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KhojaPedia is an online encyclopedia encompassing socio-religious entity of the Khoja Shia Ithna ‘Ashari Muslim community. It is all about documenting and stabilizing the rich heritage of spiritual migration from one faith to other by maintaining the spirit of unity and organization.
 
KhojaPedia is an online encyclopedia encompassing socio-religious entity of the Khoja Shia Ithna ‘Ashari Muslim community. It is all about documenting and stabilizing the rich heritage of spiritual migration from one faith to other by maintaining the spirit of unity and organization.

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O mankind! Indeed We created you from a male and a female, and made you nations and tribes that you may get mutually acquainted. Indeed the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is the most God wary among you. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-aware

-- The Holy Qur’an 49:13

KhojaPedia is an online encyclopedia encompassing socio-religious entity of the Khoja Shia Ithna ‘Ashari Muslim community. It is all about documenting and stabilizing the rich heritage of spiritual migration from one faith to other by maintaining the spirit of unity and organization.


It stands on the principle of unbiased and genuine research through reliable sources. One would feel the essence of faith, sacrifice, journey, dedication, culture, heritage, identity and unity in this project.


It is a step forward to impart the legacy of the ancestors to the youths of the community, specifically and in in general to the wider global community.


Predominantly it focuses on Shia Ithna ‘Ashari community but in case of relevancy it will consider other Khoja communities as well. This place would serve as a virtual nation for Khojas appreciating the endeavors of ancestors, acknowledging current struggle and aiming for a converging vision for the upcoming generation.


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

A.S.Hashim

Aaqa Haiderbadi

Aasu Gangji

Aayn Gayn Haji

Abbas Bandali

Abbas Haider Lalji

Abbas Ismail

Abbas Jaffer

Abbas Lakha

Abdalla Datoo Hirjee

Abdul Aziz Sachedina

Abdul Husain Marashi Tustari

Abdulhusein

Abdulla Saleh Sachedina

Abdullabhai Mawaji

Abdullahbhai Lalji

Abul Hasan Isfahani

Abul Husain

Abul Qasim Najafi

Academy for learning Islam (ALI)

Adelji Dhanji Kaba

Aden Jamaat

Africa Federation

Afshin Rattansi

Aftab A Rizvi

Afzal sumar

Aga Khan

Ahmad ali

Ahmad Habib Ibrahim

Ahmad Hasam

Ahmad Madadi

Ahmed Habib

Ahmedbad

Akbar Ali

Akbar Ali Bhai Petha

Akbar Shah

Akbar Tejani (Musawwir)

Akbarali Hasanlai Mirza

Akber Ali Mawji

Akberali A. Khatau

Akram Majedi

Al Islam

Al Itrah (TV)

Al Mahdi Center

Al Mahdi Institute

Al Mahdi School

Al Muntazir school

Aladeen Adelji Dhanji Kaba

Alamdar magazine

Alarakhia Sumar

Alarakhia Valji

Ali Bhai Jan

Ali deena

Ali Din Gulam Husain

Ali Husain Hasan Ali

Ali Husain Lakhani

Ali Naqvi

Ali Nathoo

Ali Raza T Lakhani

Ali Shroff

Ali Solomon Khan

Aliakbar Mohamed Raza Shroff

Aliraza Nanji of Nairobi

Aliraza Rajani

Allidina Visram

Altaf Hussain

Amanullah Hemani

Ameen Sayani

Amena (Maulla Bibi Amena)

Amine Nassor

Amirs of Talpur

Amirullah Khan

Ammar Nakshwani

Amreli

An account of the Khoja Sunnat Jamat

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

Arif Abdul Husain

Arif Rizvi

Armenian Merchants and Khojas

Arusha

Arusha conference

Asad Virani

Asgar Moledina

Ashraf Ali Hydari

Asif Mehrali

Asliyat e Khoja

Assassins

Aunali K. Khalfan

Aunali Salemohamed

Australia

Avtar

Azadari in Jamatkhana

Bab Madina Summer Courses

Bagamoyo

Bage Firdaus Magazine

Bage Najat

Bahadur Dalal

Bahaish Merchant

Bahar e Majalis Magazine

Bam

Barabhai

Bashir Damji

Bawa Nazar Ali Karimdad

Bead Bai

Berlin wall

Bhavnagar

Bibi Sarcar Mata Salamat

Bilal Mission

Bombay

Bombay Samachar

Bujumbura

Bundally pariani

Burket Walji

Burundi

Bustani (Hayderi) vs Kuwwatul Islam (Husaini)

Bustani (Mosque Imambara) Mombasa (Now Hayderi Masjid)

Caravan e Zuwwar

Carissa Hickling

Cassum Ismail

Chacha Piryani

Chandraki

Charat

Charles Napier

Chatta

Chirag e Hidayat

Chittilesso (Walji Ramji)

Chungani

COEJ

Communal discord in Lamu

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

Cynthia Salvadoru

Dai

Damascus (IIPS)

Dar al Tabligh

Dar al Zahra

Dar es salaam

Dargah Party Mahuva Jamat

Das Avtar

Dasond

Dasondi khoja

Dastan

Daya Kanji

Daya Mahomad

Dewji Jamal & Co

Dewji Jamal

Dhalla Dr. Micro Biologist

Dharam

Dharamsi Khatau

Dharamsi Khatau & Co

Dharamsi Punja

Dhows

Diamond Rttansi

Dossa Ladak

Dubai Jamat

Durban

E. I Howard

Ebrahim Husein Sheriff Dewji

Edward Rodwell

Ek bano nek bano

ELC

Elections

Electrol Committee

Erskine Perry

Evacuation from Somalia

Exco

Fahim Ajani

Farhad Daftary

Farsi works on Khojas

Farzande Raza Rizvi

Fateh Ali Shah Qajar

Fatema School

Fath Ali Shah Qajar

Fatimiyah School

Fazal aloo muraj

Fazal Ghulam Hussain

Fazal Noor Mohammaed

Federation Samachar

Fidahussein Habib Rhemtulla Kara

Firdawas e Bari

Forced Marriage

Forgett

Furukh Shah

Ginans

Great work association

Gujarati language

Gulam Husainbhai Bhurani

Gulam Abbas Virjee Sukusuku

Gulamabbas Najafi

Gulamali G.A. Datoo

Gulambhai Bhanji (Bapu)

Gulpaygani

Guptis

Gurmali Peer and Hassan Peer

Habib Ibrahim

Habib M Habib

Haiderali Husain Khaki

Haiderbhai Kassamali Haji (WF president)

Haideri Madrasa

Haji Bibi

Haji Bibi case

Haji Naji Sahzeb

Hamid Ali Bhojani (Karachi Jamat President)

Hamid Mavani

Harichand

Hasan Ali Shah

Hasan bin Sabah

Hasan Jafar

Hasan Kabir al Din

Hasan Najafi

Hasan Naqvi

Hasanabad

Hashim Shah

Hasnain Kassamali (Bilal)

Hasnain Walji

Hassan Abdulhussain (Abullo)

Hassan Bhimji and Hirji Bhimji

Hassanbhai gulam Husain (Mukhi)

Hassubhai

Hemraj Luddha

Hirji Allahrakhia

His Highness

Hujjat Stanmore Jamat

Hujjatul Islam Jamaat

Hurreechund

Husain Habib Kara

Husain Jiwa

Husain Shustari

Husainbhai Merchant

Husaini Education

Husaini Nagar

Husaynis

Husein Datoo

Husein Jiwa

Husein Shustari

Hussaini Madressah

Husseain Mosque

Hussein A. Walji

Hussein Abdalla Jaffer Pardhan

Hussein Abdalla Jaffer

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)

KhojaPedia

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 Timeline

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,

The World Federation (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