Porbandar

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The rapid growth of Surat’s textile manufacturing sector in the eighteenth century resulted from precisely such a relocation of weavers and manufacturers from the unsettled areas of Gujarat. Similarly, the rise in the commercial fortunes of Bhavanagar and Porbandar in the late eighteenth century has been attributed to the migration of merchants and craftsmen to these regions (Das Gupta 2001).

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Personal Histories of Families connected to Porbandar in Khojawiki (2024)

• Rashida Gulamhussein Nathani

• Ismail A. Jamal

• Parvez Bahadur Nathani

• Khimji Mulji Punjani

• Hashim Premji

• Kassam Rawji Mullani

• Mulji Punjani

• Mitha Alibhai Nanji

• Rahmat Banu Ismail Jamal

• Zarina Mohamed Khimji Punjani

• Hasham Ramji Mullani

• Ramji Ladha Mullani

• Walji Velji

• Maherali Ravji Sorathia

• Mohamed Khimji Punjani

• Amirali Kassam Premji

• Akber Maherali Sorathia

• Gulzar Shahbuddin Virjee

• Yasmin Ajijbai Mithwani

• Habib Mawji Nathani

• Sadrudin Hasham Ramji

• Rajabali Mohamed Punjani

• Haiderali Djina Barday

• Mawji Ramji Nathani

• Amir Ramzan Adatia

• Dilshad Amir Adatia

• Ahmed Devji

• Nanji Walji

• Jenabai Haji Ismail

• Hashim Bogha

• Iqbal Gilani

• Alibhai Nanji

• Ismail Dhanani

• Hussein Alibhai Hasham Mullani

• Karmali Bhanji

• ABDUL AZIZ

• Pirbhai Haji Ismail