Friday, 29/Mar/2024; 19-Ramadan 1445 AH

Africa Federation Archives – First AFED Sports Festival in 1984

The First Africa Federation Sports Festival was held in Dar-es-Salaam from 22nd to 26th December 1984 introduced during the tenure of Alhaj Mohamed bhai Dhirani’s Chairmanship of the Africa Federation. Alhaj Gulamabbas Janmohamed was then the President of Dar-es-Salaam Jamaat. This inaugural AFED Sports Festival truly made a Dream Debut leaving cherished memories with all the participants, officials and organizers. The Festival was...

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Africa Federation Archives – Anjuman – e- Khuddamul Qur’an – 1937

Anjuman - e- Khuddamul Qur’an – 1937(Great Emphasis in Reciting and Understanding the Holy Qur’an) In the year 1937 the Anjuman-e-Khuddamul Qur’an was started in Mumbai, India with the aim of teaching Quran in proper recitation and with the translation. Selected Aya’ts from the Holy Qur’an were being translated in three languages English, Urdu and Gujarati.  A special...

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Africa Federation Archives – Khoja Shia Ithna-asheris in Lamu and Mombasa, 1870- 1930 – Part1

KHOJA SHIA ITHNA- ASHERIS IN LAMU AND MOMBASA, 1870- 1930BY ZAHIR BHALLOO Part one of four parts  Author’s Note: A chance meeting outside Fort Jesus, Mombasa, with Cynthia Salvadori, author of the remarkable three volumes We Came in Dhows, was what first inspired me to record stories and anecdotes about Ithna-Asheri pioneers at the turn of the century. Cynthia was...

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Africa Federation Archives – Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheris in Lamu and Mombasa, 1870 – 1930, Part 4

KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERIES IN LAMU AND MOMBASA, 1870-1930BY ZAHIR BHALOO PART FOUR Dharamsi Khatau: A Pioneer and Merchant Prince From interviews with Akberali A. Khatau Dharamsi Khatau(from A.A. Khatau) 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”...

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Africa Federation Archives – Speech Delivered by Mr. N M Nasser during 6th AFED Conference in Dar es Salaam

SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. N. M. NASSER, PRESIDENT OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE OF KSI JAMAAT OF DAR ES SALAAM Mister President, Councillors and Delegates,My Jamaat is grateful to the Supreme Council for having convened the 6th Conference Meeting of the Federation of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaats of Africa, on its invitation, in Dar-es-Salaam, as the Conference under the...

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