Tribute by Mustafa bhai Pirmohamed The news of the death of our colleague and head of Africa Federation Archives Section, Alhaj Murtaza R. Jivraj - Murtaza Kerbala came with great shock. Working with him in the Archives Section has helped me a lot in getting insight into some historical events in our community. A day before he died,...
Akbarali Gulamhussein Sabur was the eldest of the nine children (four boys and five girls) of Gulamhussein Sabur who had immigrated to East Africa from India as a teenager. Gulamhussein Sabur was born in Bhandaria in the state of Gujarat. Having settled in East Africa, he only returned to India once to get married. He died in Mbale...
Marhuma Khatija bai was born to Mohamed Fazal Jaffer (BAHOSH) and Laila Dhalla Suleman in 1936 in Zanzibar. In 1955, she got married to Muhsin Abdulrasul Datoo who had migrated to Dar es Salaam from Zanzibar in 1953. They were blessed with five children - Shiraz, Abdulrasul, Latifa, Munir and Azra.Marhuma Khatija bai started reciting munajaat, marsiya and...
A Tribute to My Dear Friend, Syed Hassan Abbas Ansar Hussein Naqvi On the 40th day of his Death By: Aunali Khalfan – Vice Chairman of Africa Federation “Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) Syed Hassan and I knew each other since from the...
To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The humble, loyal and dutiful address of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community of East Africa. May it please your Majesty, We, the President and Members of the Central Council of the Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community of Africa, representing the Ithna-Asheri Section of the Muslim Community of Africa, numbering...
The Late Dr. Assaria was born in Kampala, Uganda in 1935. Upon the completion of his secondary school education in Uganda, he proceeded to the United Kingdom in 1956 to pursue medical studies. After graduating as a Doctor of medicine in 1964, he returned to Mombasa, Kenya. Marhum Dr. Assaria’s community services include being the Hon. Secretary of...
His Message when he was Re-Elected as the President of Dar es Salaam Jamaat Dear Brothers-in-faith, Salaamun Alaykum. At the outset I take this opportunity to thank all members for electing me for the second successive term as the President of the Dar es Salaam Jamaat. I am all too conscious of the support and confidence placed in...
Marhum Hassanali bhai Sabur was originally a resident of Uganda. He was born at Mbale, Uganda on 4th September 1923. Hassanali bhai had been very active in community affairs for a long time. He served as the Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, President, Trustee and Committee Member at Mbale Jamaat during the period from 1951 to 1972. In 1972, when...
In 1988, the then Chairman of the Federation, Alhaj Mohamed Dhirani and other office-bearers of the Federation paid a visit to Morogoro and Dodoma Jamaats. These were the only Jamaats which had not been visited by the Chairman during his term in office. The official delegation comprising of all four office-bearers of the Federation namely the Chairman -...
Murabbi Karimbhai Rehmtullah (Asgarali’s father) served as President of Khoja Shia Ithna’asheri Jamaat of Kigoma in 1950’s. His mother Fatemabai was the daughter of Alhaj Suleman Ramji who was one of the first Khoja to settle in Arusha in the late 1890’s. Karimbhai and Fatemabai had ten children - seven sons named Rafiq, Asgarali, Hassan, Hussein, Haider, Mohammed,...
