MEHFILE MUHIBBANE HUSSEIN (A.S.) IN ZANZIBAR,ALSO KNOWN AS ‘MEHFILE PRIVATE” A common feature among many of the early Khoja community members has been their love of Imam Hussein (AS). Khoja would travel from India and Zanzibar to Iraq for pilgrimage to Najaf and Karbala. While in India and in Africa, they would also organise and participate in the...
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE PHOTOGRAPHZANZIBAR KSI HUJJAT UL ISLAM JAMAAT OFFICIALS, PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN THE IMAMBARGHA – YEAR 1965/6 Let us remember the past leaders, volunteers, including women volunteers who have served the Jamaats in different capacities and all the Marhumeens who are no longer with us today with Sura-e-Fateha. May Allah (SWT) grant them Maghferat and place...
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE PHOTOGRAPH ZANZIBAR KSI KUWWAT UL ISLAM JAMAAT IMAMBARGHA YEAR 1966 Below is the photograph of the Jamaat officials and volunteers taken during the Opening Ceremony of the new Zarih of Imam Hussain (seen here in the background) which was mounted on the Mimber at the KSI Kuwwatul Islam Jamaat Imambargha, the full cost...
REMEMBERING MULLA QADIR HUSAIN SAHIB KARBALAI Mulla Qadir Husain - The man who was responsible to have guided us to the right path of the Ithna-Asheri Faith. Birth & Death:Birth: 1842 in Madras, IndiaDeath: 1902 Mulla Qadir Sahib was from his young age very much interested in Islamic studies and started a madrasah for children in Bombay (now Mumbai). Turning point...
AL- BUQUIRE CRICKET TOURNAMENT AT VICTORIA GARDEN ZANZIBAR – 1928 The Zanzibar Ithna-Asheri Team Sitting Left to right: Maalim Mohamedjaffer Rashid Nathani (Maalim Mia), Golo Mgongoni, Sherali Meghji (Sherali Ndege), M. D. Kermali, Maalim Raza Rashid Nathani, Ali Daud, Agha Abdulhussein ShushtariStanding left to right: G. Kermali (Kabana), Gulamhussein Rehmtulla (Chacha Gulu), Hashnu Dawood, Habib Bachoo Ismail, Bachulo Dawood.Al Buquire Cup...
Memories of the pastHussein Day in Dar-es-Salaam organized byIthna-Asheri Union Volunteer Corps (IUVC) in the year 1979 Photograph taken after the program at the terrace of the ImambarghaFrom Left to Right: Sheikh Ishaq Najafi, Chairman of Hindu Mandal Community, Mohsin bhai Kayzar of Bohora Community, Maulana Safdar Jalali, Molvi Ali-Mohammad Dewji, Sayeed Karar Hussein, Zakir from India who came...
Hasham bhai Ebrahim Mamdani Moshi, TanzaniaThe early Pioneers of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheris to Africa Hashambhai Ebrahim Mamdani was born in Changa Chela, Jamnagar, India in 1882. He migrated to Zanzibar where he worked for about 2 years and then travelled to Pangani where he joined in the employment of Hajibhai Khakoo for 6 years. Then he joined...
In the early history of the KSI Community in East Africa Walji Bhanji (1869-1932) Walji Bhanji, Khakoo Bhanji and Karim Bhanji lived in Mundra, India. After the death of his brother Khaku, Walji married Khaku’s widow Kesarbai. Walji, his wife and his step-son and nephew Suleman Khaku left Malia, India for Mombasa in 1898. Walji was 30 years...
AFED’S DOWN THE MEMORY LANETHE COMMUNITY SPORTS LEGENDS (Part 1) Akber Gulamhussein (Fondly known as Aku) Once in Zanzibar in 1952 Ithnasheri Gymkhana ‘A’ lost to Arabs in a cricket game in which a young lad was left out from team ‘A’ and made to play for team ‘B’. The young lad took shelter under a tree and wept...
AFED’S DOWN THE MEMORY LANETHE COMMUNITY SPORTS LEGENDS (Part 2) Noorali JessaHe was a prolific batsman with vast potential. He captained the Ithnasheri Gymkhana for several years played for Zanzibar XI and led his side on many occasions. It was under his captaincy that Zanzibar won the Pardhan Ladha Shield for the first time in 1951 against formidable...
