.s.) in today’s world. My father had very high regard for Mu’allim. He himself was a voracious reciter of the Qur’an and every morning after opening his shop, his first task would be to recite a ‘juz’ of the Quran. I could sense the mutual respect they had for each other.
 ==Early life and Career==