Are Khojas Shia or Sunni?

The Khojas (Sindhi: خواجه ، خوجا، خواجا‎; Gujarati: ખોજા) are a mainly Nizari Isma’ili Shia community of people originating in India. In India, most Khojas live in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and the city of Hyderabad. The Khoja were by then adherents of Nizari Isma’ilism.

What caste is Memon?

Memon may refer to: Memon people, a collection of ethnic groups from the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent. Memons come from the Lohana caste of Gujarat.

Who are halai memons?

MADURAI: The Halai Memons migrated to Madurai from Ranavav, situated close to Gandhiji’s birth place Porbandar in Gujarat in the 1870s for trade and business purposes. Incidentally, it was a Memon who took Gandhiji to South Africa for the first time.

Who was the first Memon?

The Memon community came into being in the 14th-15th centuries. The Muslim missionary, Seyid Yusuf-Ud-Din (or Pir Yusuf Sindhi), a descend- ant of the famous Baghdad theologian of the 12th century, Abdul Kadir Gilani, is regarded as its founder.

Is Bohra a Shia?

The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā’īlī branch of Shia Islam.

Why is Memon rich?

It is from there that Kutchi Memons migrated to Kathiawar and mainland Gujarat. Surat in Gujarat was an important trading centre from 1580 to 1680 and Memons made their bounty there. Memons became significantly affluent as a result of trading in Surat.

What is the religion of Sindhis?

Most Sindhis are Muslim, but before the creation of India and Pakistan some 20% of the Sindhi population was Hindu. In 1947, when the successor states to British India gained their independence, there was a mass exodus of Hindu Sindhis to India.

What language do Memons speak?

Memoni language
Memon people speak the Memoni language as their first language. Some consider the Memon language to be a dialect of the Sindhi language. The Memon language shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati language.

When did Memons convert to Islam?

It was early in the 15th century that 700 families, belonging to the Lohana caste of Hindus, accepted Islam and founded my community. With this conversion came the change of a different lifestyle than those of their forefathers, and the converts came to be known as ‘Memons.

Where do Memon people come from?

The Memon ethnic group originated in the Northwestern part of ancient India, currently the Sindh region of modern-day Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam.

Where are Memons originally from?

One of which includes my own community, the ‘Memon’ community: we are an ethnic group that originated from lower Sindh, India. It was early in the 15th century that 700 families, belonging to the Lohana caste of Hindus, accepted Islam and founded my community.