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A voice from India being an appeal to the British Legislature by Khojhas of Bombay

A.S.Hashim: Madrasa course in Maryland, USA Aaqa Haiderbadi (Sayyed, issue of 2 Jamats in Zanzibar) Aasu Gangji Aayn Gayn Haji (Ala ud Din Gulam Husain Haji. The editor of Rafiqul Mumeneen in Talaja) Abbas Bandali..Ummul Masaib Nawha Abbas Haider Lalji Nawhakhwan Abbas Ismail Abbas Jaffer: Conversion to Shi‘ism in East Africa Abbas Lakha Abdalla Datoo Hirjee : The first Ithna-asheri to settle in Mombasa was Abdalla Datoo Hirjee. Abdul Aziz Sachedina Abdul Husain Marashi Tustari (father in law of Husain Shusthari (father of Agha Ridha Shushtari) Sayyed Abdulhusein…first resident aalim in Zanzibar who was sent by agha e Yazdi and Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani from Iraq. Abdulla Saleh Sachedina…Mulla Qadar’s student went Zanzibar to preach Shiism Abdullabhai Mawaji..first Hon Secretary of Mumbai Jamat Abdullahbhai Lalji..got injured from Ismailis in protecting the Masjid being constructed in Palagali Abul Hasan Isfahani: Khoja Taqlid Abul Husain, Iranian merchant who purchases Arambagh in Mumbai by the request of Ayatullah Abul Qasim Najafi Abul Qasim Najafi Ayatullah Academy for learning Islam (ALI) Adelji Dhanji Kaba ADEN JAMAAT Africa Federation Afshin Rattansi: Author and Journalist Aftab A Rizvi Afzal sumar Aga Khan Aga Khan (An appeal to Aga Khan Pg 45) Ahmad ali… muballig in east Africa Ahmad Habib Ibrahim Ahmad Hasam Ahmad Madadi (Ayatullah) Ahmed Habib: Father of Habib Ibrahim Ahmedbad Akbar Ali (Dr) Akbar Ali Bhai Petha: He was motivating others to write history of Khojas. Akbar Shah Akbar Tejani (Musawwir) Akbarali Hasanlai Mirza Bhavnagar ma Gujrati Majlis padta hata Akber Ali Mawji Akberali A. Khatau: Akram Majedi Al Islam 1000 page book rebuttal against Ibrahim Varteji Vedic Islam by Adelji Dhanji Kaba Al Itrah (TV) Al Mahdi Centre Al Mahdi Institute Al Mahdi School (Bhavnagar) Al Muntazir school (Dar) Aladeen Adelji Dhanji Kaba.......son of Adelji Dhanji Kaba, Good luck guest house, Amreli Alamdar ..magazine Alarakhia Sumar (Mukhi) Alarakhia Valji…...................shaheed… student of Mulla Qadar Ali Bhai Jan Ali deena Ali Din Gulam Husain… student of Mulla Qadar Ali Husain Hasan Ali..Nawha Khan Pakistan Ali Husain Lakhani…AIM Ali Naqvi Ali Nathoo. He served as the President of Khoja Shia Ithna-asheri Kuwwatul Islam Jamaat Zanzibar for 28 years Ali Raza T Lakhani Ali Shroff Ali Solomon Khan-Son of Agha Khan 3rd, father of the present Aga Khan no 49, third husband of Rita Hayworth Aliakbar Mohamed Raza Shroff Aliraza Nanji of Nairobi Aliraza Rajani Allidina Visram Altaf Hussain Amanullah Hemani: In 1985, He proposed to write a Khoja History Ameen Sayani (Sunni Khoja): Radio anchor Amena (Maulla Bibi Amena) Fufi of Agha Ridha Shustari’s father and daughter of Sayyed Husain Shustari Amine Nassor Amirs of Talpur helped Aga Khan 1st when he arrived in India Amirullah Khan Ammar Nakshwani Amreli An account of the Khoja Sunnat Jamat, Bombay published in 1969 in Karachi: Oxford Book House An Outline History of Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri in Eastern Africa Ancestors Day Ansar Naqvi Antananarivo Anver Rajpar Anwar al Bayan tafsir Anwar Dharamsi Anwarali R Dharamsi Araki (Ayatullah) Arif Abdul Husain Arif Rizvi Armenian Merchants and Khojas Arusha Arusha conference: 1958 Asad Virani..WF India Office Asgar Moledina Ashraf Ali Hydari Asif Mehrali..Instructor for Madina Arabic course Asliyat e Khoja: Book by Master Hashim Bogha (1863-1912). His book Asliat-i Khoja (Origin of the Khojas) published few months before his death in 1912. It was in response to the “Khoja Kom’ni Tawarikh” (1912) by Edlji Dhanji Kaba. Assassins Aunali K. Khalfan Aunali Salemohamed Australia, Avtar Azadari in Jamatkhana..VazirAli F Vazir advocate pg 16 Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani: He along with Agha e Yazdi sent the first resident aalim to Zanzibar from Iraq

Bab Madina Summer Courses Bagamoyo, Bage Firdaus (Magazine) Bage Najat Bahadur Dalal Bahaish Merchant: A documentary on the Suuni Khojas Bahar e Majalis Magazine….Jalal Miskin Shah Bam Barabhai (Baharbhai) Barabhai Khojas are Sunni Khojas Bashir Damji Bawa Nazar Ali Karimdad Bead Bai Berlin wall: When the two jamats were reunited on 28 October 1966 under the famous slogan “ek bano nek bano” (be one and good), the wall between the two cemeteries (known then as the “Berlin Wall”), was finally brought. The “Berlin Wall” brought down by representatives of the two jamats: Abdulhussein Dharamsi Khatau and Sadak Jivraj Meghji Bhavnagar Bibi Sarcar Mata Salamat: Mother of 1st Aga Khan: The Aga Khan, in order to overcome this opposition, sent to Bombay as his agent, Mirza Abul Kassim, who was accompanied by the Aga Khan's mother, Bibi Sarcar Mata Salamat (1744-1832) in 1245/1829. Bilal Mission Bombay Samachar Bombay: The first Jamat Bujumbura Bundally pariani (treasure who was killed by followers of Aga Khan because who knew mal practices of money…An appeal Pg 69) Burket Walji Burundi Bustani (Hayderi) vs Kuwwatul Islam (Husaini): Two jamatas of Mombasa Bustani (Mosque Imambara): Mombasa (Now Hayderi Masjid)

Caravan e Zuwwar Carissa Hickling: Disinheriting Daughters Applying Hindu Laws of Inheritance to the Khoja Muslim Community in Western India from 1847 to 1937 Cassum Ismail:He was killed with Noor Muhammad Amersey by Aga Khan follower Chacha Piryani Chandraki an appeal pg 94 Charat… an appeal pg 94 Charles Napier (he used to pay 2000 Pounds to Agha Khan per year) Chatta.. an appeal pg 94 Chirag e Hidayat ..Mulla Qadar’s book Chittilesso (Walji Ramji): Walji Ramji a leading Ithna-Asheri piece-cloth merchant of Lamu. He arrived on the island in 1885 along with his brothers Molu Ramji and Damji Ramji. The three brothers built up a flourishing business retailing and wholesaling cotton cloth. When they were tired of sitting in their shops they used to go door to door to make deliveries. They became famous under the name “chittilesso”, a name which is still remembered by old residents of Lamu to this day. (Chit is the Gujarati word for cotton and lesso is a type of cloth wrap around worn by Swahili women) Chungani COEJ Communal discord in Lamu for decade after Jafer Dewji’s departure from Lamu towards Mombasa Comore Conseil Régional Des Khojas Shia Ithna- Asheri Jamates De L.Océan Indien (CROI) Conversion to Shi‘ism in East Africa Council of Gujarat CPD Crisis of Uganda CROI Cynthia Salvadoru

Dai Damascus (IIPS) Dar al Tabligh Dar al Zahra Dar es salaam Dargah Party Mahuva Jamat Das Avtar Das Avtar..book Dasond Dasondi khoja (Those who pay Dasonds) Dastan Daya Kanji: Daya Mahomad Dewji Jamal & Co (1870) in Lamu, chief port of Kenya Dewji Jamal..student of Mulla Qadar.. Haji Dewji Jamal first came to Zanzibar from India in 1860 and soon settled on the Island of Zanzibar.. Haji Dewji Jamal was one of the founders of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community in Zanzibar in 1881. Dhalla Dr. Micro Biologist (Sunni Khoja?) Dharam (Voluntary gift)…an appeal pg 93 Dharamsi Khatau Dharamsi Khatau & Co Dharamsi Khatau: In 1900 Dharamsi Khatau, Jivraj Khatau and Walji Bhanji bought land along present day Haileselassie Rd for use as a cemetery. Three years later in 1903, Dharamsi Khatau, Jivraj Khatau and Jivraj Meghji bought land along Old Killindini Rd and a fund was established to build a new mosque-imambara. Dharamsi Punja Dhows: Walji Ramji was known as “chittilesso” and he was a big piece cloth merchant. He used to own a number of dhows. I remember “Sadat el- Khayr”; “Kheya” which disappeared while sailing from Lamu to Mombasa and “Violet” which also disappeared even though many inquiries into its whereabouts were made. The three brothers Hassan Walji, Rhemtulla Walji and Hirji Walji were into importing grain and taking cargo to Mombasa, Tanga and Dar-es-Salaam. Hassan Walji had dhows as well. I remember “Madina”, “Munawer” and “Rangoon”. Mulla Nanji Bhanji’s dhow was “Ruman”. Dhurumsey Poonjabhoy …adherent of Aga Khan Diamond Rttansi Dossa Ladak Dubai Jamat Durban I remember Daya Kanji. He had a big shop in Lamu and was also into bringing cargo from Mombasa and shipping boriti and copra. Daya Kanji’s agent Abdulrasul Hirji Walji stayed in Faza where he would buy boriti. The Bohra Adamali Nurbhai and the Parsi Cowasjee were also in Faza. They used to come to Lamu once every six months for a hair cut. When the dhow arrived in Mombasa, Dharamsi Khatau decided to stay on board and disembark in Zanzibar. In Zanzibar he established Dharamsi Khatau & Co., which grew to become a successful import company that used to import textiles from Germany. It had forty branches throughout East Africa, in Mombasa, Lamu, Malindi, Mazeras, Takangu, Kisumu, Bukoba, Nairobi and Meru etc. Many Ithna-Asheri pioneers began working with Dharamsi Khatau & Co before establishing their own businesses including Rashid Moledina, Abdalla Kanji, Rashid Nurmohammed of Kampala, Moledina Virji and Ali Mohammed Jagani.

E. I Howard Ebrahim Husein Sheriff Dewji Edward Rodwell ek bano nek bano ELC in Stanmore Elections in Different Jamats, WF, Regional Councils Electrol Committee Erskine Perry Evacuation of an entire community of 1,100 from Somalia in 1991 Exco

Fahim Ajani..Bollywood actor as Master Raju Farhad Daftary Farsi works on Khojas Farzande Raza Rizvi of Karachi, Urdu translator Fateh Ali Shah Qajar Fatema School…Mahuva Fath Ali Shah Qajar: Gave the title of Agha Khan Fatimiyah School..Karachi Fazal aloo muraj was ex communicated Fazal Ghulam Hussain Fazal Noor Mohammaed…..reform party Federation Samachar Fidahussein Habib Rhemtulla Kara – (FHR) A Legendary Cricketer Firdawas e Bari..Adelji Dhanji Kaba Forced Marriage: Zanzibar Forgett: Deputy commissioner of police in Bombay Furukh Shah

Ginans: Many Ginanas are in Sindhi Language. Punjabi is also mixed in it. Sindhis from Punjab should have taken this is Punjabi language. Great work association… an appeal pg 94 Gujarati language Gulam Husainbhai Bhurani (Council of Gujarat) Gulam Sukusuku Gulamabbas Najafi Gulamali G.A. Datoo Gulambhai Bhanji (Bapu) Gulpaygani (Auatullah) Guptis Gurmali Peer and Hassan Peer

Habib Ibrahim: He refused to pay the high taxes imposed by Aga Khan Habib M Habib Haider Haji Haiderali Husain Khaki Haiderbhai Kassamali Haji (WF president) Haideri Madrasa, Nairobi Haji Bibi Haji Bibi case….Khoja Panth Darpan 2nd volume…Haji bibi daughter of Jungi Shah uncle of Agha Khan 3rd Haji Naji Sahzeb Hamid Ali Bhojani (Karachi Jamat President) Hamid Mavani Harichand (Sahdev (Name of Pir Sadruddin and the other name was Sahdev) Hasan Ali Shah: son in law of Fateh Ali Shah Qajar Hasan bin Sabah..Adelji Dhanji Kabah… Hasan Bin Sabbah nu Jivan Charitra by Adelji Dhanji Kaba got published in Amreli Hasan Jafar Hasan Kabir al Din: Son of Pir Sadruddin Hasan Najafi Hasan Naqvi Hasanabad Hashim Shah, the son of elder brother of Aga Khan was shot by Jiva Jooma a Fidavu and a follower of Aga Khan and was then sentenced to death in August 1898 Hasnain Kassamali (Bilal) Hasnain Walji Hassan Abdulhussain (Abullo) Hassan Bhimji and Hirji Bhimji lived in Mpeketoni on the banks of the Tana River. They would travel along the river in dug out canoes or “hodis” to remote villages negotiating crocodiles, hippos and native tribes to trade. Hassanbhai gulam Husain (Mukhi): he was involved in killing Killo Khatav Hassubhai (Mahuva) Council of Gujarat Hemraj Luddha: Could Hemraj Luddha be the Ithna-asheri merchant Hemraj Ladhani? I am inclined to think so. Erratic spelling of tricky Indian names was common in the Consular Agency. If those inscrutable clerks could turn the famous Zanzibari merchant Fazal Issani into ‘Fazal Isa,’ Hemraj Luddha is probably none other than Hemraj Ladhani. In 1880 Hemraj Ladhani sailed with his family by dhow from Kutch to Bagamoyo. Around 1885 he moved with his family to Lamu. Hemraj Ladhani had five sons: Virji Hemraj; Abdalla Hemraj; Rashid Hemraj; Bandali Hemraj and Hassam Hemraj all of whom were well known in Lamu as ‘Bagamoyowallas’. Hemraj Luddha: There is an interesting letter in the Zanzibar Archives from the British Consular Agency in Lamu to the Customs Officer in Lamu. Dated 1890, it is a petition filed by one “Hemraj Luddha” complaining about extra charges he was asked to pay for a consignment of sim sim seed and ivory that he had brought by dhow from Mambrui. According to Luddha, despite paying full customs fees for the sim sim seed and the ivory at Mambrui, the Lamu customs had retained the ivory and demanded extra payment of duty. In 1880 Hemraj Ladhani sailed with his family by dhow from Kutch to Bagamoyo. Around 1885 he moved with his family to Lamu. Hemraj Ladhani had five sons: Virji Hemraj; Abdalla Hemraj; Rashid Hemraj; Bandali Hemraj and Hassam Hemraj all of whom were well known in Lamu as ‘Bagamoyowallas’. Hirji Allahrakhia….Shaheed His Highness Hujjat Stanmore Jamat Hujjatul Islam Jamaat Hurreechund: A brahmin Guru resisidng in a city named (after him as may be presumed) Hurreechunda, situated on the borders of Cashmere. Husain Habib Kara Husain Jiwa Husain Shustari (son in law of Abdul Hussain Marashi and grandfather of Abdul Husain Marashi Tustari Husainbhai Merchant (Bhavnagar) Husaini Education Husaini Nagar (Mahuva) Husaynis: In 1813 Macdonnel Kinneir, notes that near Alamut there were quite a few Ismailis who were called Husaynis. Husein Datoo Husein Jiwa Husein Shustari… first resident aalim in Zanzibar who was sent by agha e Yazdi and Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani from Iraq. Hussaini Madressah (in Madagascar) Husseain Mosque..Kuwwatul Islam Hussein A. Walji Hussein Abdalla Jaffer Pardhan: Interviews with Zaheer Bhaloo Hussein Abdalla Jaffer, great grandson of Dewji Jamal Hussein Alibhai

Ibrahim Shahbaz Ibrahim Varteji: Ibrahim Verteji from Itna Asheri converted. He wrote a book Vedic Islam. Adelji Dhanji wrote against him. Ibrat-i Afza: Mirza Ahmad Wiqar Shirazi (1820-1881), the son of the famous poet Visal (d. 1262/1846), who stayed briefly with the Aga Khan in Bombay in 1266/1850 wrote this memories on behalf of Aga Khan Imam Shahis: After the death of Pir Hasan Kabir al Din a section of the community seceded and established itself in Gujrat, becoming known as Imam Shahis. The majority continued to adhere to the authority of the Nizari Imams. Imami family Imamud din 1452-1513(grandson of Pir Sadruddin) well known as Imam Shah and the founder of the sect Imam Shahi Imran Panjwani India Federation INISMA Innes Boween Insight Iqbal Asaria Iqbal Panju Irshad Manji Ismail b Jafar Ismail Kherraj Ismaili fidais and Ismaili soldiers Ismailis Ithna Ashari magazine Ithnaasheri Gymkhana Itrah TV & Radio

Jafar Ali Rehmatullah: Khoja qavm not itihas was written and published by Jafar Asil Jafar dhadu Badankshi case..Karachi and presence of Adelji Dhanji Kaba Jafar Dharamsi Jafar Lalji Jafar Marashi (Zanzibar) Jafar Rehmatullah: The history of Khojas…book Jafarali Writer..1957 Masik monthly to 1984 it worked (1949-1950 (weekly)..all files with Mohsin Kawsari Jaʿfari and Fatima school Jaffer Dewji: grandson of Dewji Jamal Jafferali Merali: great grandson of Dewji Kanji Jaffery Institute of Professional Studies Jail Road Kabrastan: Sunni Khoja Jmat Karbrastan Jalal Shah Miskin Shah..two sons: Fida Husain and Raza Husain Jalal shah Miskinshah in Mahuva…with takhaloos Masum (at the time of Marhum Haji Naji Saheb) Jamal M moosa Jamatʿ Jamat Khanas, Jamkhambalia : near Jamnagar Javed Shroff Jawad Khaki Jhangi Shah Jivraj Khatau Jivraj Khatau, Jivraj Khatau: There is an interesting incident that my father told me about Jivraj Khatau. One day Walji Bhanji was delayed in paying for goods bought from the German firm Messrs.Hansing & Co. He was sent a notice threatening court action. When the news reached Jivraj Khatau, he became very angry and told the firm’s German representative: “Walji Bhanji is my brother.” Later that day the notice was torn up by the German in Jivraj’s office. The Germans knew if they didn’t take the notice back all business dealings between Dharamsi Khatau & Co. and Messrs. Hansing & Co. would stop. You see, that’s how it used to be in the old days. Jivraj Meghji Jiwan Visram: He established a school-madrasa on the island in the 1890’s. John Bull: I belong to no country. An article by Aga Khan 3rd John Holister John Kirk, the British Consul in Zanzibar, John Outram Justice Russell (1905) Justice Sir Erskin Perry (1851): 1851 declaration of rights pronounced by Justice Sir Erskine Perry: All the things belongs to Jamat Khana and Khojas and NOT Agha Khan Justice sir Joseph Arnold (1866)...…Khoja Panth Darpan 1st volume….He declared that Khojas are Shias and Not Sunnis

Kalbe Sadiq: Tavheed al Muslemeen Kamadiya: the accountant of the community Kamadiyanis Kangan.. an appeal pg 94 Kangua .. an appeal pg 71 Kanji Asani: He arrived in Lamu in 1883 with his seven sons from Jamkhambalia. His 5 sons: Dewji Kanji, Daya Kanji, Panju Kanji, Samji Kanji, Ramji Kanji became Ithna-asheris. Kanodar Karachi Jamat Karim Goolamali.. Secretary Khoja Reformers society in 1927 in Karachi. Wrote an open letter to Aga Khan. Karim Goolamali from Kharadhar, Karachi writes to Ali Soloman Khan, son of Agha Khan 3rd (27th November, 1932) Kashmir and Sindh’s Luhana would be Khojas (Pyarli Hirani pg 27). This is mentioned in Ginans Kashmiri Hindus’s one tribe named Chakk would be Khojas (Pyarli Hirani pg 27) Kashmiri Khoja Kassam Jaffer Kassamali Chandoo Kassmabhai Nanji Miyani … got injured from Ismailis in protecting the Masjid being constructed in Palagali Kathiyawad Kawkab e Khidmat Kazim Kausari Kenya Khaki Padamsi (Kamadia) Khalfan Ratansi… student of Mulla Qadar Khan Mahomed Habibbhoy…..reform party Khana Khojas, Kharadahar Khoja Biradari no Itihas: Pyarali Hirani Khoja Case: (The Aga Khan Case): Khoja Kawm ni Tawarikh…Adelji Dhanji Kaba Khoja Masjid (Palagali) Khoja Panth Darpan by Adalji Dhanji Kaba..1913 first edition (6 parts) Khoja Prakash..weekly magazine by Adelji Dhanji Kaba Khoja qavm not itihas was written and published by Jafar Ali Rehmatullah Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Orphanage : Sharifbhai Hasambhai Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Orphanage : Sharifbhai Hasambhai KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERIS IN LAMU AND MOMBASA, 1870-1930 Khoja TV Khoja Vrattant: Sachedina Najiyani Khojas Khojki script Khuei Khuni Khacha: Mahuva Killu Khatav Nagarpoorwala from Katch…shaheed… student of Mulla Qadar Kilwa: Kilwa na saval Javab kitumba KSI Jamat Mahuva Kswahili Kuchuk Shah Kunumbi Kutch Kutch Federation Kutchi Kuwwatul Islam Kuwwatul Islam Mosque My grandfather Dharamsi Khatau was born in Nagalpur, Kutch in 1865. He had four brothers Jivraj Khatau, Manji Khatau, Kassim Khatau and Killu Khatau. Yes it’s the same “shaheed” Killu Khatau, the student of Mulla Qader Husayn who was martyred in Bombay. After the death of Killu in 1878, my grandfather left Bombay in 1880 with his father and mother along with the wife of Killu Khatau and Killu’s daughters. The journey to Mombasa by dhow took about a month. On the way Khatau Nanjani, my great-grandfather saddened by the death of Killu passed away. He was lowered into the sea with full honours. The Plaintiff of the case were Daya Mahomad, Mahomad Saya, Peer Mahomad Kassim and Fazal Ghulam Hussain with H.M's Advocate General as nominal complainant. The Defendants were the Aga Khan I, Mukhi Alarakhia Sumar, Kamadia Khaki Padamsi, Mahomad Peer Bhai, Nur Mahomad Rajpal, Ali Bhai Jan, Habib Ibrahim, Muraj Premji, Dharamsi Punja, Aasu Gangji, Dossa Ladak, Nanji Alloo and Mahomad Yousuf Murgay, Qadi of the Mahomadans of the Town and island of Bombay.

Labbaik Magazine Ladies Sports festival Lalji Sajan…….Shaheed Lallan Ali Dina (An appeal to Aga Khan Pg 67) Lamu Lamu and Aga Khani Ismailis: The Ismailis in Lamu in the 1930’s I remember are Velji Khatau, Mohan Amersi and his brother Remtulla (Remu) Amersi and Lalji Rajan. Lamu and Arabs: Among Arabs I remember Shaykh Mohammed Maa’wy who had mango shambas, Salim Ahmed Basaida who worked with Smith Mackenzie, Hussein Shamuti, Abdalla Bathes and Mr. Yahya who was the only man in Lamu with a horse. He used to ride it on the main street along the sea shore. Lamu and Bohras: There were many Bohras. T.M.Jeevanjee had the biggest dhow in Lamu called “Queen Mary”. The dhow sank on its first trip to Kismayu loaded with boriti. Other Bohras were Ibrahimji Moosajee, Amijee Ismailjee, Sadiqali Nurbhai, Gulamhussein Nurbhai, Pirbhai Nurbhai, Gulamhussein Daya, Hassanali Zahabu who used to sell gold, Ismail Kichwa, Alibhai Mauritiuswalla who had a big building in Lamu and Gulamhussein “Belwed” who was lame and moved about on one foot. Lamu and Hindus: The old Hindus were Jevant Dossa, Vallabhdas Valji who was a Bhattia and his brother Morarji Valji. They would burn their dead in Kitau opposite Shela. Lamu and Pardah: Lamu and Parsis: The Parsis I remember in Lamu were the two sons of Cowasjee Nowrojee Dastur, Keki and his brother Homi. Lamu and Sunnis: Among the Sunni community I remember Haji Mohammed Karim Khatri and his brother Haji Gulmohammed Karim Khatri. There were two barber shops in Lamu, the oldest being Sidik Ahmed’s and the other one was Hasham’s. Lamu Imambara: Lamu Jamat: The chairmen of the jamat in those days were Jaffer Panju, Hassan Walji, Molu Ramji and his brother Walji Ramji. Molu Ramji used to bring grain and other cargo from Mombasa and would export boriti (mangrove poles). Lamu Mullas: local mullas were Mulla Jafferali Alibhai, Mulla Vallimohamed Merali Dewji, Mulla Mohammedali Nanji and Mulla Nanji Bhanji, who was a very old man at the time. The mullas would give waez and majlis in the imambara upstairs from the wooden minbar. Later on we used to have alims coming from outside Lamu. They would stay in the madrasa at the top which was converted into a guesthouse when there weren’t any children left. Lavatia Khojas Lawasani Leadership Development Program Leicter Light magazine: Raza Datoo Linda S Walbridge: The thread of Muawiya..The role of Khoja and Marjiyah Lindi Liyakatali Haji Bhai Bhimani Liyaqat Takim Luhana: Luhanasa re from Rathod family. Rathod were called Thakor and then it became Thakkar. Majlises were held there in the small building (now in ruins) with barazas outside. This building was built during the time of Molu Ramji. The oldest graves you can see in the Lamu Chungani today are of Daya Kanji, Damji Ramji, Molu Ramji, Walji Ramji, Alibhai Panju and Jaffer Panju. Mwalimu Yusufu and Mwalimu Faraj used to teach the students Quran in the madrasa. The purdah was strictly enforced in those days in Lamu. There was a wall with a wooden door in the middle of the imambara that was always closed. Next to the door was a window like the one in our mosque in Zanzibar. During niyyaz which was always at lunch time if the ladies needed anything extra they used to tap the window’s sill. There was no electricity in the mosque; we had to use kerosene lamps. The imambara was upstairs. There were two ways of going up to the imambara; one way was from the bazaar and this was used by the ladies and the other was from the sea shore which was used by gents. Two staircases were built on either side.

Macfarlance: In 1962 he fought in the court in the favour of the reformist saying that Khojas were Sunnis from the beginning and Aga Khan was the person who turned them to Shias and the court failed to give any verdict and eventually it went to Supreme Court…….Mr Veral was fighting in the favour of adherents of Aga Khan and his clients were Allarukhya Soomar and Khakee Pudumsey Madagascar Madagascar Territorial Council Madrasa Party Mahuva Jamat Madrasat al Zahra Madrasatul waezeen Magazine Bage Najat Magazine Bahar e Majalis..Jalal Mishkin Shah Magazine Rafiqul Mumenne (Talaja…Aladin Gulam Husain ) Magazine Rahe Najat Magazines Mahboob Rupani..AIM teacher Mahdi Imani Mahdi Mahila College Mahdi School Mahfil e Ali Mahfile Bibi Fatema (Zanzibar) Mahfile Murtaza Mahila college…Bhavnagar Mahim Khoja Jamat Khana: Habib Ibrahim and his 11 friends (Barabhais) started to pray in a Sunni manner at Mahim Jamat Khana Mahmood Khalfan Mahomad Peer Bhai Mahomad Saya Mahomad Yousuf Murgay Mahuva Mahuva Commission case Malek Taj Begum MARC Marjaiyat, Marriage contract Masjid Nai (Zanzibar) Masjid reza Masjid Vali Asr Master Gulam Husain Nawha Khan …Pakistan Masum Somji Masumbhai Bhojani Matam e Bahrayni Matam e Bushehri Mauritius Mawkib: Mazagon Mazhar Jumani MCE, Mehfile Muhibbane Husein: Mehjabeen Daya Mela of Jamnagar: 1905 In early twentieth century, around 1905/1910, Jetha Gokal called a great 'Mela' in Jamnagar and invited all Shia Ishanashri people because they had just changed their religion from Agakhani due to their studies and the efforts of Haji Ghulamali/Haji Naji (a prolific Shia writer and founder of Rahe Najat). In that 'Mela' Haji Naji was also invited. Jetha Gokal's wife's name was Mongi Bai who also became Shia Ishanashri but her parental family remained Agakhani. Memmories of Mulla Qadar Husain..book Mir of Talpore Mirza Abul Kassim: The Aga Khan, in order to overcome this opposition, sent to Bombay as his agent, Mirza Abul Kassim, who was accompanied by the Aga Khan's mother, Bibi Sarcar Mata Salamat (1744-1832) in 1245/1829 Mirza Aghasi Mirza Husain Mirza Khalil Tehrani Miskin Shah Mogadishu Mohamed Khalfan Mohamed P Hemani Mohamedali Jinnah Mohamedraza Ahmed Datoo Mohamedraza Khamis Mohammad Haider..article on Khoja Shia Ithan Asheri Community Mohammad Khaku Mohammed baqir sahib… Muballig in east Africa Mohsin e Qawm: Ebrahim Husein Sheriff Dewji Mohsin Mohamedhussein Rajabali Alidina Mojiz Khamis Mombasa Momin Jamat Morondava Moshi Moto punth … an appeal pg 71 MTP Muallim family Muchul Shah Mugal Masjid Muhamed Jaffaer Sheriff Dewji Muhammad Khaki (1870-1956) Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali R Merchant Muhammad Bakir Khan (d. 1296/1879): brother of Aga Khan Muhammad Naqvi Muhammad Raza Habib Burundi Kamat president Muhammad Razabhai Vakil (Raza Dost Vakil) Muhammad Rizvi Muhammad Shahi Muhammad Shustari (editor of Savtaye Bilal) MUHAMMADI WELFARE, AUSTRALIA Muhsin Dharamsi Muhsin Jafar Muhsinali Haji Pyarali Mujahid Sheriff Mukhi: deputy of aga khan Mukhiyanis Mulla Anu Mulla Anverali Valimohamed Walji Mulla Asgar (Asghar Ali M.M Jaffer) Mulla Musa Jaffer wrote against Ibrahim Varteji Mulla Qadar Multan Mumbai Munir Daya Muraj Premji Murawwij (Sayyed) Murtaza Bharwani Murtaza Lakha Musafirkhana Ahmedabad Musafirkhana Baghdad Musafirkhana Basra Musafirkhana Bhavnagar Musafirkhana Dar es salam Musafirkhana Jumalalaji Musafirkhana Kanji Musafirkhana Musafirkhana Karbala Musafirkhana Mashhad Musafirkhana Najaf Musafirkhana Qum Musafirkhana Tehran Musafirkhanas Musawat issue Mushas e Hali al islam..Adelji Dhanji Kaba Mustafa Anwer Alarakhia One such meeting place was Mehfile Muhibbane Husein on Mtendeni run by the Ismailis (not yet converted to Ithnashris) where they were joined by the converts Ithnashris. Hence the name Mehfile Private given to it. There were also institutions like Nasser Nurmohamed dispensary which was meant for both the Khoja sects, Ithnashris as well as Ismailis. Conversion was a gradual process. The converts did not become Ithnashris at a go. It lasted from 1881 to 1930. Even thereafter, conversion to a small extent continued. This year, The World Federation established an outpost (known in Arabic as a ‘mawkib’) on the Najaf to Karbala walk route. The out-post located at position number 1086, offered the following services: Rest and recuperation, Overnight sleeping facilities, Food and drink, Medical facilities

N.L.Parmar: the Hindu editor of a vernacular weekly who ventilated in his paper the grievances of the Khoja Community was stabbed by knives

Nadirbhai Pakistan Nairobi Najmul hasan, …muballig in east Africa Nakuru Camp Nandi Nanji Abraham (Mahuva Jamat president in Mahuva Commission case) Nanji Alloo Narwhal (Punjab) Nashir al Islam: Vakil of Sayyed ABul Hasan Isfahani. He wrote a letter to Abul Hasan Isfahani who is next Marja and he wrote Ayatullah Burujardi and this letter was basis of the Marjaiyat of Ayatullah Burujardi. Nasimco Nasir Dosani Ahmedabad Nasir Husain …. muballig in east Africa Nasir Mahdavi Nasser Dewji : He supervised the construction and played a leading role in the collection efforts in construction of mosque Imambara in Lamu. Nasser Virji…ithna asheri Navazaly Molou Navazaly Molou Nayab Haider, A syed, Non Khoja Shia in Milton keynes New Moon Association… an appeal pg 94 NGO Nizaris Noor e Hidayat…Alibhai Lkahani was published…Minarva printing press…(Adelji Dhanji Kaba Noor Muhammad Amersey: leader of the rival khoja Noor Muhammad Meghji…. student of Mulla Qadar Nosybe Nur Mahomad Rajpal

OBs position in WF OIL Trust

PAKISTAN FEDERATION PANJATAN SOCIETY, AUSTRALIA Panje Bhai: Panje Bhai (one who shakes hand) to distinguish them from the Bar Bhai (twelve brethren) and originated the tradition of Panje Bhai Club in the community. Paris Parvez Merchant. Al Mahdi School Pate Island Peer Mahomad Kassim Peer Mohammed Cassembhoy…reform party Persian literature about Khojas Petandias Khojas: Those who pay good fees on certain occasion. Pir Mashayikh 2nd: wrote poems on both 4 Calphates and Shiah Imams Pir Nur Satguru (Nuruddin): He was sent from Dailam by Hasan 2nd to Patan in Gujrat under Bhim Solanki 2nd (1179-1242) Pir Sadrudin..great grandson of pir shams Pir Shamsuddin Pira Wali: Pira Vall, first president of Kuwwatul Islam Jamat of Zanzibar in 1882 Pirhai Jamat in Karachi Pirs poona Portsmouth President Ahmad Hassam President Asgar Moledina President Haidar Haji President Hasnain Walji President Mulla Asgar Presidents of WF Prince Pune Punjabi Khoja Pyarali Hirani: Khoja Biradari no Itihas

Q Fatima, Qabrastan Qaimshahi Qum Office Quwwatul Islam Mosque

Rafiqul Mumenne (Talaja…Aladin Gulam Husain ) Rahe Najat Raipur Jamat Rajabali Ghulamhussain Rajula Ramadan Relief Fund, Ramzan Akberali Asaria Ramzanbhai Asaria Ramzanbhai Nanji Ramzanbhai Vankani(Surat) Rassoul-oul-Akr’am Tabligh Centre in Antananarivo Raza Ali Hirjee (Raza-Aly Hiridjee) Raza Gulani Razabhai Surti: He used to write Bhulayelao ni yad in Alamdar Masik Rehmat Trust Relentless Endeavours – A biographical review of the life and times of Mulla Asgharali M. M. Jaffer Report on a Mission to Yarkand, Calcutta, 1875 Reunion Risalae Ahlebait..monthly magazine Roshan Fazal Russell RVS Radio Madagascar

Saberi Sachedina Najiyani: He was assistant commissioner of Kutch. His book Khoja Vrattant was published by Adelji Dhanji Kaba in 1918. Sadak Jivraj Meghji Sadat Colony (Mahuva) Sadiq Hasan Sahab Sadiq Merchant …AIM Sadique Jaffer Sadri.. an appeal pg 93 Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Saeeda Jiwa Safdar Karmali Safdar Razi Safder Jaffer Sahdev (Name of Pir Sadruddin and the other name was Harichand) Sajan Meharali: When the Aga Khan was yet in Calcutta, a fresh litigatiion, known as Sajan Mehr Ali Case was carried in 1263/1847, in which the question of the rights of female inheritance among the Ismailis was brought before the Supreme Court of Bombay. Sajjad Rashid…Somalia Sajjad Rizvi Sajjadiya Trust Salim vice president Burundi Jamat Salsabil Samachar (Gujrati and English Magazine) Saniwarias… an appeal pg 70 Sar Sambar.. an appeal pg 94 Sarbandias Sarjan Mir Ali’s case Sarkari daftar: account book Sarv-i Jahan Begum Satpanth Savtaye Bilal : Muhammad Shustari (editor of Savtaye Bilal) Seceders and Ismailis an appeal pg 98 Secretary generals Seyyid Abdulhusein Marashi: first resident alim of Zanzibar Kuwwatul Islam Jamat Seyyid Rhemtulla : He was appointed to teach the Quran and the Seyyid was paid fifteen rupees a month for his services. However after a year the madrasa was stopped and religious activities were shifted to the house of Mohammed Baqir, a Persian gentleman living in Mombasa. Eventually the leaders of the new Jamat decided to acquire their own cemetery and build a new mosque-imambara. Shabbar Dhalla Shabbir Mismai Shabbir Mukadam Shabbir Najafi Shabeeb Rizvi..AIM Shabir Karim Shafi Thanawala (Khoja Sunnat Jamat President) Shah Abbas Shah Bibi Shah Rukh Shah Shahzadi Begum Shakiti Marg Shame E Hayat (Muallim Hasan Jafar’s father) Shame e Hidayat, A text book in Gujarati language by Haji Muhamed Jaffaer Sheriff Dewji of Mombasa in 1939 Shamsuddin Shah Shan e Abbas Hassam Share Kuctch Sharif Gangji Sharif Noormohammaed Shihab Rattansi Shiraz (Khojas in Shiraz) Shudras Shustari, Sibtain Panjwani Sibtein Asaria Sind Sindhi Sindhi Khoja Sir John Outram: An appeal to Agha Khan pg 3 Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan na lekho…Adelji Dhanji Kaba Sistani Siyu Soldier Bazar Somalia South Africa South Asia Spellman (IIS)………..q News…Ayatullah Khoe photo Stanmore Jamat Stanmore WF Sufro… an appeal pg 93 Suhrawardi Sufi order: Pir Hasan’s affiliation with this order Sukarwadis..an appeal pg 70 Sulayhids Sultan Muhammad Shah Sultan Somjee Sumra dynasty Sunni Khojas Sunni Khojas are known as Barabhai Khojas Sweden Sweden Camp Syria (IIPS)

Tahqiq Husain (Maulana) Tahrif e Quran…an appeal pg 85 Talaja tanganyika Tantanpura Masjid: Sunni Khojas Taqi Hidayati Thakkar Thakor Thal… an appeal pg 93 The Aga Khan Case: (Khoja Case) The Endangered Species – Evolution of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community, their origin, current state and future challenges The Origin of the Khojahs and their Religious Life Today: PhD thesis Al Qadi: Published in Untersuch ; DETAILS: "The Origin of the Khojahs and their Religious Life Today," Ph.D. diss., Universit"t Bonn, 1936. Published in Untersuch, zur Allgemeinen Religionsgeschichte, vol. 8 (Bonn, 1936). 190 pp. The Sowing and Reaping of Destiny – With ABCD Syndrome: Wither Khoja? (2008) The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines,, Farhad Daftary Thomas Douglas Forsyth Through open doors (A view of Asian Cultures in Kenya) by Cynthia Salvadoru edited by Andrew Fedders Tony Blair Toronto Jamat Trusts Tulear

Ucch, South of Multan: Grave of Pir Sadr al Din Uganda Exodus in 1972 University of Winchester and MTP Usama Abdulghani

Vartej Varuses VazirAli F Vazir Advocate: He stayed in Mahuva for 20 years. Samiksha in the Khoja Biradari no itihas Vedic Islam: Ibrahim Varteji Vencouver Jamat Vigils: An appeal pg 95

Waheeda Rahim Waljee Hirjee: Khoja settlement in Mombasa dates to 1867 when Waljee Hirjee a prominent Khoja Ismaili merchant of Zanzibar opened a shop at the Old Port. Walji Bhanji: Walji Bhanji was born in Kutch in 1869. He had two brothers Khaku Bhanji and Karim Bhanji. After Khaku’s death, Walji Bhanji married his brother’s wife Kaiserbai and raised his brother’s children Suleman Khaku and Bachibai. Kaiserbai bore him two sons Alibhai and Valimohammed. He stayed with Ladha Kanji and opened a small shop selling matches and tobacco. In 1899 he decided to go to Nairobi. He travelled by train to Voi and then by donkey to Nairobi. Very quickly Walji Bhanji was able to establish a successful import-export firm. The firm grew to almost sixty branches across East Africa. There was even a branch in Nakuru opened in 1902 and supervised by Karim Bux. Walji Bhanji’s luck ran out. The Great Depression hit Africa – and Walji Bhanji lost a lot of currency, German marks. Smith Mackenzie advanced him a large sum to purchase the cotton crop. Locusts devoured the entire crop. In 1932 he was declared bankrupt. All Walji Bhanji’s properties were put up for sale. Datoo came to auction them. For three days after the auction Walji Bhanji never left the house, his big house by the Old Port. On the third day, there in that house he died. There was a time when Walji Bhanji was so famous amongst the Africans that they were singing songs about him as they pushed the handcarts bringing cotton and ivory to the depots. At first the family lived in Walji Bhanji’s buildings on Old Killindini Rd but later Walji Bhanji acquired the big house (Leven House) near the stairs by the Old Port and the whole family lived there. The ground floor was the head office with all the accountants and everybody. On the top floor Suleman lived with his family.

Walji Ramji (Chittilesso) a leading Ithna-Asheri piece-cloth merchant of Lamu. Waqf Board in Gujarat We Came in Dhows: Cynthia Salvadori Wessex, WF, WIPAHS Witu, Kenya

Yasin Rahim Yazdi…He along with Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani send the first resident aalim in Zanzibar from Iraq. Yemen and Khojas Yusuf Ahmed Karim..Sports man Yusuf Jigar Yusuf Nafsi

Zafar Abbas Mavlana Zafarul hasan .. muballig in east Africa Zahir Bhallo Zahra (Mulla Bibi Zahra): Teaching Quran. She was nani of Agha Ridha Shustari Zainabiyya Islamic Centre.. Milton Keynes Zainul Abedeen Mazandarani, Zaire Zakir Husein Faruki Zanzibar Zanzibar Boy Scouts Zanzibar..Adelji Dhanji Kaba stayed for 7 years Zayn al-Abidin Shah ZCSS Zengish shah, the uncle of aga khan: shot dead at Jeddah… an appeal pg 74 Zoulfiqar Vasram