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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
Abdulhusein first resident aalim in Zanzibar who was sent by agha e Yazdi and Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani from Iraq.
Academy for learning Islam (ALI)
Al Muntazir school (Dar es Salam)
An account of the Khoja Sunnat Jamat
An Outline History of Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri in Eastern Africa
BabMadina Summer Courses Bagamoyo, Bahadur Dalal Bage Firdaus (Megazine) Bage Najat 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)
Cassum Ismail:He was killed with Noor Muhammad Amersey by Aga Khan follower
Charles Napier (he used to pay 2000 Pounds to Agha Khan per year)
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)
Communal discord in Lamu for decade after Jafer Dewji’s departure from Lamu towards Mombasa
Conseil Régional Des Khojas Shia Ithna- Asheri Jamates De L.Océan Indien (CROI)
Dasondi khoja (Those who pay Dasonds)
Dewji Jamal & Co (1870) in Lamu, chief port of Kenya
Dhalla Dr. Micro Biologist (Sunni Khoja?)
Dharam (Voluntary gift)…an appeal pg 93
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.
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
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.
Elections in Different Jamats, WF, Regional Councils
Exco Evacuation of an entire community of 1,100 from Somalia in 1991
Fahim Ajani..Bollywood actor as Master Raju
Farzande Raza Rizvi of Karachi, Urdu translator
Fath Ali Shah Qajar: Gave the title of Agha Khan
Fazal aloo muraj was ex communicated
Fazal Noor Mohammaed…..reform party
Fidahussein Habib Rhemtulla Kara – (FHR) A Legendary Cricketer
Firdawas e Bari..Adelji Dhanji Kaba
Forgett: Deputy commissioner of police in Bombay
Great work association… an appeal pg 94
Gulam Husainbhai Bhurani (Council of Gujarat)
Habib Ibrahim: He refused to pay the high taxes imposed by Aga Khan
Haiderbhai Kassamali Haji (WF president)
[[Husain Shustari (son in law of Abdul Hussain Marashi and grandfather of Abdul Husain Marashi Tustari]]
Hamid Ali Bhojani (Karachi Jamat President)
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 Kabir al Din: Son of Pir Sadruddin
Hassanbhai gulam Husain (Mukhi): he was involved in killing Killo Khatav
Hassubhai (Mahuva) Council of Gujarat
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’.
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’.
Hurreechund: A brahmin Guru resisidng in a city named (after him as may be presumed) Hurreechunda, situated on the borders of Cashmere.
Husainbhai Merchant (Bhavnagar)
Hussaini Madressah (in Madagascar)
Husaini Nagar (Mahuva) Husaynis: In 1813 Macdonnel Kinneir, notes that near Alamut there were quite a few Ismailis who were called Husaynis.
Husseain Mosque..Kuwwatul Islam
Hussein Abdalla Jaffer Pardhan: Interviews with Zaheer Bhaloo
Hussein Abdalla Jaffer, great grandson of Dewji Jamal
Ismaili fidais and Ismaili soldiers
Jafar Ali Rehmatullah: Khoja qavm not itihas was written and published by
Jafar dhadu Badankshi case..Karachi and presence of Adelji Dhanji Kaba
Jaffery Institute of Professional Studies
Jafar Rehmatullah: The history of Khojas…book
Jaffer Dewji: grandson of Dewji Jamal
Jafferali Merali: great grandson of Dewji Kanji
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)
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.
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 Kirk, the British Consul in Zanzibar,
Kalbe Sadiq: Tavheed al Muslemeen
Kamadiya: the accountant of the community
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)
Khalfan Ratansi… student of Mulla Qadar
Khan Mahomed Habibbhoy…..reform party
Khoja Biradari no Itihas: Pyarali Hirani
Khoja Case: (The Aga Khan Case):
Khoja Kawm ni Tawarikh…Adelji Dhanji Kaba
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-ASHERIS IN LAMU AND MOMBASA, 1870-1930
Khoja Vrattant: Sachedina Najiyani
Killu Khatav Nagarpoorwala from Katch…shaheed… student of Mulla Qadar
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.
Lallan Ali Dina (An appeal to Aga Khan Pg 67)
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 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 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.
Leadership Development Program
Linda S Walbridge: The thread of Muawiya..The role of Khoja and Marjiyah
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
Mahfile Bibi Fatema (Zanzibar)
Muhammad Shustari (editor of Savtaye Bilal)
Mohammed baqir sahib… Muballig in east Africa
Madagascar Territorial Council
Bage Najat
Bahar e Majalis..Jalal Mishkin Shah
Rafiqul Mumenne (Talaja…Aladin Gulam Husain )
Rahe Najat
Master Gulam Husain Nawha Khan …Pakistan
Mawkib: 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
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
Mirza Husain Mirza Khalil Tehrani
Mohammad Haider..article on Khoja Shia Ithan Asheri Community
Mohsin e Qawm: Ebrahim Husein Sheriff Dewji
Mohsin Mohamedhussein Rajabali Alidina
Muhammad Bakir Khan (d. 1296/1879): brother of Aga Khan
Muhammad Raza Habib Burundi Kamat president
Muhammad Razabhai Vakil (Raza Dost Vakil)
Mulla Anverali Valimohamed Walji
Mulla Asgar (Asghar Ali M.M Jaffer)
Mulla Musa Jaffer wrote against Ibrahim Varteji
Musafirkhanas Ahmedabad Baghdad Basra Bhavnagar Dar es salam Jumalalaji Kanji Musafirkhana Karbala Mashhad Najaf Qum Tehran
Mushas e Hali al islam..Adelji Dhanji Kaba 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.
Nakuru Camp Nandi 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. Nayab Haider, A syed, Non Khoja Shia in Milton keynes Nadirbhai Pakistan Narwhal (Punjab) Nanji Abraham (Mahuva Jamat president in Mahuva Commission case)
Najmul hasan, …muballig in east Africa
Nasir Husain …. muballig in east Africa
New Moon Association… an appeal pg 94
[[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
[[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
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 Sadrudin..great grandson of pir shams
Pira Wali: Pira Vall, first president of Kuwwatul Islam Jamat of Zanzibar in 1882
Ahmad Hassam Asgar Moledina Haidar Haji Hasnain Walji Mulla Asgar
Pyarali Hirani: Khoja Biradari no Itihas
Rafiqul Mumenne (Talaja…Aladin Gulam Husain )
Rahe Najat
Rassoul-oul-Akr’am Tabligh Centre in Antananarivo
Raza Ali Hirjee (Raza-Aly Hiridjee)
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
Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Orphanage : Sharifbhai Hasambhai
[[Sachedina Najiyani: He was assistant commissioner of Kutch. His book Khoja Vrattant was published by Adelji Dhanji Kaba in 1918.]]
Samachar (Gujrati and English Magazine)
Savtaye Bilal : Muhammad Shustari (editor of Savtaye Bilal)
Safdar RaziSahdev (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
Salim vice president Burundi Jamat
Seceders and Ismailis an appeal pg 98
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.]]
Shafi Thanawala (Khoja Sunnat Jamat President)
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
Sir John Outram: An appeal to Agha Khan pg 3
Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan na lekho…Adelji Dhanji Kaba
Spellman (IIS)………..q News…Ayatullah Khoe photo
Suhrawardi Sufi order: Pir Hasan’s affiliation with this order
Sunni Khojas are known as Barabhai Khojas
Tahrif e Quran…an appeal pg 85
Tantanpura Masjid: Sunni Khojas
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
Through open doors (A view of Asian Cultures in Kenya) by Cynthia Salvadoru edited by Andrew Fedders
Ucch, South of Multan: Grave of Pir Sadr al Din
Uganda Exodus in 1972
University of Winchester and MTP
Walji Bhanji: Eventually 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. 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 Ramji (Chittilesso) a leading Ithna-Asheri piece-cloth merchant of Lamu. Waqf Board in Gujarat We Came in Dhows: Cynthia Salvadori Wessex,
WIPAHS Witu, Kenya Yasin Rahim
Yazdi…He along with Sayed Abul Hasan Isfehani send the first resident aalim in Zanzibar from Iraq.
Zafarul hasan .. muballig in east Africa
Zahra (Mulla Bibi Zahra): Teaching Quran. She was nani of Agha Ridha Shustari
Zainabiyya Islamic Centre.. Milton Keynes
Zanzibar..Adelji Dhanji Kaba stayed for 7 years
Zengish shah, the uncle of aga khan: shot dead at Jeddah… an appeal pg 74
