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| − | + | *'''762''' ''Demise of Ismail b Jafar al Sadiq A.S'' | |
*'''765''' ''Shahdat of Imam Sadiq A.S'' | *'''765''' ''Shahdat of Imam Sadiq A.S'' | ||
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: to the communication sent by the plaintiffs as illustrated by E.I. Howard to the Hon'ble Court. It reads: "We are upon the right side, but should His Lordship Aga Khan ask for | : to the communication sent by the plaintiffs as illustrated by E.I. Howard to the Hon'ble Court. It reads: "We are upon the right side, but should His Lordship Aga Khan ask for | ||
: the signatures, we are ready to give thousand times a day. Whatever order comes from him, we are bound to obey." Observing the above letter, Justice Sir Joseph Arnold | : the signatures, we are ready to give thousand times a day. Whatever order comes from him, we are bound to obey." Observing the above letter, Justice Sir Joseph Arnold | ||
| − | : (1814-1886) remarked: "This is a very decided letter; at any rate, there can be no mistake about that." (cf. "The Shia School of Islam and its Branches", Bombay, 1906, p. 93). | + | : (1814-1886) remarked: "This is a very decided letter; at any rate, there can be no mistake about that." (cf. "The Shia School of Islam and its Branches",Bombay, 1906, p. 93).'' |
| − | *'''1862''' | + | *'''1862''' ''Mukhi Alarakhia Sumar and Kamadia Khaki Padamsi (d.1877) called a meeting in Bombay Jamatkhana on August 16, 1862.'' |
| − | *'''1862''' | + | *'''1862''' ''Mulla Qadar bin Nahif arrived in Maumbai and started a Madrasa in Mumbai (1862 AD/1279 AH) when he was 18/19 years old. '' |
| − | *'''1863''' | + | *'''1863''' ''Aga Khan expressed a determination to exclude the reformists (1st April or 31st March)'' |
| − | *'''1864''' | + | *'''1864''' ''A voice from India being an appeal to the British Legislature by Khojas of Bombay against The Usurped and Oppressive domination of Hussain Hussanee commonly called |
: and known as “Aga Khan” by a native of Bombay now resident in London.'' | : and known as “Aga Khan” by a native of Bombay now resident in London.'' | ||
| − | *'''1864''' | + | *'''1864''' ''In February of this year, they took out the Sunni scholar from the (Juni Masjid of the qabrastan) mosque who used to lead prayers and replaced him with a Shia scholar. '' |
| − | *'''1864''' | + | *'''1864''' ''Shaykh Murtaza Ansari passed away in Najaf'' |
| − | *'''1865''' | + | *'''1865''' ''Ibrat e Afza translated in Gujarati. The book reveals the agony of Hasan Ali Shah's entire life.'' |
| − | *'''1866''' | + | *'''1866''' ''Khoja Case..All the Khojas are Sunni. It was rejected by the court. The celebrated Khoja case which lasted for 25 days was litigated in the High Court of Bombay |
| − | : between the months of April and June, 1866, before Justice SIR JOSEPH ARNOULD. (November 21st). This is also known as Barbhai case or Aga Khan case. | + | : between the months of April and June, 1866, before Justice SIR JOSEPH ARNOULD. (November 21st). This is also known as Barbhai case or Aga Khan case.'' |
| − | *'''1867''' | + | *'''1867''' ''Khoja settlement in Mombasa dates to 1867 when Waljee Hirjee a prominent Khoja Ismaili merchant of Zanzibar opened a shop at the Old Port.'' |
| − | *'''1870''' | + | *'''1870''' ''Dewji Jamal established a branch of his company in Lamu, chief port of Kenya. This is the first report of a Khoja in Kenya.'' |
| − | *'''1873''' | + | *'''1873''' ''Mulla Qadar returns back Mumbai to preach Ithan Asheri faith where he stayed for 27 years. (30th April 1873/2nd Rabi al Awwal 1290 AH)'' |
| − | *'''1874''' | + | *'''1874''' ''Devjibhai Jamal returned back to Zanzibar after Hajj and veofre the hajj he was in Mumbai with Mulla Qadar.'' |
| − | *'''1877''' | + | *'''1877''' ''Sultan Muhammad Shah born in Karachi, 3rd Agha Khan, 48th Ismaili Imam'' |
| − | *'''1878''' | + | *'''1878''' ''Killu Khatav got martyred (1295 AH)'' |
| − | *'''1878''' | + | *'''1878''' ''Dewji Jamal arrived in Zanzibar from Bombay.'' |
| − | *'''1879''' | + | *'''1879''' ''Muhammad Bakir Khan (d. 1296/1879), brother of Agha Khan died'' |
| − | *'''1880''' | + | *'''1880''' ''Birth of Adelji Dhanji Kaba (28 Feb, 17th Rabi al Awwal 1297)'' |
| − | *'''1880''' | + | *'''1880''' ''Hemraj Ladhani sailed with his family by dhow from Kutch to Bagamoyo.'' |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' ''The first Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Mosque and Imambara were built in Kiponda area of Zanzibar in 1881. It was registered as Khoja Ithna Asheri Kuwwatul Islam Mosque, |
| − | : Dewji Jamal being one of the signatories to the documentation. | + | : Dewji Jamal being one of the signatories to the documentation.'' |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' ''Sheikh Abul Qasim Najafi arrive in Mumbai (1307 Hijri)'' |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' ''Hasan Ali Shah Mahallati died in Mumbai, 1st Agha Khan, 46th Ismaili Imam (April 12)'' |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' ''Ali Shah took the seat of Imamat, 2nd Agha Khan, 47th Ismaili Imam (April 12, 1881)'' |
| − | *'''1881''' | + | *'''1881''' ''Haji Dewji Jamal was one of the founders of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community in Zanzibar in 1881.'' |
| − | *'''1882''' | + | *'''1882''' ''The first Ithna-asheri to settle in Mombasa was Abdalla Datoo Hirjee. He arrived on the island from Zazibar in 1882'' |
| − | *'''1882''' | + | *'''1882''' ''Pira Vall, first president of Kuwwatul Islam Jamat of Zanzibar in 1882'' |
| − | *'''1884''' | + | *'''1884''' ''Time of India newspaper: In or about 1849 Khojas (other than Ismailis, i.e. Isna-Asharis and Sunnis declined to acknowledge the supremacy of Agha Khan and were |
| − | : practising their respective faiths. | + | : practising their respective faiths.'' |
| − | *'''1885''' | + | *'''1885''' ''Ali Shah died in Pune, Agha Khan 2nd, 47th Ismail Imam. However, he was buried in Karbala.'' |
| − | *'''1885''' | + | *'''1885''' ''Sultan Muhammad Shah, Agha Khan 3rd took the seat of Imamate (Aug 17, 1885)at the age of 8 years'' |
| − | *'''1885''' | + | *'''1885''' ''one of the Dewji Jamal’s son, Nazerali Dewji , shifted to Lamu from Zanziber and John Kirk, the British Consul in Zanzibar, reports it to his deputy in Lamu. He |
| − | : explains Shia Khoja split issue in the letter. | + | : explains Shia Khoja split issue in the letter.'' |
| − | *'''1885''' | + | *'''1885''' ''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.'' |
| − | *'''1887''' | + | *'''1887''' ''Nazerali Dewji moved from Lamu to Mombasa to establish a new branch of Dewji Jamal & Co.'' |
| − | *'''1887''' | + | *'''1887''' ''In 1887 the combined Khoja population(both Ismailis and Ithna-Asheris) on the island was estimated at only 25 compared to around 1900 in Zanzibar and 385 in |
| − | : Bagamoyo. | + | : Bagamoyo.'' |
| − | *'''1887''' | + | *'''1887''' ''The Secretary of State for India acting through the Viceroy of India formally recognized the title, "Aga Khan'' '' |
| − | *'''1888''' | + | *'''1888''' ''British East African Company (IBEA) in 1888, Mombasa became the chief commercial entrepôt of East Africa.'' |
| − | *'''1889''' | + | *'''1889''' ''Shaykh Abul Qasim Najafi Kashani arrived in Mumbai from Iran. (1307 AH)'' |
| − | *'''1889''' | + | *'''1889''' ''Ayatullah Zaynul Abideen Mazandarani passed away (17th July 1889/26th of Tir 1268 Shamsi/18 Zul Qadah 1306 in Karbala'' |
| − | *'''1890''' | + | *'''1890''' ''Jiwan Visram established a school-madrasa on the island in the 1890’s.'' |
| − | *'''1892''' | + | *'''1892''' ''First issue of Rahe Najat got published by Haji Naji Saheb, student of Mulla Qadar (Zilqad 1310)'' |
| − | *'''1892''' | + | *'''1892''' ''Khoja Vrutant was written..first edition'' |
| − | *'''1892''' | + | *'''1892''' ''Aga Khan Palace in Pune was built by Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. It took 5 years and 1000 workers to build it at a cost of Rs 12,00,000/-. Palace is spread |
: across an estate of 19 acres with a built area of 7 acres. n 1969, the palace was donated to India. Today, it possesses Gandhi’s memorial, Kasturba and Desai’s samadhis and | : across an estate of 19 acres with a built area of 7 acres. n 1969, the palace was donated to India. Today, it possesses Gandhi’s memorial, Kasturba and Desai’s samadhis and | ||
| − | : archives of photos and portraits of Gandhi during the freedom struggle. | + | : archives of photos and portraits of Gandhi during the freedom struggle. '' |
| − | *'''1894''' | + | *'''1894''' ''Khoja Kawmna Mazhabna Ketlak Mul tatvo tatha Kriya Sambadho Nanu Pustak published by Agha Sultan Muhammad Shah Agha Khan'' |
| − | *'''1895''' | + | *'''1895''' ''300 families living in Lamu'' |
| − | *'''1896''' | + | *'''1896''' ''Dewji Jamal bought land for building a mosque-imambara.'' |
| − | *'''1896''' | + | *'''1896''' ''In Lamu shortly after the conflict began,one faction, with the help contributions from Zanzibar, built a temporary new mosque outside the 1896 mosque-imambarah.This |
: was later re-built in the 1900’s with contributions from Jivraj Khatau, Jivraj Meghji and others who had left Mombasa’s “Bustani” (see below) into the splendid mosque that can | : was later re-built in the 1900’s with contributions from Jivraj Khatau, Jivraj Meghji and others who had left Mombasa’s “Bustani” (see below) into the splendid mosque that can | ||
| − | : be seen today on the Lamu the sea front. | + | : be seen today on the Lamu the sea front.'' |
| − | *'''1896''' | + | *'''1896''' ''Few Agha Khan followers poisoned themselves … an appeal pg 74'' |
| − | *'''1896''' | + | *'''1896''' ''Jaffer Dewji moved to Mombasa following his brother, Nazerali Dewji.'' |
| − | *'''1897''' | + | *'''1897''' ''First Namaz e Juma was prayed at Shustri Imambara, Bhendi Bazar (Friday 26th Jamaadi ul Aakhar 1315 Hijri, 22 November 1897) '' |
| − | *'''1897''' | + | *'''1897''' ''As the Khoja Shia Ithna-asheri population on the island increased – by 1897 it had grown to about a hundred – arrangements were made to meet at individual houses to |
| − | : perform the ‘majlis’, ‘matam’ and other communal rituals. | + | : perform the ‘majlis’, ‘matam’ and other communal rituals.'' |
| − | *'''1897''' | + | *'''1897''' ''Dewji Jamal & Co bought a shamba called “kitumba” with a small bungalow from Maryam bint Mohamed bin Mubarak Karooso for use as a cemetery.'' |
| − | *'''1898''' | + | *'''1898''' ''Khoja Trust was established'' |
| − | *'''1898''' | + | *'''1898''' ''Masjid land was purchased in Samuel Street; now known as Palagali or H Abbas street. '' |
| − | *'''1898''' | + | *'''1898''' ''Jiva Jooma was sentenced to death (August)… an appeal pg 74'' |
| − | *'''1898''' | + | *'''1898''' ''Walji Bhanji left Kutch and arrived with his family in Mombasa'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''The Mombasa community decided to build a mosque and imambarah.'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''Mombasa Khoja Shia Ithna-asheris became caught up in the ongoing communal discord and conflict in Zanzibar and Lamu.'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''KSI Jamat of Mumbai established (1319 Hijri..so it become 1901)'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''Arambagh, Mumbai was purchased (Rabi al Akhar 1317 Hjri)'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''Masjid was built in Arambagh, Mumbai (Rajab 1317 Hijri)'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''Mombasa Jamat established'' |
| − | *'''1899''' | + | *'''1899''' ''Around 1899 (Savant 1956), there were 40 Ismaili families and 22 Ithnaasheri families in Kilwa. Members used to go to both Jamatkhana and Imambarah'' |
| − | *'''1900''' | + | *'''1900''' ''In 1900 Dharamsi Khatau, Jivraj Khatau and Walji Bhanji bought land along present day Haileselassie Rd for use as a cemetery.'' |
| − | *'''1900''' | + | *'''1900''' ''With the efforts of Shaykh Abul Qasim Najafi Kashani Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Jami Masjid was established.'' |
| − | *'''1900''' | + | *'''1900''' 'Mulla Qadar Husayn left Mumbai for Karbala'' |
| − | *'''1901''' | + | *'''1901''' ''First KSI Jamat was established'' |
| − | *'''1901''' | + | *'''1901''' ''In this year Nasser Dewji died onboard a German ship while returning from pilgrimage to Mecca and was buried at sea. '' |
| − | *'''1902''' | + | *'''1902''' ''Mulla Qadar Husayn passed away 13th July 1902/6th Rabi al Akhar 1320 AH at the age of 60'' |
| − | *'''1903''' | + | *'''1903''' ''Navrojji Manekji Dumasya published a book entitled " Namdar Aga Khan no tunko Itihas.'' |
| − | *'''1904''' | + | *'''1904''' ''Work on the mosque-imambara, named “Kuwwatul Islam” (now Husseini) was completed'' |
| − | *'''1904''' | + | *'''1904''' ''Mombasa - Visiting dignitaries from Zanzibar at the opening ceremony of the “Kuwwatul Islam Mosque” on Old Killindini Rd.'' |
| − | *'''1905''' | + | *'''1905''' ''Haji Bibi case: Haji bibi widow of Jungi Shah, Uncle of Agha Khan 3rd..Some of the relatives of Agha Khan were Ithna Asheris'' |
| − | *'''1905''' | + | *'''1905''' ''Khoja qavm noh itihas was written and published by Jafar Ali Rehmatullah'' |
| − | *'''1905''' | + | *'''1905''' ''In early 20th 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 | : 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. | + | : invited. Jetha Gokal's wife's name was Mongi Bai who also became Shia Ishanashri but her parental family remained Agakhani.'' |
| − | *'''1907''' | + | *'''1907''' ''Hasan Bin Sabbah nu Jivan Charitra by Adelji Dhanji Kaba got published in Amreli'' |
| − | *'''1908''' | + | *'''1908''' ''Haji Bibi vs Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah'' |
| − | *'''1909''' | + | *'''1909''' ''Mulla Qadar Husayn's autobiography was published on 15th December by Fazalbhai Jan Muhammad Master in Zanzibar'' |
| − | *'''1912''' | + | *'''1912''' ''Agha Jahangir shah No Risalo was translated by Adelji Dhanji Kaba and published in this year in Amreli..The original book is written in Persian by Jahangir Shah bin |
| − | : Agha Hasan Ali | + | : Agha Hasan Ali Shah'' |
| − | *'''1913''' | + | *'''1913''' ''Khoja Panth Darpan first part got published in Amreli'' |
| − | *'''1914''' | + | *'''1914''' ''Kilvano patro..Adelji Dhanji Kaba'' |
| − | *'''1915''' | + | *'''1915''' ''Khoja Panth Darpan fourth part got published in Amreli'' |
| − | *'''1916''' | + | *'''1916''' ''Gupt Panth ka Shujra (Ek juno Hast Likhit Lekh) written by Adelji Dhanji Kaba in Amreli 16/06/1916'' |
| − | *'''1918''' | + | *'''1918''' ''Khoja vrutant second edition got published'' |
| − | *'''1919''' | + | *'''1919''' ''Imam Kevo Joieye? Book by Adelji Dhanji Kaba got published in Amreli'' |
| − | *'''1920''' | + | *'''1920''' ''Agha Khan visits Karachi for 26 days'' |
| − | *'''1922''' | + | *'''1922''' ''Agha Khan visits Karachi to meet Prince of Wales (March)'' |
| − | *'''1925''' | + | *'''1925''' ''Demise of Adelji Dhanji Kaba (19th Feb, 25th Rajab 1343)'' |
| − | *'''1925''' | + | *'''1925''' ''Birth of Mavlana Saheb Khaki in Burundi (3 rajab 1343 Khaki, 28th January)'' |
| − | *'''1927''' | + | *'''1927''' ''Khoja Reformers society in 1927 in Karachi'' |
| − | *'''1928''' | + | *'''1928''' ''Mr 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 (23rd November)'' |
| − | *'''1929''' | + | *'''1929''' ''A leading reformed was waylaid by three men and attacked with Hatchets who were Ismailis (in Karachi) (25th October)'' |
| − | *'''1932''' | + | *'''1932''' ''Karim Goolamali from Kharadhar, Karachi writes to Ali Soloman Khan, son of Agha Khan 3rd (27th November)'' |
| − | *'''1933''' | + | *'''1933''' ''All Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Conference was heald in Mundra on 7th-9th November 1933 (Rajab 1352/Kartak Savant 1990) under the chairmanship of Seth Haji Dawoodbhai |
| − | : Nasser | + | : Nasser Mawji'' |
| − | *'''1936''' | + | *'''1936''' ''Birth of Karim Al Husain, Agha Khan 4th'' |
| − | *'''1937''' | + | *'''1937''' ''Sharia act in India passed '' |
| − | *'''1939''' | + | *'''1939''' ''Shame e Hidayat, A text book in Gujarati language by Haji Muhamed Jaffaer Sheriff Dewji of Mombasa in 1939'' |
| − | *'''1945''' | + | *'''1945''' ''Africa Federation formed'' |
| − | *'''1948''' | + | *'''1948''' ''The 3rd Aga Khan seeks nationality of Iran from Muhammad Raza Shah Pehlavi '' |
| − | *'''1957''' | + | *'''1957''' ''Sultan Muhammad Shah dies, 48th Ismaili Imam, Agha Khan 3'' |
| − | *'''1957''' | + | *'''1957''' ''Karim Al Husain, Agha Khan 4th took the seat of Imamate (11th July 1957)'' |
| − | *'''1958''' | + | *'''1958''' ''Arusha Conference'' |
| − | *'''1960''' | + | *'''1960''' ''Second edition of Mulla Qadar Husayn's biography published by Asgharnhai Wadiya (editor of Apni Dunya) on 23rd Rabi al Awwal 1380/ 16th September 1960'' |
| − | *'''1962''' | + | *'''1962''' ''Shia Imami Ismail new constitution in Africa'' |
| − | *'''1964''' | + | *'''1964''' ''Aga Khan 4th for the sake of participation in Olympics took Iranian nationality'' |
| − | *'''1964''' | + | *'''1964''' ''The revolution of Zanzibar'' |
| − | *'''1964''' | + | *'''1964''' ''Al Hajj Ebrahim Hussein Sheriff Dewji on 9th January, 1964 in Zanzibar at a young age while in the position of the Chairmanship of AFED '' |
| − | *'''1965''' | + | *'''1965''' ''In 1965, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin succeeded his father at the age of 53, heralding a new era for the Bohrah community.'' |
| − | *'''1966''' | + | *'''1966''' ''When the 2 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 | + | : the “Berlin Wall”), was finally brought. The “Berlin Wall” brought down by representatives of the two jamats: Abdulhussein Dharamsi Khatau and Sadak Jivraj Meghji'' |
| − | *'''1968''' | + | *'''1968''' ''Shaheed Hamid Ali Bhojani. He nominated himself for the managing committee of Jamat at the age of 23 years'' |
| − | *'''1969''' | + | *'''1969''' ''An account of the Khoja Sunnat Jamat, Bombay published in 1969 in Karachi: Oxford Book House'' |
| − | *'''1972''' | + | *'''1972''' ''The expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin, Uganda Exodus'' |
| − | *'''1976''' | + | *'''1976''' ''World Federation was formed'' |
| − | *'''1980''' | + | *'''1980''' ''NASIMCO was formed'' |
| − | *'''1980''' | + | *'''1980''' ''Ali Raza Nanji of Nairobi started a Madrasa syllabus project in English'' |
| − | *'''1983''' | + | *'''1983''' ''Conference of World Ahlulbayt League (London, 5th Aug)'' |
| − | *'''1984''' | + | *'''1984''' ''Gujarat Federation was formed'' |
| − | *'''1986''' | + | *'''1986''' ''December: first set of draft notes published (Madrasa syllabus of Ai Raza Nanji)'' |
| − | *'''1987''' | + | *'''1987''' ''Madagascar unrest'' |
| − | *'''1988''' | + | *'''1988''' ''March: first full set of notes published (Madrasa syllabus of Ai Raza Nanji)'' |
| − | *'''1991''' | + | *'''1991''' ''Evacuation of an entire community of 1,100 from Somalia'' |
| − | *'''1991''' | + | *'''1991''' ''Third edition of Mulla Qadar Husayn's autobiography was published on 15th of Ramadan 1411/1st April 1991 by Gulam Abbas M Amiri (editor of Rahe Najat) in Mumbai'' |
| − | *'''2001''' | + | *'''2001''' ''Earthquake in Kutch'' |
| − | *'''2005''' | + | *'''2005''' ''CoEJ was formed'' |
| − | *'''2008''' | + | *'''2008''' ''Nairobi Aalim residence and adjacent facility opened by Ramzan Nanji (22nd June , 18th Jamadi al Akhar 1429 AH)'' |
| − | *'''2011''' | + | *'''2011''' ''February: Dubai retreat of MCE'' |
| − | *'''2012''' | + | *'''2012''' ''November, Harben Madrasah Retreat'' |
::*'''''by Kumail Rajani''''' | ::*'''''by Kumail Rajani''''' | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 11 October 2019
- 762 Demise of Ismail b Jafar al Sadiq A.S
- 765 Shahdat of Imam Sadiq A.S
- 883 The earliest Ismaili missionary arrived in Sindh
- 909 Fatimid caliphate started
- 958 Ismaili principality was established in Sindh, with its seat at Multan, where large numbers of Hindus converted to Ismailism.
- 1005 Ismaili rule ended in Sindh
- 1067 Missionaries sent from Yemen(Sulayhids of Yemen who acknowledged the suzerainty of the Ismaili Fatimid caliphs-Imams)founded a new Ismaili community (Bohra)in Gujarat
- 1094 Split on the 19th Imam of Ismaili Fatamid caliph-imams/ Nur Satguru arrived in Sindh (according to a narration)
- 1164 The announcement of Qiyamat by Hasan (8th August, 17th of the holy month of Ramadan 559 AH)
- 1179 Nur Satguru arrived in Sindh (according to a narration)
- 1242 Nur Satguru arrived in Sindh (according to a narration)
- 1256 Mongols destroyed Nizari setup (Alamut)in Iran (15th December)
- 1276 Pir Sadr al Deen or Sahdev (?) arrived in Sindh
- 1356 Pir Shams in Punjab
- 1804 Hasan Ali Shah Mahallati born in Kahak, 1st Agha Khan
- 1813 In 1813 Macdonnel Kinneir, notes that near Alamut there were quite a few Ismailis who were called Husaynis.
- 1817 Khalillulah, 45th Ismaili Imam was killed in Yazd by a Mulla along with few of his family members
- 1817 Hasan Ali Shah took the seat of Imamat, 46th Ismaili Imam, Agha Khan 1
- 1829 Habib Ibrahim refused to pay religious tax, Dasond, to Agha Khan (1827 according to one narration)
- 1829 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.
- 1830 Mirza Abul Kassim’s (Aga Khans representative) suit was withdrawn by British Government (July 22nd)
- 1830 Habib Ibrahim and his friends (11 friends) were out-casted from the community
- 1830 Ali Shah born, Agha Khan 2nd, 47th Ismail Imam
- 1833 Khojas went to Karbala meeting Ayatullah Zainul Abedeen Mazandarani and Mulla Qadar
- 1834 Fateh Ali Shah Qajar died
- 1835 Barabhai: After five years, in 1251/1835, they were re-admitted conditionally, who had however laid a root of a dissident group.
- 1837 1st Agha Khan was ruler of Kirman
- 1840 Hasan Ali Shah arrived in India (not in Bombay), 46th Ismaili Imam, Agha Khan 1
- 1841 Agha Khan first left Iran towards Afghanistan and then Balochistan (Sunni Khoja account)
- 1841 Anglo-Afghan War (1841-1842). Hasan Ali Shah helped General Nott in Kandahar Province and to General England in his advance from Sindh to join Nott.
- 1843 Hasan Ali Shah Mohallati was also the first Nizari Imam to make Bombay the permanent seat of the Imamat
- 1843 Aga Khan helped Sir Charles Napier in his conquest of Sind. For this favour, he got a pension from the British Government of India.
- 1844 Aga Khan First arrived in India (Sunni Khoja account)
- 1845 Mulla Qadar Husain was born (approx date) in Madras
- 1845 Hasan Ali Shah arrived in Bombay (18th December)
- 1845 Circular from Agha Khan 1: All should be practicing their rituals as Shias and not Sunnis. This was opposed by Katch (Kera) and Mahuva
- 1846 Hasan Ali Shah moved to Calcutta. He lived there for 2 years.
- 1847 Habib Ibrahim is a witness in a court case
- 1847 Sajan Meharali’s (2 of his daughters Hirbai and Gangabai filed a case against Sonbai(Habib Ibrahim's kaki))a case which decided against the rights of Khoja females
- (Sajan Mehrali's daughters) to inherit according to Mahomedan Law….When the Aga Khan was yet in Calcutta, a fresh litigation, 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.
- 1847 Sir Askin Pery's (?) description on Khoja
- 1848 Hasan Ali Shah returned to Bombay (26th December)
- 1848 Second ex-communication of Habib Ibrahim (Barabhai) due to the inheritance case of Sonbai vs Hirbai and Gangabai.
- 1850 Mahim Jamat Khan.4 of the friends of Habib Ibrahim were killed (last day of Muharram. 13th November 1850) 3 died with the sword and the fourth one died in hospital :due to the attack
- 1850 Noor Muhammad Amersy was killed by Aga khan followers
- 1850 Out of 19 who were accused to kill the reformers at Mahim Jamat Khana, 4 were sentenced to death (18th December 1851 according to Sunni Khoja account)
- 1850 Few reformists who became Sunnis separated their mosque and graveyard. The other issues challenged the Aga Khan's authority, and claimed themselves as the Sunni
- Khojas, stressing that the Ismaili Khojas had been Sunnis since their conversion to Islam by Pir Sadruddin. They also built their own separate prayer-hall and grave-yard in
- 1266/1850.
- 1851 Declaration of rights pronounced by Justice Sir Erskine Perry: All the things belong to Jamat Khana and Khojas and NOT Agha Khan
- 1851 Four Aga Khanis were sentenced to death at Mazagon for Mahim massacre (18th December)
- 1857 The establishment of the Raj in India
- 1858 Agha Khan 1 arrives in Kutch to settle the disputes raised due to the circular of 1845
- 1860 Haji Dewji Jamal first came to Zanzibar from India in 1860 and soon settled on the Island of Zanzibar.
- 1861 Agha Khan circulated a general announcement declaring the Khojas to be the 'Shi'ites' (20th October 1861) when the dissenting Khojas publicly joined the Sunni fold,
- the Aga Khan issued a decree in which he expressed his desire to bring the Ismailis to conform to the practices of the Shia Imami Ismaili creed of his holy ancestors, regarding : marriage ceremonies, ablutions, funeral rites etc. The decree ended thus, "He who may be willing to obey my orders shall write his name in this book that I may know him." Habib : Ibrahim and his team denied to sign it.20 families in Mahuva also refused to sign it.
- 1861 Habib Ibrahim suggested to the court to discredit the position of Alla Rakhiya Sumar and Khaki Padamshi as Mukhi and Kamadia from 8th of November 1861 and appoint a
- person from court who will assess the assets and make it exclusively for the use of Khoja
- 1861 Article in The Bombay times and Standard, May 4.
- 1862 Aga Khan gave an ultimatum (21 days) to Sunni Khojas to join him else would be ex-communicated (16th of August). On this day, they had a meeting in which Habib
- Ibrahim didn't turn up and thus was given an ultimatum.
- 1862 Sunni Khoja Jamat came into existence (September)
- 1862 Article to the editor of the times of India (21st November): Reformist Khojas were Sunnis
- 1862 Article to the times of India (November 27th): Agha Khan should be removed from Bombay
- 1862 January 2nd, The loyalty of the Ismailis for their Imam can be gauged from the reaction of the Bhuj jamat at Kutch, who sent a letter dated January 2, 1862 in reply
- to the communication sent by the plaintiffs as illustrated by E.I. Howard to the Hon'ble Court. It reads: "We are upon the right side, but should His Lordship Aga Khan ask for
- the signatures, we are ready to give thousand times a day. Whatever order comes from him, we are bound to obey." Observing the above letter, Justice Sir Joseph Arnold
- (1814-1886) remarked: "This is a very decided letter; at any rate, there can be no mistake about that." (cf. "The Shia School of Islam and its Branches",Bombay, 1906, p. 93).
- 1862 Mukhi Alarakhia Sumar and Kamadia Khaki Padamsi (d.1877) called a meeting in Bombay Jamatkhana on August 16, 1862.
- 1862 Mulla Qadar bin Nahif arrived in Maumbai and started a Madrasa in Mumbai (1862 AD/1279 AH) when he was 18/19 years old.
- 1863 Aga Khan expressed a determination to exclude the reformists (1st April or 31st March)
- 1864 A voice from India being an appeal to the British Legislature by Khojas of Bombay against The Usurped and Oppressive domination of Hussain Hussanee commonly called
- and known as “Aga Khan” by a native of Bombay now resident in London.
- 1864 In February of this year, they took out the Sunni scholar from the (Juni Masjid of the qabrastan) mosque who used to lead prayers and replaced him with a Shia scholar.
- 1864 Shaykh Murtaza Ansari passed away in Najaf
- 1865 Ibrat e Afza translated in Gujarati. The book reveals the agony of Hasan Ali Shah's entire life.
- 1866 Khoja Case..All the Khojas are Sunni. It was rejected by the court. The celebrated Khoja case which lasted for 25 days was litigated in the High Court of Bombay
- between the months of April and June, 1866, before Justice SIR JOSEPH ARNOULD. (November 21st). This is also known as Barbhai case or Aga Khan case.
- 1867 Khoja settlement in Mombasa dates to 1867 when Waljee Hirjee a prominent Khoja Ismaili merchant of Zanzibar opened a shop at the Old Port.
- 1870 Dewji Jamal established a branch of his company in Lamu, chief port of Kenya. This is the first report of a Khoja in Kenya.
- 1873 Mulla Qadar returns back Mumbai to preach Ithan Asheri faith where he stayed for 27 years. (30th April 1873/2nd Rabi al Awwal 1290 AH)
- 1874 Devjibhai Jamal returned back to Zanzibar after Hajj and veofre the hajj he was in Mumbai with Mulla Qadar.
- 1877 Sultan Muhammad Shah born in Karachi, 3rd Agha Khan, 48th Ismaili Imam
- 1878 Killu Khatav got martyred (1295 AH)
- 1878 Dewji Jamal arrived in Zanzibar from Bombay.
- 1879 Muhammad Bakir Khan (d. 1296/1879), brother of Agha Khan died
- 1880 Birth of Adelji Dhanji Kaba (28 Feb, 17th Rabi al Awwal 1297)
- 1880 Hemraj Ladhani sailed with his family by dhow from Kutch to Bagamoyo.
- 1881 The first Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Mosque and Imambara were built in Kiponda area of Zanzibar in 1881. It was registered as Khoja Ithna Asheri Kuwwatul Islam Mosque,
- Dewji Jamal being one of the signatories to the documentation.
- 1881 Sheikh Abul Qasim Najafi arrive in Mumbai (1307 Hijri)
- 1881 Hasan Ali Shah Mahallati died in Mumbai, 1st Agha Khan, 46th Ismaili Imam (April 12)
- 1881 Ali Shah took the seat of Imamat, 2nd Agha Khan, 47th Ismaili Imam (April 12, 1881)
- 1881 Haji Dewji Jamal was one of the founders of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community in Zanzibar in 1881.
- 1882 The first Ithna-asheri to settle in Mombasa was Abdalla Datoo Hirjee. He arrived on the island from Zazibar in 1882
- 1882 Pira Vall, first president of Kuwwatul Islam Jamat of Zanzibar in 1882
- 1884 Time of India newspaper: In or about 1849 Khojas (other than Ismailis, i.e. Isna-Asharis and Sunnis declined to acknowledge the supremacy of Agha Khan and were
- practising their respective faiths.
- 1885 Ali Shah died in Pune, Agha Khan 2nd, 47th Ismail Imam. However, he was buried in Karbala.
- 1885 Sultan Muhammad Shah, Agha Khan 3rd took the seat of Imamate (Aug 17, 1885)at the age of 8 years
- 1885 one of the Dewji Jamal’s son, Nazerali Dewji , shifted to Lamu from Zanziber and John Kirk, the British Consul in Zanzibar, reports it to his deputy in Lamu. He
- explains Shia Khoja split issue in the letter.
- 1885 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.
- 1887 Nazerali Dewji moved from Lamu to Mombasa to establish a new branch of Dewji Jamal & Co.
- 1887 In 1887 the combined Khoja population(both Ismailis and Ithna-Asheris) on the island was estimated at only 25 compared to around 1900 in Zanzibar and 385 in
- Bagamoyo.
- 1887 The Secretary of State for India acting through the Viceroy of India formally recognized the title, "Aga Khan
- 1888 British East African Company (IBEA) in 1888, Mombasa became the chief commercial entrepôt of East Africa.
- 1889 Shaykh Abul Qasim Najafi Kashani arrived in Mumbai from Iran. (1307 AH)
- 1889 Ayatullah Zaynul Abideen Mazandarani passed away (17th July 1889/26th of Tir 1268 Shamsi/18 Zul Qadah 1306 in Karbala
- 1890 Jiwan Visram established a school-madrasa on the island in the 1890’s.
- 1892 First issue of Rahe Najat got published by Haji Naji Saheb, student of Mulla Qadar (Zilqad 1310)
- 1892 Khoja Vrutant was written..first edition
- 1892 Aga Khan Palace in Pune was built by Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. It took 5 years and 1000 workers to build it at a cost of Rs 12,00,000/-. Palace is spread
- across an estate of 19 acres with a built area of 7 acres. n 1969, the palace was donated to India. Today, it possesses Gandhi’s memorial, Kasturba and Desai’s samadhis and
- archives of photos and portraits of Gandhi during the freedom struggle.
- 1894 Khoja Kawmna Mazhabna Ketlak Mul tatvo tatha Kriya Sambadho Nanu Pustak published by Agha Sultan Muhammad Shah Agha Khan
- 1895 300 families living in Lamu
- 1896 Dewji Jamal bought land for building a mosque-imambara.
- 1896 In Lamu shortly after the conflict began,one faction, with the help contributions from Zanzibar, built a temporary new mosque outside the 1896 mosque-imambarah.This
- was later re-built in the 1900’s with contributions from Jivraj Khatau, Jivraj Meghji and others who had left Mombasa’s “Bustani” (see below) into the splendid mosque that can
- be seen today on the Lamu the sea front.
- 1896 Few Agha Khan followers poisoned themselves … an appeal pg 74
- 1896 Jaffer Dewji moved to Mombasa following his brother, Nazerali Dewji.
- 1897 First Namaz e Juma was prayed at Shustri Imambara, Bhendi Bazar (Friday 26th Jamaadi ul Aakhar 1315 Hijri, 22 November 1897)
- 1897 As the Khoja Shia Ithna-asheri population on the island increased – by 1897 it had grown to about a hundred – arrangements were made to meet at individual houses to
- perform the ‘majlis’, ‘matam’ and other communal rituals.
- 1897 Dewji Jamal & Co bought a shamba called “kitumba” with a small bungalow from Maryam bint Mohamed bin Mubarak Karooso for use as a cemetery.
- 1898 Khoja Trust was established
- 1898 Masjid land was purchased in Samuel Street; now known as Palagali or H Abbas street.
- 1898 Jiva Jooma was sentenced to death (August)… an appeal pg 74
- 1898 Walji Bhanji left Kutch and arrived with his family in Mombasa
- 1899 The Mombasa community decided to build a mosque and imambarah.
- 1899 Mombasa Khoja Shia Ithna-asheris became caught up in the ongoing communal discord and conflict in Zanzibar and Lamu.
- 1899 KSI Jamat of Mumbai established (1319 Hijri..so it become 1901)
- 1899 Arambagh, Mumbai was purchased (Rabi al Akhar 1317 Hjri)
- 1899 Masjid was built in Arambagh, Mumbai (Rajab 1317 Hijri)
- 1899 Mombasa Jamat established
- 1899 Around 1899 (Savant 1956), there were 40 Ismaili families and 22 Ithnaasheri families in Kilwa. Members used to go to both Jamatkhana and Imambarah
- 1900 In 1900 Dharamsi Khatau, Jivraj Khatau and Walji Bhanji bought land along present day Haileselassie Rd for use as a cemetery.
- 1900 With the efforts of Shaykh Abul Qasim Najafi Kashani Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Jami Masjid was established.
- 1900 'Mulla Qadar Husayn left Mumbai for Karbala
- 1901 First KSI Jamat was established
- 1901 In this year Nasser Dewji died onboard a German ship while returning from pilgrimage to Mecca and was buried at sea.
- 1902 Mulla Qadar Husayn passed away 13th July 1902/6th Rabi al Akhar 1320 AH at the age of 60
- 1903 Navrojji Manekji Dumasya published a book entitled " Namdar Aga Khan no tunko Itihas.
- 1904 Work on the mosque-imambara, named “Kuwwatul Islam” (now Husseini) was completed
- 1904 Mombasa - Visiting dignitaries from Zanzibar at the opening ceremony of the “Kuwwatul Islam Mosque” on Old Killindini Rd.
- 1905 Haji Bibi case: Haji bibi widow of Jungi Shah, Uncle of Agha Khan 3rd..Some of the relatives of Agha Khan were Ithna Asheris
- 1905 Khoja qavm noh itihas was written and published by Jafar Ali Rehmatullah
- 1905 In early 20th 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.
- 1907 Hasan Bin Sabbah nu Jivan Charitra by Adelji Dhanji Kaba got published in Amreli
- 1908 Haji Bibi vs Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah
- 1909 Mulla Qadar Husayn's autobiography was published on 15th December by Fazalbhai Jan Muhammad Master in Zanzibar
- 1912 Agha Jahangir shah No Risalo was translated by Adelji Dhanji Kaba and published in this year in Amreli..The original book is written in Persian by Jahangir Shah bin
- Agha Hasan Ali Shah
- 1913 Khoja Panth Darpan first part got published in Amreli
- 1914 Kilvano patro..Adelji Dhanji Kaba
- 1915 Khoja Panth Darpan fourth part got published in Amreli
- 1916 Gupt Panth ka Shujra (Ek juno Hast Likhit Lekh) written by Adelji Dhanji Kaba in Amreli 16/06/1916
- 1918 Khoja vrutant second edition got published
- 1919 Imam Kevo Joieye? Book by Adelji Dhanji Kaba got published in Amreli
- 1920 Agha Khan visits Karachi for 26 days
- 1922 Agha Khan visits Karachi to meet Prince of Wales (March)
- 1925 Demise of Adelji Dhanji Kaba (19th Feb, 25th Rajab 1343)
- 1925 Birth of Mavlana Saheb Khaki in Burundi (3 rajab 1343 Khaki, 28th January)
- 1927 Khoja Reformers society in 1927 in Karachi
- 1928 Mr 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 (23rd November)
- 1929 A leading reformed was waylaid by three men and attacked with Hatchets who were Ismailis (in Karachi) (25th October)
- 1932 Karim Goolamali from Kharadhar, Karachi writes to Ali Soloman Khan, son of Agha Khan 3rd (27th November)
- 1933 All Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Conference was heald in Mundra on 7th-9th November 1933 (Rajab 1352/Kartak Savant 1990) under the chairmanship of Seth Haji Dawoodbhai
- Nasser Mawji
- 1936 Birth of Karim Al Husain, Agha Khan 4th
- 1937 Sharia act in India passed
- 1939 Shame e Hidayat, A text book in Gujarati language by Haji Muhamed Jaffaer Sheriff Dewji of Mombasa in 1939
- 1945 Africa Federation formed
- 1948 The 3rd Aga Khan seeks nationality of Iran from Muhammad Raza Shah Pehlavi
- 1957 Sultan Muhammad Shah dies, 48th Ismaili Imam, Agha Khan 3
- 1957 Karim Al Husain, Agha Khan 4th took the seat of Imamate (11th July 1957)
- 1958 Arusha Conference
- 1960 Second edition of Mulla Qadar Husayn's biography published by Asgharnhai Wadiya (editor of Apni Dunya) on 23rd Rabi al Awwal 1380/ 16th September 1960
- 1962 Shia Imami Ismail new constitution in Africa
- 1964 Aga Khan 4th for the sake of participation in Olympics took Iranian nationality
- 1964 The revolution of Zanzibar
- 1964 Al Hajj Ebrahim Hussein Sheriff Dewji on 9th January, 1964 in Zanzibar at a young age while in the position of the Chairmanship of AFED
- 1965 In 1965, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin succeeded his father at the age of 53, heralding a new era for the Bohrah community.
- 1966 When the 2 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
- 1968 Shaheed Hamid Ali Bhojani. He nominated himself for the managing committee of Jamat at the age of 23 years
- 1969 An account of the Khoja Sunnat Jamat, Bombay published in 1969 in Karachi: Oxford Book House
- 1972 The expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin, Uganda Exodus
- 1976 World Federation was formed
- 1980 NASIMCO was formed
- 1980 Ali Raza Nanji of Nairobi started a Madrasa syllabus project in English
- 1983 Conference of World Ahlulbayt League (London, 5th Aug)
- 1984 Gujarat Federation was formed
- 1986 December: first set of draft notes published (Madrasa syllabus of Ai Raza Nanji)
- 1987 Madagascar unrest
- 1988 March: first full set of notes published (Madrasa syllabus of Ai Raza Nanji)
- 1991 Evacuation of an entire community of 1,100 from Somalia
- 1991 Third edition of Mulla Qadar Husayn's autobiography was published on 15th of Ramadan 1411/1st April 1991 by Gulam Abbas M Amiri (editor of Rahe Najat) in Mumbai
- 2001 Earthquake in Kutch
- 2005 CoEJ was formed
- 2008 Nairobi Aalim residence and adjacent facility opened by Ramzan Nanji (22nd June , 18th Jamadi al Akhar 1429 AH)
- 2011 February: Dubai retreat of MCE
- 2012 November, Harben Madrasah Retreat
- by Kumail Rajani
